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"While there have been a number of other locations suggested as the biblical site of Mount Sinai, also referred to as Mount Horeb, the traditional location is a peak in the central southern Sinai peninsula. This site and the surrounding area are steeped in Biblical tradition. All around Mount Sinai are locations and sites that have been associated with Biblical places named in the Exodus, and there is a long oral tradition of their authenticity. However, there is no proven archaeological evidence that this, or any of the other suggested Irregardless of whether Mount Sinai is the true Holy Mountain fo the Bible, it seems to bring out very intense religious feelings in most of its pilgrimsalternate locations of Mount Sinai, is the actual one referred to in the Bible. Nevertheless, this mountain has drawn pilgrims for over a thousand years in the overwhelming belief that it is the Holy Mountain, and its tradition as the Biblical peak can be directly traced back to the fourth century AD. John Lloyd Stephens said that "Among all the stupendous works of Nature, not a place can be selected more fitting for the exhibition of Almighty power.""
"The Chapel of the Holy Trinity, built in 1934 (on the location of the original chapel built in 363 and rebuilt by Justinian in 530), is located on the summit, but is not open to the public, though it is said to enclose the rock from which God made the tablets of the Ten Commandments. There is also a small mosque and a cave where Moses is thought to have waited to receive the Tablets. Of course, the summit also provides a breathtaking view of the surrounding mountain ranges and valleys. While the monuments on the peak of Mount Musa are well known, there are a number of other monuments and historical site located on the mountain, many of which are located along the stairway, and on the surrounding mountains. " http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/mountsinai.htm
The cars covered with the carpets in Jaffa flea-market (Tel-Aviv) looked to me like modern rug-draped elephants...
University students' demonstration took place at the entrance to Tel-Aviv University, just opposite my house. University students, who were on strike for 21 days, came out to express their opposition to a committee set up in order to push through its agenda of raising university tuition. I had a great view from my appartment on the 6th floor.
when heat rests and some rains come - all becomes green. It's Israeli winter
A memorial for a child lost in a war at the Ramat Rachel Kibbutz in Jerusalem
View from the Old City
Old city of Jerusalem
A cliff in northern Israel
View from the ruins of Masada, Dead Sea.