– Parashah 39: Chukat (Regulation) –
(Complete Jewish Bible)
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The Flag of Israel and the Jewish People
Driving 20 kilometres south from Tel Aviv, we came across this row of Israeli flags on a main bridge leading into Rehovot. The flag of Israel was adopted on 28th October, 1948 five months after the establishment of the State of Israel. It depicts two triangles overlaid to form a blue hexagram on a white background between two horizontal stripes. From ancient times, the Hebrews have included horizontal stripes in their traditional clothing design as well as individual Tribal colours. Also, the Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, may include blue stripes.
The hexagram symbol in the middle, called the Magen David or the Star of David, is ancient but not exclusive to the Hebrew nation, as it also appears in other ancient cultures. However, this symbol is thought to have been used by the Hebrews around the time of King Solomon, with artefacts showing this symbol on shields purported to be during the reign of King David. The Star of David seems to have surfaced in Jewish culture from the late Medieval (Prague) period, and was officially adopted by the First Zionist Congress in 1897. The Star of David has now become the universal icon to identify Jewish people and the State of Israel.
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Numbers 20:7-8 (JPS)
7 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 8‘Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.’
John 4:13-14 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
13 Yeshua answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I will give him will never be thirsty again! On the contrary, the water I give him will become a spring of water inside him, welling up into eternal life!”
– Parashah 38: Korach (Korah) –
(Complete Jewish Bible)
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Armenian Restaurant Painting
Just inside the Jaffa Gate and the walls of the Old City, is a delightful Armenian Restaurant. As you walk down the stairs to the eating area you will see wooden carvings, photos, plates and Ottoman-style lamps. This colourful painting is simply a delight for tourists and locals who come here to eat. The food has its own Armenian taste of popular Middle-Eastern dishes such as hummus, salads, kubbeh (meat pastries), pastirma (air dried beef slices) and sudjuk (dried spicy sausage) and many wonderful desserts.
What sets this restaurant apart from other restaurants in Jerusalem is its location. Situated a little inside the Jaffa Gate and within a 1000-year-old building that was once part of a Crusader cloister with its decor of artifacts. The tavern is as much a museum as an eating place, and provides an opportunity for tourists to learn some of the history and culture of these Armenian people.
Armenians have made Jerusalem their home ever since the mass conversion to Christianity around the 4th Century C.E. The community continues to reside in the south-western corner of the Old City, identified as the Armenian Quarter and is generally closed to tourists. There are approximately 1000 -1500 residents living in this area. The Armenian people have had a turbulent history under Turkish rule and in 1915, the Turkish Government expelled or forcibly removed them from the Ottoman Empire. By the early 1920’s deportations finally ended and it is estimated that approximately two million Armenians were massacred. History exposes so much of the suffering forced upon the Armenians to the point of genocide and yet, like the Jewish people, have found a home within this sacred city.
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