Pictures Are Worth 1000 Words!

As we get ready to leave Israel in a few days, here are a few pictures from around the land.

: Welcome to B7…Be’er sheva

: Our favorite place to eat…a hamburger cafe that grinds it’s own meat….yum!

: Israeli salad and pita

: Market in Old City Be’er Sheva

: Soldiers visiting a memorial near Be’er Sheva

: A suburb of Be’er Sheva from a distance

: Pomegranate trees ready to harvest at a nearby kittutz

: Here we are at Abraham’s well near Be’er Sheva

: Friends of ours are on tour and we were able to join them at Tel Be’er Sheva

: Mitzpe Ramon’s crater

: The Red Sea near Eilat

: A great place to have breakfast…coffee…

: The reef near Eilat in the Red Sea…beautiful

: Near Eilat from the Red Sea

: A mom and her children going for a walk near Jerusalem

: Sunset at Tel Aviv

: Bakeries…we will miss the delicious, frest pastries and bread

: Lining up for ice cream…

: Picking olives

: Grocery store displaying spices for sale

: Mounted police at a soccer match

: Beachfront at one of Tel Aviv’s beaches

: An Israeli breakfast…

: An abundance of grapes

: A snowman in August at Mt. Hermon?

: A view from the ski lift at Mt. Hermon

: View from Nimrod’s castle in the North

: Golan Heights

: Near the Syrian border

: Ibex at Sde Boker

: A flock of Bedouin goats

: Akko, near the Lebanon border

: Grotto near Akko

: View of Ottoman remains along the Mediterranean

: Camels at sunset

: Go Vols!!

: Adavat Canyon

: Western Wall Plaza

: May there be peace in Jerusalem!

More Sukkot pictures

Here are a few more pictures that we took of sukkahs the past few weeks. We have enjoyed celebrating the fall feasts in Israel. We took a few trips into Jerusalem the past week. Tens of thousands of pilgrims coming into the city created quite a traffic jam for miles outside of the city. We explored some new routes to get into Jerusalem and when we got there, found some major roads blocked off for a parade. The Bible museum had a travelling display of the history of the Bible. On display were some original Jewish prayer books as old as the 9th century. Also on display was the original Tyndale Bible. It was a very informative and excellant display. Parking the car was a huge issue, as hundreds of other people had the same idea…enjoy!

: Inside the Sukkah looking out

: A neighboring sukkah in our apartment yard

: And one on the other side of our apartment building. There is another one in the back that’s not pictured

: The sukkah outside our apartment has electricity! See the long extension cord…

: Another view of decorations

: Every balcony seems to have a sukkah in Jerusalem

: Balcony sukkah

: Another apartment view of sukkahs in Jerusalem

: Nicer restaurants have nicer sukkahs

: They even put sukkahs outside of coffee cafes

: A celebration at the synagogue on the city block behind us

: Looks great with the lights on at night

: A woman watching men dancing with the Torah scroll inside the synagogue

: Ground fireworks are set off after a prayer is read

: A young boy by a torah scroll outside the synagogue

: Lots and lots of fireworks light up the sky from the several synagogues around us

: Speaks for itself!

Sukkot Celebration

Jeff and I were at the homes of two different friends this past week and helped them put up and decorate their sukkahs. We had our first Sukkot dinner at another friends house. Here are some pictures that will give you an idea of what we have been up to.

: Jeff is securing the sukkah

: Looking good…

: Decorating is fun!

: Does this look okay?

: A backyard view…

: Jeff helping another friend put the roof on his sukkah

: Covering the grapevine roof with bamboo for Sukkot celebration

: Putting up the walls to the sukkah

: Aahh, lit grape vines…and and if you look to the right, lit fruit also…

: Another sukkah, fully decorated

: Looks great…ready for dinner!

: Yummy…lots of great food. The question most asked in fun, “Do you think we’ll have enough food?”

: Our friends gathering for Sukkot supper

: Singing for our dinner…

: So much fun…

: A view of the decorated ceiling to the sukkah

: Finding our seats and getting ready to eat

: Children ready to eat…

: Across the street from our apartment, a sukkah in the daylight

: Same sukkah across the street from our apartment at night

: Raining on the way home, the first of the season. It is considered a sign of blessing from God

City of David, Jerusalem

Jeff and I met Peggy P at the City of David, Jerusalem. We had a fascinating time climbing over the remains of David’s Palace and learning the history of the City of David. We walked at least 1/3 of a mile through the old underground water system that carried the water from Gihon Spring (outside the old city walls) into the city of Jerusalem. These tunnels and drainage canals are at least 2000 years old, and are still functional. The pool of Shiloah (Siloam) was recorded in 2 Kings 20:20, “The other events of Hezekiah’s reign, and all his exploits, and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought the water into the city of Jerusalem are recorded….” Second Temple sources mention the Shiloah Pool in regard to Temple ceremonies, “How was the Water Libation performed? The priest would fill a golden flask holding 3 logs (a liquid measure) with water from Shiloah…(Mishnah Sukkah 4:9).

Jerusalem…the city of the King!!

: Looking at Old City Wall from outside city gate

: A view of Kidron Valley

: Another view of Kidron Valley

: Mount of Olives view. Many prophets are buried in the graves on this hill facing East Jerusalem

: Explaination of Foundation Stones

: Foundation Stones

: Old remains from David’s temple area

: Another view of remains from David’s City

: Top: Jerusalem in David’s time Bottom: Jerusalem today

: Picture of what guard tower would have looked like around David’s Palace

: Actual corner stones from guard tower

: Water tunnels under Jerusalem

: Outside walls of royal area of David’s palace area

: Sue In City of David by old olive tree

: Peggy P and Sue

: Jeff on stairs leading to what could be David’s tomb

: Looking into “David’s Tomb”

: Remains of Pool of Siloam

: Southern wall of Old City showing steps leading to temple area

: Quiet study time in the midst of hustle and bustle

: Soldiers day out

: Old City Wall at sunset

Just doing life in Be’er Sheva

: This way to Be’ersheva

: The famous “B7″…Be’er=wells; Sheva=7. Meaning, the seven wells dug here by Isaac

: Water fountain at night

: Looking across the wadi at Be’er Sheva

: One view of Be’er Sheva’s skyline

: Olive tree groves

: Bakery for Shabbot goodies

: Famous water fountain

: Great walkways

: Riverwalk

: Many farrell cats

: Another view…

: They are not kidding!

: Along the road…

: The old and the new..

: Bedouin camel herder

: And his little son…

: Our shuk…or marketplace

: Inside….

: Great vegetables…

: Love shopping this way.

: Notice the statue of liberty between these twin towers to honor America

: In the middle of one of our traffic circles

: Shopping for spices.

: Jeff and the code red siren behind our apartmnt

: Old way of mowing grass.

: And the new mower

: Watch out driving!

: Soldiers keeping us safe in mall.

: Dora is even here!

: Old ampitheatre a block away from us, in the middle of the city.

: Oh, yes, we see this.

: Train station from Ottoman era

: Taken from our apartment window

: Yes, she is washing clothes or something.

: Egg balls, breakfast at Benedicts in Tel Aviv

: Yum, eggs benedict!

: Another breakfast, homemade goat cheese

: Salad, Israeli style

: Another way of serving salad

: Great shawarma…

: Cappuccino…Israelis love coffee

: Falafel, an Israeli staple

: Beautiful sunset

: Good night

Our City of Beer Sheva

Shalom everyone!
Sue and I pray that all of you around the world are doing well, growing closer to The Lord, and walking more in the purpose He created you for.
Each of you are unique and special in the eyes and heart of God.

Many of you I’m sure, have wondered what this desert city of Beer Sheva is
really like. The thought of a desert town elicits images of something out of the old west or the Australian out back. To give you all a realistic view, we have posted this video link to show some of our cities beauty and culture.
Blessings to All,
Jeff & Sue

https://m.facebook.com/groups/152837421417944?view=permalink&id=724971844204496

The North Country

Here are a few pictures from our trip to the Northern region of Israel. From Wikipedia: “Tiberias is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Kinneret), Lower Galilee, Israel. Established in 20 CE, it was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius. Tiberias was venerated in Judaism from the middle of the 2nd century CE and since the 16th century has been considered one of Judaism’s Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed. In the 2nd–10th centuries, Tiberias was the largest Jewish city in the Galilee and the political and religious hub of the Jews of Palestine.

Capernaum was reported to have been the hometown of the apostles Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John, as well as the tax collector Matthew. One Sabbath, Jesus taught in the synagogue in Capernaum and healed a man who had the spirit of an unclean devil. Jesus selected this town as the center of his public ministry in the Galilee after he left the small mountainous hamlet of Nazareth (Matthew 4:12–17). He also formally cursed the city, saying “You shall be brought down to Hades,” (Matthew 11:23) because of their lack of response to his teaching. (Wikipedia)