EreẒ ISRAEL – SECOND TEMPLE — ptolemaic rule seleucid rule the hasmonean revolt independent judea hasmonean rule the roman province Herod s Rule under the procurators … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AGRICULTURAL LAND-MANAGEMENT METHODS AND IMPLEMENTS IN ANCIENT EREẒ ISRAEL — Ereẓ Israel is a small country with a topographically fragmented territory, each geographical region having a distinctive character of its own. These regions include: the coastal plain, the lowlands, the hilly country, the inland valleys, the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MAPS OF EREẒ ISRAEL — Graphic descriptions of Ereẓ Israel relating to its topography and history and based on factual data, are not only extremely valuable sources for the reconstruction of the physiographic and anthropogenic conditions prevailing there at the time… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHELUḤEI EREẒ ISRAEL — (Heb. emissaries of Ereẓ Israel ), the name for messengers from Ereẓ Israel sent abroad as emissaries to raise funds. During the patriarchate after the destruction of the Second Temple, emissaries were sent in groups (TJ, Hor. 3:7, Pes. 4:8);… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TRAVELERS AND TRAVELS TO EREẒ ISRAEL — Jewish Travelers Jews have traveled to see the Holy Land ever since they first settled in the lands of the Diaspora, i.e., travel by Jews to Ereẓ Israel began from the time of the Babylonian Exile and in effect never ceased entirely from then to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ACADEMIES IN BABYLONIA AND EREẒ ISRAEL — Designations The talmudic term for an academy, yeshivah (lit., sitting ), derives from the fixed order of seating assigned to the sages and their pupils who regularly participated in the activities of the academy. Occasionally the term meant not… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
VA'AD PEKIDEI EREẒ ISRAEL BE-KUSHTA — ( The Council of Representatives of the Land of Israel in Constantinople ), a body established to organize assistance for the Jewish community of Ereẓ Israel. It flourished in the 18th century, but continued to exist until the beginning of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HA-TENU'AH LE-MA'AN EREẒ ISRAEL HA-SHELEMAH — HA TENU AH LE MA AN EREẒ ISRAEL HA SHELE MAH (The Land of Israel Movement), a nation wide grouping founded in the immediate aftermath of the Six Day War, which aimed at ensuring the permanent retention by Israel of the territories occupied in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ITINERARIES OF EREẒ ISRAEL — Apart from the accounts of their experiences which were recorded by Jewish wayfarers to Ereẓ Israel, which constitute a good part of Jewish travel literature of the Middle Ages, from an early date pious pilgrims set down lists of the places in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISRAEL BEN PEREZ OF POLOTSK — (d. about 1785), ḥasidic rabbi, one of the leading disciples of dov baer of Mezhirech. He excelled as a preacher, and as an emissary for his teacher together with Azriel of Polotsk, he won over many Jews to Ḥasidism. After the death of Dov Baer… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
