The Tomb of Simeon the Just or Simeon the Righteous (Hebrew: קבר שמעון הצדיק; translit. Kever Shimon haTzadik) is an ancient tomb in Jerusalem. According...
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Simeon the Righteous or Simeon the Just (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן הַצַּדִּיק Šimʿōn Haṣṣaddīq) was a Jewish High Priest during the Second Temple period. He is...
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the monument is "the tomb of Simeon who was a very just man and a very devoted el(der) and (who was) waiting for the consolation of the people". The words...
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Silwan necropolis (category Buildings and structures completed in the 9th century BC)
Its tombs were cut between the 9th and 7th centuries BCE. It is situated on the rocky eastern slope of the Kidron Valley, facing the oldest part of Jerusalem...
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Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also Tomb of the Virgin Mary (Hebrew: קבר מרים; (Arabic: قبر السيدة العذراء مريم; Greek: Τάφος της Παναγίας; Armenian:...
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The Cave of the Minor Sanhedrin is a burial cave located next to the Tomb of Simeon the Just in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. It contains...
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exploration of the Tombs of the Sanhedrin: "From the Tomb of Simeon the Just, I proceeded further on, to the Tombs of the Sanhedrin. These, like the former...
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Nahalat Shimon (category Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem)
Sephardi Jews. The cornerstone of the neighborhood was laid in 1890, near the Tomb of Simeon the Just. Nahalat Shimon was located at the tip of the Kidron Valley...
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David's Tomb (Hebrew: קבר דוד המלך Kever David Ha-Melekh; Arabic: مقام النبي داود Maqam Al-Nabi Daoud) is a site that, according to a Medieval (9th century)...
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the Ramban David's Tomb Garden Tomb Herod Family Tomb Holy Sepulchre Jason's Tomb Tomb of Absalom Tomb of Simeon the Just Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah...
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of East Jerusalem was condemned as a violation of international law and ruled null and void by the UN Security Council in UNSC Resolution 478. Tombs in...
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and the Ashkenazi General Council of the Congregation of Israel jointly purchased land that included the Tomb of Simeon the Just and the Cave of the Minor...
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The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient stone monument in Jerusalem that is considered in Jewish tradition to be the tomb of Zechariah ben Jehoiada. It is...
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The use of rock-cut cave tombs in the region began in the early Canaanite period, from 3100–2900 BCE. The custom lapsed a millennium, however, before...
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Jason's Tomb (Hebrew: kever Yason) is a Jewish rock-cut tomb dating to the first century BCE in the Hasmonean period, discovered in the Rehavia neighborhood...
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The Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi (Arabic: قبور الأنبياء, romanized: Qubūr al-ʾAnbiyyāʾ} lit. 'Graves (of) the Prophets'; Hebrew:...
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the church contains both the site where Jesus was crucified at Calvary, or Golgotha, and the location of Jesus' empty tomb, where he was buried and resurrected...
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Avraham Ashkenazi (category Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie)
him the Order of the Medjidie; and Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, when at Jerusalem, decorated him with the Franz Josef medal. The Tomb of Simeon the Just...
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Silwan (redirect from Displacement of Palestinians in Silwan)
The "most famous" of the ancient rock-cut tombs in Silwan is finely carved, the one known as the Tomb of Pharaoh's daughter. Another notable tomb, called...
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The cornerstone of the neighborhood was laid in 1890, near the Tomb of Simeon the Just. Based on Jerusalem and Its Environs: Quarters, Neighborhoods...
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Mount Herzl (redirect from Mount of Remembrance)
Jerusalem beside the Jerusalem Forest. It is named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism. Herzl's tomb lies at the top of the hill. Yad Vashem...
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Simeon ben Gamliel (I) (Hebrew: שמעון בן גמליאל or רשב"ג הראשון; c. 10 BC – 70 AD) was a Tanna sage and leader of the Jewish people. He served as nasi...
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The Tombs of the Kings (Hebrew: קברי המלכים Keveri HaMlakhim; Arabic: قبور السلاطين; French: Tombeau des Rois) are a rock-cut funerary complex in East...
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Shimon HaTzadik (category Jerusalem in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict)
around the Tomb of Simeon the Just, after whom it was named. The neighborhood was established in 1890 and abandoned during the 1948 Palestine war. At the beginning...
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Simeon the Just Eleazar (High Priest) (c. 260–245 BCE) Manasseh (High Priest) (c. 245-240 BC) Onias II (High Priest) Simon II (High Priest) / Simeon the...
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The Jerusalem War Cemetery is a British cemetery in Jerusalem for fallen servicemen of the British Commonwealth in the World War I in the Palestine campaign...
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This is a list of cemeteries in Israel. Segula Cemetery Yarkon Cemetery Ramleh War Cemetery (military) Sde Yehoshua Cemetery Khayat Beach War Cemetery...
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The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Arabic: كنيسة مار سمعان العمودي, romanized: Kanīsat Mār Simʿān el-ʿAmūdī) is one of the oldest surviving church complexes...
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grounds also contain the bodies of thousands of Christians killed in the pre-Islamic era, as well as several tombs from the time of the Crusades. Its identity...
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Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
David's tomb, as members of the board of cemetery had to realise at a cemetery inspection on 12 October of the same year. The board then commissioned the legal...
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