Then take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.
With each driven nail the demon declares that it will not attack again. Nailing the demon into the tree trunk is the best way to give it a life sentence [82, 83]. Sacred trees in the West Himalayan region are the object of a similar custom: travelers hammer nails into the trunk when...
This analysis reviews the state of archaeological research on the Negev Bedouin. It includes an overview of historical sources that describe and illustrate
Keywords: Jewish surnames; Land of Israel; Yishuv; history of Ottoman Jews 1. Introduction No study of surnames used by Jews who lived in the territory of the Land of Israel before the creation of the State of Israel has been published until now. However, this information allows us to anal...