Jewish holiday
Sebastia National Park
Visitors arrive at Sebastia National Park in Samaria on Oct. 16, 2019. Sebastia was the capital of the Israelite Kingdom during the reigns of Omri and Ahab. Photo by Hillel Maeir/TPS
Lighting the seventh candle of Hanukkah in Mea Shearim Haredi neighborhood
Ultra-Orthodox Jews light the seventh candle of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in the Haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Dec 13, 2023. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS
Lighting the seventh candle of Hanukkah in Mea Shearim Haredi neighborhood
Ultra-Orthodox Jews light the seventh candle of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in the Haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Dec 13, 2023. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS
2024 Sigd celebration at Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv promenade
Ethiopian Jews gather at Jerusalem's Armon Hanatziv promenade to celebrate the Sigd (sgida in Hebrew – prostration) holiday, which marks the renewal of the covenant between the Ethiopian Jews, God and the Torah. Jerusalem, Nov 28, 2024. Photo by Batya Sharabi/TPS-IL
Building a Sukkah at the end of Yom Kippur
At the departure of Yom Kippur, in order to go immediately from one mitzvah to another, a family began to build a sukkah in the yard of their home in Kiryat Ono, ahead of the Sukkot holiday that starts this coming week. Kiryat Ono, Oct 12, 2024. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS-IL
Selichot at the Western Wall on Yom Kippur eve amid Coronavirus lockdown
Jewish people during Selichot (forgiveness) prayer on Yom Kippur eve at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, amid the 2nd Coronavirus lockdown. Jerusalem, Sep 26, 2020. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS
Temple Mount
Jews visit the Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av, a holiday marking the anniversary of the destruction of the First and Second Temples, on Aug. 13, 2024. Photo by TPS-IL
Tisha B’Av 2024 in Jerusalem
Thousands of Jews arrived on Tisha B'Av eve at the Western Wall Plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem to read the Book of Lamentations on the ninth day of the month of Av in the Hebraic calendar. The fast of Tisha B'Av mourns the destruction of the two Temples by the Babylonians and by the Romans throughout Jewish history. Jerusalem, Aug 12, 2024. ...
Tisha B’Av in Jerusalem
Thousands of Jews pray at the Western Wall on the night of Tisha B'Av on Aug. 12, 2024. Tisha B'Av marks the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av when both the First and Second Temples were destroyed. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS-IL
Tisha B’Av 2023 in Jerusalem
Jews arrive at the Southern Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem to read the Book of Lamentations on Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av in the Hebraic calendar. The fast of Tisha B'Av mourns the destruction of the two Temples by the Babylonians and by the Romans throughout Jewish history. Jerusalem, Jul 26, 2023. Photo by Eitan ...
