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Just as Eretz Israel is located in the centre of the world so is Jerusalem in the centre of Eretz Israel, the temple in the centre of Jerusalem, the holy of holies in the centre of the temple, the ark at the centre of the holy of holies, and right in front is the Foundation Stone of the whole of the universe.
Greater Israel (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל השלמה, Eretz Yisrael HaShlema) is an expression with several different biblical and political meanings over time. It is often used, in an irredentist fashion, to refer to the historic or desired borders of Israel.
Eretz Israel Museum, established in 1953, has a large display of archaeological, anthropological and historical artifacts organized in a series of exhibition pavilions on its grounds. Each pavilion is dedicated to a different subject: glassware, ceramics, coins, copper and more. [ 1 ]
Eretz (Hebrew: ארץ) is Hebrew for "land", "country" (with the definite article, HaAretz (Hebrew: הארץ, "the land") In particular, it may refer to: HaAretz HaMuvtahat, the "Promised Land" Eretz Israel, the Land of Israel; Haaretz, originally Hadashot Ha'Aretz "News of the Land", Israeli newspaper
Eretz Israel, Ever (from the name Eber), Judea, and Zion were all suggested, as were Ziona, Ivriya and Herzliya. [12] Judea and Zion were rejected because, according to the partition plan, Jerusalem (Zion) and most of the Judaean Mountains would be outside the new state. [13] Ben-Gurion put forward "Israel" and it passed by a vote of 6–3. [14]
The Israel Exploration Society (IES) (Hebrew:החברה לחקירת ארץ ישראל ועתיקותיה - Hakhevra Lekhakirat Eretz Yisrael Va'atikoteha), originally the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society, is a society devoted to historical, geographical and archaeological research of the Land of Israel.
In 1907, as the city developed economically and the Zionist Organization became active, the Eretz Israel Workers' Association established its fourth branch in Hebron. In 1911, the Chabad yeshiva "Torat Emet" was founded there.
[1] Another midrash in the Sifre indicates that there is a unique flavor to the land of Israel because the Torah is located in it. [2] The term “Torat Eretz Yisrael” has lately become associated with religious writings on the Land of Israel ("Eretz Yisrael"), in particular those conforming to a religious-Zionist point of view. [3]