BEIT SHEARIM

KOHANIM CAUTION!!!

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- Beit Shearim is the greatest hidden gem in Eretz Yisrael! Beit Shearim is the largest Jewish necropolis, with huge burial cave systems. Since Beit Shearim was mainly used by the affluent, there are many fancy sarcophagi here. Additionally, there is this amazing carved Menorah!

- There are a few cave systems here that you have to ask them at the entrance to open for you.

History

- Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi requested that he and his wife should be buried as simple people. The graves in Beit Shearim are fancy. However, in a cave where family members of Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi were buried, there are 2 simple Kevorim there. Meaning, that this is very likely the Kever of Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi!

- Beit Shearim was one of the locations where the Sanhedrin was located. There is an old Shul here, meaning that it is possible, that the Sanhedrin convened right here!

​Archeological	6/5!
Historical	5/5
Nature	3/5
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Statue of Alexander Zaïd.

The city gate.

The Shul.

It is possible that the Sanhedrin convened right here!

Entrance to the Kever of Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi and his wife.

Kever of Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi and his wife.

Map of the Sanhedrin Galus.

There are many burial caves here.

Entrance to the largest burial cave.

The Hebrew writing.

There are many twists and turns in this cave.

The Menorah.

Remains of a 9 ton slab of glass!