Ein Nashut
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Ein Neshut is an archaeological site where remains of a Jewish settlement from the Talmudic period and an ancient synagogue were discovered in the center of the Golan Heights.[1]
Geography
The site is located on a hill 392 meters above sea level, a kilometer and a half north of Katzrin and about a kilometer and a half south of the settlement of Kidmat Tzvi, just above the beginning of the Meshushim River ravine. The site's Arabic name is Khirbet Deir Rahib.
Archeology
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The site was first explored in the 1880s by researcher Gottlieb Schumacher, who suggested that the site contained the remains of an ancient synagogue.[1]
Excavations in the late 1970s revealed the remains of a synagogue that was built in the 5th century; it was located at the north-western end of the settlement.[2] The synagogue measured 10 meters by 11 meters synagogue and had benches, columns and decorated capitals and some of them with a nine branched Menorah. On the south side of the building facing Jerusalem remains of a Torah ark was found.[citation needed]
Beside the synagogue, two oil press were also discovered, one of which was used from the 4th century to the 6th century.[2] Remains of additional synagogues from the same period were also discovered a kilometer and a half to south east in the ruins of Sokho also known as Ahmadiyya, and in the Debia ruins, about three kilometers east of the site.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "Ancient Synagogues Of The Golan". יד יצחק בן־צבי (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ a b אורן זינגבוים ורועי עסיס (2020-05-14). "גיליון 132 לשנת 2020חורבת עין נשוט" [Horvat Ein Nashut]. www.hadashot-esi.org.il (in Hebrew). Israel Antiquities Authority. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- Hanna & David Amit - Sights : Travel with the sources in north of the country, Publication: Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Institute p. 217 - 221
- Dafna & Eran Meir - Synagogues in the Golan Heights, Publication: Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Institute Jerusalem p. 52 - 63
External links
- A tour of the ruins of Ein Nashut (organized 22.08.2016 in the Wayback Machine archive) on the Golan tourism website
- Ein Nashut, video on YouTube
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