Israel, Filmed In IMAX

Wow, simply stunning.

Hava, hava nagilah!

http://vimeo.com/1808434

Nice posting! Makes me really want to visit.

Very beautiful and moving. Thanks, Kate.

A student of mine and his family, from Israel, in the most lovely teacher gift I was ever given, had a tree planted in my name in Israel, in the Ayalon Valley. Maybe one day I’ll visit there. I’d like to take my children with me.

As an Anglo, here’s Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry’s, “I Was Glad". The text is a setting of verses from Psalm 122, from the Anglican Psalter, in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YstlGy1Ld0

(This YouTube is from the Queens’ Golden Jubilee, so at about the 2:55 mark, there’s an insertion of the trumpet fanfare and the shout of “Vivat Regina Elizabetha!” The psalm verses not included are in square brackets.)

“I was glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord.
Our feet shall stand in thy gates: O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is built as a city: that is at unity in itself.”

["For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord: to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord.
For there is the seat of judgement: even the seat of the house of David."]

FANFARE and SHOUT!

At the 4:35 mark, begins the contrasting theme of:

“O pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls: and plenteousness within thy palaces.”

["For my brethren and companions' sakes: I will wish thee prosperity.
Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God: I will seek to do thee good."]

Amen! And as the Jews say at their Seder Meal: “Next year in Jerusalem”!

Wow, thanks for the link Kate. Looking forward to it's release, though it is at least 18 months away.

Excellent video Kate.

Loved Jerusalem!

And...in 1982...I ran up the pathway to the top of Masada.

Yeah....I picked heather from the Field of Culloden, climbed up to pick my Adelwis, walked the woods of Bastogne.....and climbed Masada......

Great cinematography

Definitely on my bucket list to go there, someday.

Ditto on the bucket list.

Israel really is beautiful. this video shows more than i saw in my business trips though

Beautifully filmed -- brings back some great memories. It's whetted my appetite to return.

Holy wow! (literally)

Beautiful. Thank-you for the link.

Beautiful. Thank-you for the link.

Such peace as my soul has ever known. If we could only build Jerusalem in every country on earth - I think we would have a peaceful world to live in.
Thank you Kate - wonderful

Thanx Kate; Fifty years plus of adult self education has almost set aside my skepticism. The reality of Jerusalem always brings me closer to believing. Cheers

Prophet Mohamad tomb is in Saudi Arabi and
his 12 grand and grandsons of Prophetm Moahamd are all died with harsh way before they aged 30 and thier mosque are located in various cities in middle east that hitory of how unfariness is
unread book of history Saudi Arabia do not wish get open to
endanger their monchracy and not allow Islam get open to world with more evidence and allow nonMuslim join Islam party of human right

Saudi and Macca and Madina are nicer counry
but wahabi rejim of Saudi do not allow
prophet Mohamad document go in higher
and nicer location and get updated
while they do updated their palace with million dollar and gold and marble

shia people tried to put money to update all document but Saudi do not allow them to do this job

but masjid in Saudi are better
and they ban women come with men to Saudi and
do not allow women drive
and do not allow shia upgrade prophet Mohanmad tomb
all to teach islam and right of women with
\Wahabi ways
otherwise
Macca is musch nicer and bigger than
jersulam and alagasa moque

There is too many history and equipment and document in musum of Saudi Arabi are not dig or investigate otherwise people know shia better than and know islam better than sunni and wahabi.

women alone( without husband, brother or son first kin) and nonMuslim are not allow to come to Madina and macca
blame it all to monochy royal laws not
islam laws and regulation

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"They shout Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! (v. 13). These are lines from one of the Psalms of Ascents (Ps 118:25-26) sung as a welcome to pilgrims coming up to Jerusalem. As such, this is an entirely appropriate thing to do as Jesus is coming up to Jerusalem. But there is more involved here. The cry of Hosanna! is a Hebrew word (hoshi`ah-na) that had become a greeting or shout of praise but that actually meant "Save!" or "Help!" (an intensive form of imperative). Not surprisingly, forms of this word were used to address the king with a need (cf. 2 Sam 14:4; 2 Kings 6:26). Furthermore, the palm branches the people carry are symbolic of a victorious ruler (cf. 1 Macc 13:51; 2 Macc 10:7; 14:4). Indeed, in an apocalyptic text from the Maccabean era, palms are mentioned in association with the coming of the messianic salvation on the Mount of Olives (Testament of Naphtali 5). The cry of Hosanna! and the palm branches are in themselves somewhat ambiguous, but their import is made clear as the crowd adds a further line, Blessed is the King of Israel! (v. 13). Clearly they see in Jesus the answer to their nationalistic, messianic hopes. Earlier a crowd had wanted to make Jesus king (6:15), and now this crowd is recognizing him as king in the city of the great King. Here is the great dream of a Davidic ruler who would come and liberate Israel, establishing peace and subduing the Gentiles (cf. Psalms of Solomon 17:21-25)."

http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/IVP-NT/John/Jesus-Enters-Jerusalem-King

Hava, hava Nagilah!

Hava Nagila!

Maybe have one or two or three!

Oy!

(Great video.)