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Jericho was conquered by Joshua on the 28th of Nissan. The People of
Israel went round the walls of the city blowing ram's horns for 6 days;
on the 7th day the walls were absorbed into the ground. We went round
the entrances of the city blowing ram's horns, and then we went into
the city, to the Shalom al Israel synagogue, where we had a Torah talk
by Rav Itzhak Shapira.
Jericho is one of the oldest and
lowest (244 meter below sea level) cities in the world, and the Jewish
history
of Jericho
dates all the way back to the famous Biblical story of its miraculous
capture
by Joshua. In response to a Divine command,
the Israelites encircled the city once a day for six days and seven
times on
the seventh day, in a procession that was led by seven priests with
seven ram's
horns and the Holy Ark. After the final encirclement on the seventh
day, they
blew trumpets and the people issued a great shout; the city's wall sank
and the
Israelites entered the city, burned and destroyed it and its contents,
and
killed its inhabitants (Joshua 6:1-21).
Picture Album of the Event
Movie of the event (in Hebrew)
best seen in "full-screen" mode.
