Episode 26 Yom Yerushalayim and Seeing Beyond Sight
Jews bless the kingship of David because he saw what others did not—that God is the source of all human success.
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to read the blessing on David’s kingship.
- Click here to read Yossi Klein Halevi’s essay on David Rubinger’s Jerusalem photography.
- Click here to listen to the Jerusalem 365 episode about Pompeii’s entry into the Holy of Holies.
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