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The last two thousand years, uprooted himself the verity of this system. G-d promised from his birthplace the Jewish Nation has been in a Heavenly- this Holy Land to His People so that the and family to go to imposed exile resulting from their failure Eretz Yisrael JOURNEY OF AVRAHAM VVVITA; DREAMSTIME.COM VVVITA; © Date plantation in Ein Gedi LARGE FORMAT 8½”x11” DEVORAH GOLDBERG DEVORAH FULL COLOR Pomegranate blossom in Yad Binyamin SUPERJEW; WIKIMEDIA COMMONS WIKIMEDIA SUPERJEW; THROUGHOUT MANNA BIBLE MAPS Fig tree in Ein Lavan, Yerushalayim This full-color, coffee table-size volume offers a richly layered account of the history of Eretz Yisrael from the aftermath of the First Beis HaMikdash to the beginning of the twentieth century.
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