Masada

= Pre-Trip Research... =

Location of your site:
Masada is a big mountain. This site has the view of the Dead Sea.

== Geographical Features (Include a Picture or Map): ==

Mountain, desert all around, view of the Dead Sea The Meaning of the Name of your Site:

Masada is a mountain which that the Jews hid in for protection. The Jews started throwing rocks at their enemies and after being protected for a long time their enemies built a hill to get to the top of the mountain and attack the Jews. The Jewish people killed each other because their enemies arrived because if they would have gotten them the Romans would have tortured the Jews and force them to convert.

Historical Background/Significance:
Masada was the death bed for many Jews. The Jews hid there from the Romans. When the Romans were close to getting on the mountain the Jews decided that it is better to kill each other than be tortured and be forced to convert. When the Romans got to the top of the mountain they found all the Jews dead on the mountain.

== Do other Cultures or Religions have connections to your site?: == No

Connect a Talmudic/Biblical saying to your site:
== Share any Midrash, Fables, or other “stories” about the site: ==
 * ** "Since we long ago resolved never to be servants to the Romans...it is still in our power to die bravely, and in a state of freedom." ** ||
 * ** - Elazar ben Yair, Josephus, 73 AD. ** ||
 * ** - Elazar ben Yair, Josephus, 73 AD. ** ||

Upon the steps leading to the cold-water pool and on the ground nearby were the remains of three skeletons. One was that of a man of about twenty. . . Next to it we found hundreds of silvered scales of armour, scores of arrows, fragments of a prayer shawl (talith), and also an ostracon (an inscribed potsherd) with Hebrew letters.

Not far off, also on the steps, was the skeleton of a young woman, with her scalp preserved intact because of the extreme dryness of the atmosphere. Her dark hair, beautifully plaited, looked as if it had just been freshly coiffured. Next to it the plaster was stained with what looked like blood. By her side were delicately fashioned lady‘s sandals, styled in the traditional pattern of the period. The third skeleton was that of a child. There could be no doubt that what our eyes beheld were the remains of some of the defenders of Masada

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= After the Trip... =

Picture From your Site.
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Reflections:
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