Three Pilgrimage Festivals
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The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, also known by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim, are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot; and in
The Pilgrimage Road used by visitors to the Temple.
Offering of the first fruits, illustration from a Bible card
Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
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The siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire. Roman forces led by Titus besieged Jerusalem, the Jewish capital and the revolt's main stron
Three Pilgrimage Festivals
…including a monumental pilgrimage road and a mikveh found near the Temple Mount, corroborates these accounts of large-scale festival travel. After the destruction of the Second Temple, the actual pilgrimages are no longer obligatory upon Jews, and no longer take place on a national scale. In Yavneh, the Sanhedrin assembled on the…
The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (Francesco Hayez, 1867)
A scale model reconstruction of Jerusalem during the 1st century CE, part of the Holyland Model of Jerusalem at the Israel Museum
Marble bust of Titus, who returned to Judaea in the winter of 69/70 at the head of an army of some 48,200
Scale model reconstruction of the Second Temple complex and the Antonia Fortress (upper right), part of the Holyland Model of Jerusalem at the Israel Museum