Day 9 - History

So today we had our Hebrew class. It was the most difficult, fascinating, crazy three hours of my day! I learned so much, but sadly, my brain is on overload mode at the moment... perhaps next week I'll be back to normal. Haha... So yeah, our teacher's name is Yoni. He's actually an American, but he just changed his name to Yoni because it was easier for the people here to say. 

So today, after our extensive class of learning the letters and stuff like that, we asked him to share with us some of the history of this place. This is what he told us... (derived from my "condensed" notes)... 

So Jerusalem was under siege during the attacks of Titus the Roman general. A man by the name of Yohannon Borzehite (I couldn't find the spelling) was a part of the Sanhedrin (a big group of important Jews that decided all of the laws for the Jewish people). So this guy wanted to protect the heritage of the Jewish people, so he actually snuck out of Jerusalem in a coffin (the most humbling thing for a Jew to do if you remember the things that spiritually "defile" them) and made a deal with the Romans that they could have the city of Jerusalem if they just let the Sanhedrin get away. The Romans, of course, agreed and the city of Jerusalem was then turned over to the Romans. 

Now people ask how the temple in Jerusalem was actually destroyed. I'll explain that tomorrow morning. As for now, it's curfew time for sleeping! Good night everyone... :) 

Love, 

V