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Also referred to in various cultures as the Sea of Galilee and the Sea of Tiberias, this beautiful harp-shaped lake is one of the most beautiful sites of the Land and one of its most important sources of fresh water and fish.

Some say that its very name comes from its similarity to the kinor (Hebrew for harp), either because of its shape or because of the musical sound of its waves.

Lying 212 meters below the level of the Mediterranean, this lake is 13 miles long and 8 miles at its greatest width, with a circumference of 33 miles.

The beauty of the area and the swimming and boating that the lake affords have made the Kinneret region a popular resort area for Israeli residents as well as for visitors from abroad. The city of Teveriyah (Tiberias) is the most important of the cities in the area and the site of some famous tombs.

Learning the Land

Introduction • Eretz Yisrael • Medinat Yisrael – The State of Israel • Eretz HaMuvtachat – The Promised Land • Eretz Kena’an • Yerushalayim(Jerusalem) • Hebron (Chevron) • Beit Lechem (Bethlehem) • Tel Aviv-Jaffa • Sage on the Bridge • Aware through the Air • Worth Moving For • Otherworldly Experiences • Eretz Avoteinu – Land of Our Fathers • The Dear and Cherished Land • Eretz HaChayim – Land of the Living • Eretz Rechavah – The Spacious Land • Beit El • Haifa (Chaifah) • Modi’in • Tiberias (Tiveriyah) • First in Creation • Land of the Deer • Stones of Substance • Eretz Tovah – The Good Land • Moledet – The Homeland • The Land That Has Everything • The Peaceful Land • Tzefat (Safed) • Jericho (Yericho) • Ashdod • Ashkelon • Where the Good Gold Is • Four Cubits to Eternity • By Any Other Name • Matanah Tovah – The Good Gift • Land of the Perfect Match • Ma’aravah – The Western Land • Road to Reward – The World to Come • Beit Shean • Antipatris • Tzippori • Beit She’arim • Share in the Land • The Motive of Moshe • The Good Land • Shomron – The Mountain of Shemer • Remembering the Land • Giving Expression to Love • Peki’in • Ein Gedi • Beit Shemesh • Beersheva • The Walled Cities of Eretz Yisrael • Yavneh • Gilgal – The First Korban Pesach in the Land We Love • Akko •

Lessons of the Land

Introduction • Gateway to Heaven • Where Wisdom Is Widespread • Enough to Be Thankful For • The Torah and the Land • Gagot Tzerifin and Ayin Sukar: Two Places, Two Grains, Two Holidays • Yam Hamelach (The Dead Sea) • Nehar HaYarden (Jordan River) • Yam Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) • Measure for Measure • The Merit System • A Desirable Portion • The Heavenly Gift • Price of Prosperity • Mount Tavor • Azaikah • Lod • Eilat • The Missing Ingredient • Mitzvah Monopoly • The Great Lover of the Land • Home Is Where the Heart Is • Har HaZeitim (Mount of Olives) • Har HaTzofim (Mount Scopus) • Tifrach • Why Cry? – A Tale of Two Cities • Where Angels Fear to Tread • The Critical Condition • Indirect Vandalism • Zichron Yaakov • Motza • Tekoah • Nov • The Loftiest Level • Shiloh • Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival • Telz Stone – Kiryat Yearim • Ein Charod • Mount Gilboa • Shunem • Ein Dor • Glossary •

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