Ramat Rachel
Ramat Rachel is a kibbutz located in central Israel. An enclave within Jerusalem's municipal boundaries, near the neighborhoods Arnona and Talpiot, and overlooking Bethlehem and Rachel's Tomb, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kathisma and Mar Elias Monastery.
Kathisma
Archaeological site
The Church of the Seat of Mary, Church of the Kathisma or Old Kathisma being the name mostly used in literature, was a 5th-century Byzantine church in the Holy Land, located between Jerusalem and Bethlehem in East Jerusalem, on what is today known as Hebron Road.
Mar Elias Monastery
Church
Mar Elias Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery in south Jerusalem, on a hill overlooking Bethlehem and Herodium, near Hebron Road.
Har Hamor Yeshiva
Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Yeshivat Har Hamor; is a Religious Zionist yeshiva in Har Homa, Jerusalem, founded in 1997 as an offshoot of Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav. The president of the yeshiva is Rabbi Zvi Thau, and the Rosh yeshiva - head of the yeshiva - is Rabbi Amiel Sternberg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Givat Hamatos and Arnona.
Givat Hamatos
Suburb
Givat HaMatos is a planned Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem. It encompasses an area of 170 dunams. It is bordered by Talpiot in the north, Gilo in the south, and Beit Safafa in the west.
Arnona
Suburb
Arnona is a neighborhood in southern Jerusalem, situated between the neighborhood of Talpiot and kibbutz Ramat Rachel. Today Arnona and Talpiot are used interchangeably with no real distinction between them.
Ramat Rachel
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Ramat Rahel” and “Ramat Raẖel”
- Category: locality
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.73871° or 31° 44′ 19″ northLongitude
35.21835° or 35° 13′ 6″ eastElevation
821 metres (2,694 feet)Open location code
8G3QP6Q9+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 278472877OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
293777
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Ramat Rachel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رمات راحيل”
- Czech: “Ramat Rachel”
- French: “Ramat-Rachel”
- German: “Ramat Rachel”
- Greek: “Ραμάτ Ραχήλ”
- Hebrew: “רמת רחל”
- Russian: “Рамат-Рахель”
- Spanish: “Ramat Rajel”
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