Hemdat Yamim
Hemdat Yamim is a hamlet in Northern District, Israel. Hemdat Yamim is situated nearby to the village Shefer, as well as near Parod.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jethro’s mound and Khirbet Shema.
Jethro’s mound
Historic site
Photo: Mlevitt1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rujum en-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jethro's Cairn is an ancient megalithic monument, consisting of a crescent shaped heap of field stones, located some 15 kilometers from the Sea of Galilee on a fairly inaccessible hillside below Parod in Northern Israel.
Khirbet Shema
Archaeological site
Khirbet Shema is an archaeological site located in Israel at the foot of Mount Meron. It features the ruins of a large Jewish village of the Roman and Byzantine periods, including the remains of an ancient synagogue and a mausoleum. Khirbet Shema is situated 3½ km northeast of Hemdat Yamim.
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochay tomb
Synagogue
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The tomb of Shimon bar Yochai, or Kever Rashbi, on Mount Meron is the traditional burial place of the 2nd-century Mishnaic rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. A place of pilgrimage since the late 15th century, it is today the second-most-visited Jewish site in the world after the Western Wall with as many as two million annual visitors. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochay tomb is situated 4 km northeast of Hemdat Yamim.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shefer and Parod.
Shefer
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shefer is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 507.
Parod
Village
Photo: Ravit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parod is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 661.
Ein al-Asad
Village
Ein al-Asad is a Druze village in northern Israel. Located near Maghar in the Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of 2024 it had a population of 955. Ein al-Asad is situated 2½ km southwest of Hemdat Yamim.
Hemdat Yamim
- Type: Hamlet
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.9489° or 32° 56′ 56″ northLongitude
35.42453° or 35° 25′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8G4QWCXF+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 278473663OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q6659342
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Hemdat Yamim” goes by many names.
- French: “Hemdat Yamim”
- Hebrew: “חמדת ימים (נקודת יישוב)”
- Hebrew: “חמדת ימים”
- Hebrew: “טירת יעל”
- Turkish: “Hemdat Yamim”
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