Home of the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) - Tel Shilo, sight of the Holy Tabernacle
Before King David bought Mount Moriah from Arnon the Jebusite, our Holy Tabernacle was in Shilo - that was about 2700 years ago. Eli was High Priest at the time. The dwelling in the photo above was most probably his home. Shilo is in the heart of the hill country of Ephraim, the land that Hashem gave to our people.
When you visit here, you feel at home. Why? A Jewish soul, when it comes to a place like the Kotel, the Machpela Cave, or Shilo, is coming home. The Jewish soul is even older than this land, and it has been here before.
A million UNs and a billion PA declarations won't separate us from this land, as long as we are worthy of it. That's why emuna and teshuva are the key words now. Chodesh Tov!
As you well know, the Mishkan was erected in Shilo for 369 years, the bulk of the entire period of the Judges. There were many High Priests who lived in that house. Eli was just the last one to have lived there.
Posted by: Dovbearbarleib | Sunday, 04 September 2011 at 10:05 PM