Sanhedria
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Sanhedria is a Haredi neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, Israel
. It lies east of Golda Meir Street and adjacent to Ramat Eshkol
, Shmuel HaNavi
, Maalot Dafna and the Sanhedria cemetery.
The neighborhood is named after the seventy elders of the Sanhedrin
, who, according to local tradition, were buried in a cave nearby.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It lies east of Golda Meir Street and adjacent to Ramat Eshkol
Ramat Eshkol
Ramat Eshkol is a neighborhood in north-eastern Jerusalem. It was built on land captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War and was the first neighborhood built in East Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967...
, Shmuel HaNavi
Shmuel HaNavi (neighborhood)
Shmuel HaNavi is a neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the north of the city bordering Ramat Eshkol, Maalot Dafna and Sanhedria....
, Maalot Dafna and the Sanhedria cemetery.
The neighborhood is named after the seventy elders of the Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin
The Sanhedrin was an assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every city in the Biblical Land of Israel.The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel made of 71 members...
, who, according to local tradition, were buried in a cave nearby.