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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 644

Samaritans

Dr. Doron Yaakov, head of the Jewish Oral Traditions collection at the Academy of Hebrew Language and researcher at the Historical Dictionary Project, at the Cultural and Educational Center on March 24, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
April 15, 2025, 7:18 am
Research center works to save myriad Hebrew dialects shaped by millennia of wandering
Israel’s Academy of the Hebrew Language has been preserving a treasure trove of accents and pronunciations that are swiftly becoming lost by its own work to standardize language
By Rossella Tercatin
Sharon Liberman Mintz, Sotheby's Judaica Specialist, Books & Manuscripts, discusses the purported oldest complete tablet of the Ten Commandments, that is displayed at Sotheby's, in New York, December 9, 2024. (AP/Richard Drew)
December 13, 2024, 11:56 am
As ‘oldest’ Ten Commandments go up for auction, some scholars question authenticity
Stone tablet bearing Paleo-Hebrew inscription with Samaritan version of Biblical text — expected to fetch more than $1 million — open to questioning, NYT reports
By ToI Staff
An ancient tablet with an inscription of the Ten Commandments, to be auctioned in December 2024 by Sotheby's. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 13, 2024, 9:03 pm
Oldest inscribed Ten Commandments to be auctioned in December
Two-foot tall, 115 pound marble tablet is inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew, with Samaritan variant of Ten Commandments, including an injunction to worship on Mount Gerizim
By ToI Staff
The collapsed wall (left) and a headstone at the Samaritan cemetery in Tel Aviv, pictured on Aug. 3, 2023. (Courtesy Ben Sedaka)
August 4, 2023, 3:03 am
Gravestones smashed in Samaritan section of Tel Aviv cemetery
Leaders of tiny faith community tell police incident was premeditated hate crime; separately, woman’s picture on Jerusalem gravestone blacked out, apparently by Haredi extremists
By Canaan Lidor
Activists protest against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on July 29, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 30, 2023, 1:53 pm
Daily Briefing July 30: Some Likud MKs murmur dissent; Lapid: Compromise was imminent
Editor David Horovitz on continued robust anti-judicial overhaul protests, Monday’s chaotic passage of a 1st ‘reform’; military reporter Emanuel Fabian on shrinking IDF deterrence
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers stand by a car used by three Palestinian gunmen after they were killed near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2023 (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
July 25, 2023, 8:50 am
3 Palestinian gunmen killed by IDF when attacking Samaritan community near Nablus
Military says suspects arrived by car at small town in northern West Bank, opened fire at forces outside; Hamas claims responsibility
By Emanuel Fabian
Damage is seen caused to a store in the Samaritan community of Mount Gerizim, close to Nablus in the northern West Bank, following a drive-by shooting attack, July 5, 2023. (Courtesy)
July 5, 2023, 1:19 pm
Palestinian gunmen fire at police vehicle, store in Samaritan community near Nablus
No injuries caused in shooting attack in northern West Bank; IDF hunts for assailants
By Emanuel Fabian
Samaritan priest lifting a Torah scroll (Eitan Bino/Courtesy of Museum of the Bible)
November 10, 2022, 4:02 am
Film shines a spotlight on Israel’s tiny Samaritan community fighting for its future
Trifecta of published book, film that opened Nov. 8 and ongoing exhibit examines how unique people struggle to ensure survival without compromising their unique religious practices
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Samaritans sitting under their Sukkah decorated with fruits and vegetables during Sukkot holiday. Nablus, Palestinian territories, October 2017. (Yadid Levy)
April 3, 2021, 8:01 am
Samaritan cookbook introduces ancient people’s cuisine to new global audiences
Filled by recipes, gorgeous photographs and historical background, ‘Samaritan Cookbook’ provides taste of life in enigmatic community split between Israel and Palestinian Authority
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Samaritans take part in the traditional Passover sacrifice at Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on April 18, 2019. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
April 19, 2019, 9:32 am
Tiny Samaritan community marks Passover sacrifice as numbers grow
Biblical ritual held annually at West Bank mountaintop ceremonial ground provides participants young and old with hope for future of ancient community
By Mike Smith
Preservation work on the 1,600-year-old inscription and wine press unearthed at the home of a wealthy Samaritan in Tzur Natan. (Galeb Abu Diab/Israel Antiquities Authority)

February 27, 2019, 1:27 pm
5th century Greek inscription found at site of ancient Samaritan rebellion
Rare mosaic attests to the 1,600-year-old holdings of wealthy landowner ‘Master Adios’ in the heartland of a Samaria at war with the encroaching Christian empire
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Samaritan people pray during a pilgrimage marking the holiday of Passover at Mount Gerizim on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus, May 11, 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)
September 30, 2018, 1:57 am
Samaritans view part of ancient Torah scroll stolen from them in 1995
Parchment found during a routine customs check of a backpacker seeking to exit Israel to Jordan through the Allenby Crossing
By JTA
Samaritans take part in the traditional Passover sacrifice ceremony, where sheep and goats are slaughtered, at Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on April 29, 2018. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
April 30, 2018, 5:32 am
West Bank neighbors flock to Mt. Gerizim for Samaritan Passover sheep slaughter
Both Israeli and Palestinian community leaders in attendance, demonstrating storied religious minority’s successful ability to straddle political divide
By Jacob Magid
Samaritan people pray during a pilgrimage marking the holiday of Passover at Mount Gerizim on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus, May 11, 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)
From the WebApril 29, 2018, 10:15 pm
Who stole the Torahs?
NPR report details years-long quest by Samaritan community to locate holy books stolen from their synagogue
Samaritan worshipers pray on top of Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus as they celebrate the Shavuot festival at dawn, on June 4, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)
June 5, 2017, 1:55 am
Atop holy mount, Samaritans mark biblical festival of Shavuot
Tiny community makes pilgrimage to West Bank’s Mount Gerizim for seven day celebration of anniversary of receiving the Torah
By ToI Staff
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