
Zion is synonymous with Israel and Jerusalem.Ĭopyright © Israel Science and Technology Directory. They celebrated the holidays according to Hebrew seasons and calendar. During the two thousand years of exile, the Jewish people said special daily prayers for return to Israel while facing the East in the direction of Jerusalem. by the Roman army led by Titus who destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem (see Brief History of Israel). The Jewish people were exiled from Israel in 70 C.E. Hatikva expresses the hope of the Jewish people, that they would someday return to the land of their forefathers as prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. The melody was arranged by Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia, from a musical theme in Smetana's "Moldau" that is partly based on a Scandinavian folk song. The title of the national anthem, HATIKVA, means "The Hope." It was written by Naftali Herz Imber (1856-1909), who moved to Palestine in 1882 from Galicia. IF YOU WISH TO USE ONE, DOWNLOAD AND USE AT YOUR OWN SERVER. PLEASE, DO NOT LINK TO A SOUND FILE DIRECTLY. Warner expects to produce about 25 titles by the end of the year.

To download a sound file of the National Anthem, Hatikva, right-click file name and choose "Save Target As.". And although thousands of colors are available, only 16 can be used at one time.
