{"id":7689,"date":"2018-12-31T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T07:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/12\/31\/yehoram-gaon-from-the-summit-of-mount-scopus"},"modified":"2018-12-31T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T07:30:09","slug":"yehoram-gaon-from-the-summit-of-mount-scopus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/12\/31\/yehoram-gaon-from-the-summit-of-mount-scopus\/","title":{"rendered":"Yehoram Gaon: From the Summit of Mount Scopus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l8tRgB4O-yA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>This song, performed by Israeli singer and cultural icon, Yehoram Gaon, expresses the eternal Jewish longing to return to and rebuild Jerusalem and for the coming of the Messiah. From Mount Scopus, the eastern ridge of Jerusalem, there is a spectacular view of the city, including the Old City and the Temple Mount. Site of the original\u00a0Hadassah Hospital and part of the Hebrew University campus, Mount Scopus saw intense\u00a0fighting and sieges\u00a0during the War of Independence, after which it became\u00a0a UN protected Israeli enclave within Jordanian administered territory until it came under Israeli control during the Six Day War.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>From the Summit of Mount Scopus<\/h2>\n<p>From the summit of Mount Scopus,<br \/>\nI will prostrate myself to you,<br \/>\nFrom the summit of Mount Scopus,<br \/>\nO Jerusalem, peace unto you.<br \/>\nFor a hundred generations I have dreamt of you,<br \/>\nTo merit\/to cry<br \/>\nAnd behold the light of your countenance.<\/p>\n<p><i>Chorus:<\/i><br \/>\nJerusalem, Jerusalem<br \/>\nLight up your face to your son,<br \/>\nJerusalem, Jerusalem<br \/>\nFrom your ruins will I build you.<\/p>\n<p>From the summit of Mount Scopus,<br \/>\nO Jerusalem, peace unto you.<br \/>\nThousands of exiles around the world,<br \/>\nRaise up their eyes to you.<br \/>\nIn thousands of blessings may you<br \/>\nbe blessed,<br \/>\nKingly sanctuary, royal city.<\/p>\n<p><i>Chorus:<\/i><br \/>\nJerusalem, Jerusalem,<br \/>\nI shall not move away,<br \/>\nJerusalem, Jerusalem,<br \/>\nThe Messiah will surely come, one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This song, performed by Israeli singer and cultural icon, Yehoram Gaon, expresses the eternal Jewish longing to return to and rebuild Jerusalem and for the coming of the Messiah. From Mount Scopus, the eastern ridge of Jerusalem, there is a spectacular view of the city, including the Old City and the Temple Mount. Site of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":7690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[1643],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7689\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=7689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7689\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7690\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=7689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=7689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=7689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}