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Visit a stalactite cave in Bet Shemesh
marinashemesh Says: Just outside Bet Shemesh in the Judean hills there is an amazing stalactite and stalagmite cave. This cave was discovered in 1968 when quarry workers blasted the sealed cave open. The Soreq cave or Stalactite cave is found inside the Ye'ala mountain in the Abshalom Shoham...
eladr Says: The Stalactite Cave Nature Reserve (also called Soreq Cave) is dedicated to the memory of Avshalom Shoham. The 82-meter-long, 60-meter-wide cave is on the western slopes of the Judean Hills outside the city of Beit Shemesh. It was discovered accidentally by workers blasting...
The Stalactite Cave (Soreq cave, Avshalom Reserve)
oshatz Says: The Stalactite Cave (Soreq cave, Avshalom Reserve) was discovered by accident in May 1968 after a blast in the Har-Tov quarry. The name given to the cave was "Soreq cave";. The Stalactite Cave is not one of the largest caves in the world (only 82-meter-long, 60-meter-wide),...
Tavlin: Spice farm in the forest
iblatt Says: We were looking for somewhere to eat near Beit-Shemesh, and my daughter's boyfriend said "Tavlin" was the place for us. And he was right. The restaurant is tucked away from the main road (Route 38), on the edge of the Eshtaol forest, in the heart of a spice farm.The spicy...
Hemdat haTeva: Only Natural Food Store in Bet Shemesh
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Plan a Bet Shemesh vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Bet Shemesh locals
The Stalactite Cave (Soreq cave, Avshalom Reserve) was discovered by accident in May 1968 after a blast in the Har-Tov quarry. The name given to the cave was...
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Q: What, if any, is the hechsher/hashgacha on the Tavlin Restaurant?
A: All it says on their website (Hebrew only) is that it's possible to organize a Kosher meal supervized by a Masgiah Kashhrut; here is the link:...
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Beit-Shemesh (literal translation: House of the Sun) itself is a modern Israeli town in the foothills of the Judean mountains. It has its residential neighborhoods and an industrial zone, nothing much...
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Beit Shemesh: House of the Rising Sun
Back in the 1950s, Beit Shemesh was what Israel called a "development town." Now that sounds promising, but development towns were generally dinky places in the middle of nowhere that became a kind of...
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Location: On the western slopes of the Judean Hills outside the city of Beit Shemesh(approx. 30 KMs from Jerusalem). It was discovered accidentally by workers blasting at a nearby quarry. Compared...
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