YOELI: So Yos, How’s your fruit diet going?
YOSSI: Munch. Mhmhmmhmmm…
YOELI: Well I guess that means it’s going well. But Yos, I think it’s time we got moving.
YOSSI: Moving? What do you mean?
YOELI: I mean moving around Eretz Yisrael. Let’s share the deeper side of the deepest and holiest place in the world with all those kids out there!
YOSSI: Are they really listening to everything we say?
YOELI: You better believe it. I think they’re listening right now!
YOSSI: Hmmm…
YOELI: Let’s start right here in one of the highest and holiest cities in the world! Teveria!
YOSSI: Wow! Wait, is it one of the holiest cities in the whole world?
YOELI: Absolutely! It was first called Teveria around the time of the second Beis Hamikdosh. In fact, since the Churban Bayis Sheni there have been Yidden here straight until today! It-
YOSSI: But what makes it holy?
YOELI: Torah Yos – tons, and tons of Torah. After the Churban, the Sanhedrin moved here, and later Rabbi Yehuda Hanassi wrote down the Mishnayos right here! Also the Talmud Yerushalmi was written and completed here as well.
YOSSI: Yeah, look at all those blue domes. What are those?
YOELI: Those are the kevarim of Tannaim and Amoraim that lived right here Yos! This is literally where Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, Rabbi Yochanan, Reish Lakish, and so many tzaddikim, learned Torah! The talmidei HaBaal Shem Tov and the Talmidei HaGra also lived here, but that was only about 200 years ago.
YOSSI: Wow, that’s pretty holy indeed…
YOELI: Oh, but we’ve only just started! Join us here next week everyone!
YOSSI: Wait, are they still listening?
This article was found in Nekuda Tova Issue 24.