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A House of Prayer

SEEK-ZION

The Bani Israelite community, is fighting for the right to keep the feasts of YHWH in the land, and go up to the temple to pray and appear before the most high as it is commanded in the Torah.

THE REAL ISRAELITES OF ZION:
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Equipped with a prophet who claims to be a direct descendant of the tribe of Ephraim and with endless evidence that the Jerusalem which every body is fighting over is not the biblical Jerusalem at all, the members of the "House of Israel" community are asking to make it clear to all of us that they are the real Jews (ISREALITES). Roy "Chicky" Arad was almost convinced, but his low chances to survive the Gog and Magog war made him return to boring Judaism .

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THE BELIEF: 

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stage of belief

Will a surprising TWIST occur in the heated conflict between the religions over the Temple Mount? The "House of Israel", a group of blacks who identify as Jews (ISRAELITES) who came mostly from the United States, believes that the tabernacle of David is at Tel Arad, an archaeological site about six miles west of the city of Arad. They call the mount "Zion", and since last Passover they have three pilgrimages which is inspired by ancient customs,that is flourishing and expanding the community from all over the world. In the year 2002 HOWSHUA AMARIEL , 60 years old, a native of Chicago, also known as "Indiana Jones" of the Hebrews, stated that Tel Arad is in fact the biblical Jerusalem. Following the enlightenment he moved to Arad and tried to locate believers, from the Hebrews of Dimona and among blacks worldwide. His and his believers historic suggestion is fascinating, its sources are a variety of conspiracy theories and archaeological findings, and the belief of Hebrews and black Americans who see themselves as the real Jews (Israelites). This is the shortcut of the story: the foundation of the confusion is that in the Bible, there is two cities were called Jerusalem, One that was conquered from the JEBUSITES which the temple was built in it (Tel Arad) ,and the other one was captured from the AMORITES ( "Jerusalem"). In 70 CE, the real Jerusalem which the temple is in it was destroyed and the people went into exile. According to de HOWSHUA code, Hadrian changed the name of Jerusalem(tel a Arad) to t Aelia Capitolina , Roman city which the entry was forbidden for the circumcised. Several hundred years later, when the Jews (israelites) were allowed to return, the wrong Jerusalem was presented to them, North. The reason to keep the Jews(Israelites) was clear: preventing the arrival of the messiah. also exile was not toward Europe and Asia, as we learned. The children of Israel fled to Egypt, then moved to south Sudan, which it means according to believers, "Sui yahoden"(upper Egypt), the land of Judah. from there they Rolled to West Africa. In Africa, they were caught and sent to America as slaves. And now they are returning to their home land. These whom are called white Jews are a scam according to them, it is clear in the Bible that the Jews(ISRAELITES) were dark-skinned. One of the claims for the lack of authenticity of the Jews is linguistic: they are called in English Jewish and ish means similar to, that means the Jewish are only similar to the Jews. (as whitish means similar to white). Yet the members of the"House of Israel" want cooperation with us, their brothers, after all we share with them the Torah of truth. Howshua proves his Claims without blinking. representation Number 1 is a photo of the mosaic discovered in ancient synagogue in Beit Alfa with Abraham on it but he is not really white(brown man).representation Number 2 is in Exodus 4:6 when Moses wanted to show his power of witchcraft, he putted his hand in his lap, and it became white as snow "and then return to it original color. according to Howshua and his friends, if the miracle turned the hand white as snow , that means mosses originally was black.BINGO!  HOWSHUA, carry titles as rabbi, an imam, a priest and an Indian chief at the same time,he says that thousands of people in the exile share this belief , with the potential for millions worldwide spiritual blacks, that will fill Arad in the coming years. In any case, there is dozens in the country for right now. Some readers probably will laugh at this, but do not forget that, as Jews we believe that frogs were dropped from the sky by God to depress the Egyptians. Besides, the claim that the ancient Hebrews were blacks is not less logical than a bunch of pale Europeans see themselves as descendants of Abraham and require immediate the land that was promised to them. With no offense, of course. We first meet a week before the holiday. Arad's commercial center has been decorated with people from around the world that made a pilgrimage to celebrate the slaughter of the Passover approaching, with spectacular clothes painting the slumbering Arad with energies of Rastafarians . Although there is a lot of overlap, these are not exactly the Hebrews of Dimona, that was called for years,the "negro Hebrews", a term that considered offensive today. Ben-Ami Ben-Israel, the leader of the Hebrews in Dimona Photo by Alex Levac

A chief with a look of a rapper

The Hebrews are vegans, but the house of Israel, can eat meat and do not hesitate to slaughter here and there, as I would be a witness for it at Passover. One of the frustrating things to HOWSHUA is that many of the Hebrew do not believe that Tel Arad is the Tabernacle of David, and insist to hold on to the common belief about the location of Jerusalem.
as a new Religious stream, all information of the "House of Israel" can be found on YouTube and Facebook. a YouTube video shows Howshua going to Ben-Ami Ben-Israel , the leader of the Hebrews of Dimona, with the Tablets that he prepared, engraved in ancient Hebrew, and tries to convince Ben Ami to believe in the righteous way. Ben Israel refuses to listen, and Howshua disappointed, as Moses in his time, he dramatically smashed the Tablets on the casual sidewalk of Dimona.
A video from one month ago shows HOWSHUA at the Wailing Wall, with elegant appearance, holding a bag of potato chips and preach to the passing crowd that actual location of the wailing wall is at Tel Arad. he stimulating curiosity among bored Orthodox Jews , until security guard requires him to be quiet. 
Howshua, masters the ancient Hebrew language, translated the Bible into English according to a copy of the ancient Hebrew Bible which he says that rolled to America. He worked 12 years for the translation, 2,152 pages long. in his bag he is carrying a strange stone which he says that his family moved it from Canaan to Africa and from there to America and back to Arad / Jerusalem. According to him, the inscribed written on the stone is in ancient Hebrew and it says " AS TEACH TOO ARE" another proof of his claims (one of them is that he represent the original rabbinical order). In addition, he claims to have DNA proof that he has genetic similarities to the bones that was found at Tel Arad, which prove that he is a direct descendant of the tribe of Ephraim. But his computer battery was out, and with all the heavenly assistance of Howshua we could not run it. So that left me with no choice but to believe.
Howshua is a cheerful man with a mischievous smile, dreadlocks Rasta and black stick of the head of the tripe that look ancient , that represent him as the chief. Chief is also his nickname on everyone's lips. In addition of being being black, he sees himself tied to Cherokee Indian. As we sat on the patio outside his home, and he unfolded before me plenty of evidence that Arad is in fact Jerusalem, his voice climbed enthusiastically. The neighbor came out and asked him politely to speak quietly. He smiled at her as he continued. On one hand, chief is kind of Jesus or Jeremiah that he and his devoted believers are convinced that he have in his possession enormous truth that will turn the world up side down, but yet he have a neighbor who wants him to be quiet. In my opinion,he is more successful than Jeremiah or Jesus. because Contrary to the righteous feisty prophets, Howshua is exuberant nice gesture that look like a rapper.from all All faiths, religions and calts that i came across, this one I liked the best in the meantime.
also Fashion wise,HOWSHUA AMARIEL defeats almost every religious leader that comes to a mind . The first time we met he wore Obama shirt and wrapped around his forehead sweat band from the '80s-style. Then he changed his shirt color for Tnuva that probably was given sometime as a prize. Sometimes he chooses feathers Cherokee that he puts over his Rasta hair. he have a special handshake consists of three movements: punch, then V and then combining fingers as he says "peace, respect, love,"with a strong American accent. which is not related to his current phase of his prophet, so he must have started this hand shake earlier. Also his believers dress Stunning , in a different styles, sometimes ancient Hebrews, sometimes rappers, sometimes in the spirit of science fiction with silver belts.
Due to the advanced knowledge of the ancient Hebrew .Howshua, says that he was sent on a number of tours for several years to find the real Jerusalem, fully funded by the black community in the United States. he presented me his stamped passport and tell me that he had visited Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, Between 1988 and 2000 he checked every temple and ruin, but could not find a place that fit the description of the Tabernacle of David, and returned to the United States. Suddenly, the "Chicago Jewish Star," published an article about the discovery of the holy of holes at Tel Arad fort. "Wow," he says. "I started shaking."
If there is anything that characterizes the people of the house of Israel, it is the affection that  they have for folders and documentation, something I connect to it very spiritually. Howshua is very strict not to not to let anyone to his house, but in the patio he presents to me a numerous maps ,snippets and documents . For example, a map of the ten tribes in Africa since -1836. Then he pulls out his request in 2009,from the" Israel Land Administration" under the title " The Plan of the ancient community," which requires to transfer over the entire area of Arad Valley, including Tel Arad and Arad to his hands, "I demand the whole area. At first the Arad Valley, then the entire area of the State of Israel. That way everyone will have land. I demand to make the Torah a law. in the Sabbath all debts should canceled , including the banks. I went to court and they refused. So why they say we are a Jewish state if there is no debt relief? You can not be secular and Jewish. I mean, let's make the revolution Torah. people will love that the debts will be canceled,that the land will be restored to the people. " I am in favor. "I have many enemies, but I have the people and have connections. Why the Jewish are hated all over the world? because they not keeping the Sabbath year,if they were keeping it, everyone then will like them." as blacks, all the members of the community say they feel racism in the Israeli street because of the color of their skin. "When our people wanted to come to Israel, we were refused entry as a people and arrested," he said painfully. "That was in 1967. Note that year. What happened in 1967?" Six Day War. "It was a warning, and then they allowed us entry. They said we were not Jews, but we are the ten tribes

THE

PROPHET

BELIEVERS

Believers: 
the Shechinah (Holy spirit) told me

If religious were formed at the market squares in the past, the gathering place of the "House of Israel" is an air conditioned cafe in the mall at Arad. There I met Ashira Ben Israel, who chose to dedicate his life to tour in the black world to mobilize people into the faith that Tel Arad is Jerusalem. "Even Judas Maccabeus began only with his family," Ashira Ben Israel says. "I came here as a pilgrim. Even our ancestors, every once they were in trouble the came to Zion, came and pray, until we lost in the year 70 ad and the tabernacle of David was sword." Ashira was a teacher in New York in the name Kenyon Ashira Wilkerson, whose life got caught in a deep personal crisis. He vowed that if God will call him to ZION, he will leave his wife and children for three years . The next day, at breakfast time,he received a phone call and was offered to go for the first time in his life to Israel to meet Howshua. I see him as Paul of the group. at the mall he dress seriously in ancient Israelite Garments, at Tel Arad he will wear a turban. In order To bring people of faith, Ashira has already visited Egypt, the United States and Kenya, and talked with the people of Uganda, and he is planing to arrive soon to Rwanda, Britain, Canada, Jamaica and Trinidad. Through his travels and videos that he made, during the last two years he led the crowed of believes into the positions of Howshua.
Applying ceremony blood smeared on the doorpost. Only one third of Israelis will survive

Another member of the group is Absalom ben Solomon, 72, who immigrated to Israel in 1971 as part of the Hebrews. Ben Solomon is one of the most respected jazz musicians living in Israel, who played with the jazz legend Sun Ra. We had an early conversation over the phone that caused misunderstanding because of the accent of both us is unclear. Ben Solomon thought that the interview will discuss his music towards his performance at Arad. He was carrying a huge leather bag full of newspaper clippings , but he was happy about the change in direction. One of the believers who came to Israel especially for the sacrifice is Brian, a tall, bearded man from Jamaica who heard about the truth Online . "the holy spirit called me and said that I must go to ZION. I moved to a smaller apartment, sold the car just to have $ 2,000 to fly here." A few days after we spoke, he was circumcised with the assistance of another believer.
White believers also came especially to join the Passover sacrifice. One of them is Jack from London. "When you you at ZION you see that every thing fits the scriptures. but In the fake Jerusalem it does not fit," he recites. As the group members are optimistic, the Passover offering is not a happy event. " This is the second time we kept the Passover ceremony after 2000 years of a break that the world kept the real Jerusalem hidden from all of us the", Ashira explains to me ."We wear black when we come to pilgrimage three times a year, because we are mourning. The world lied to us. it do not call us by our name Israel but Afro-American or Jamaicans, when we are actually one nation. The devil divided us. We came to apologize to God for the sins of our ancestors. the Jewish in the world are forgetting to do that, when they come to what they call the wailing Wall. they ask for things. it is as if I had insulted and kicked you, I'll send you sms saying I need a hundred dollars. according to the prophets JERUSALEM should be a wilderness until the people will return to her, and their Jerusalem is not completely ruined place. they must be praying at BETH EL ".

So we the Jewish are simply wrong? "Herzl's idea was not to bring the Jewish here, but to Uganda. The Jewish wanted to Africa. According to the prophets, when the return to Israel will happen there will be no wars, but when the Jewish came there is a war every year. This proves that they are not the real people.ABED EL NASSER said that the Israelis can not be The real locals, for they left blacks and came back whites Why? " why? "Because they are not the real people. the real Jews that will come will be blacks. We are the people of the book and you are writing eith Aramaic letters and not Hebrew. through us the world will accept the messiah. The World will know who we are. Those who called Negroes are actually the children of Israel. In the End of the Days, all of the nations will ask us for forgiveness. that will be before Gog and Magog war. But we will not have to raise a hand, the messiah will come and save us. when the 144,000 men will come to the Passover sacrifice on the Temple Mount (ZION) that will  happens. there will be a lot of destruction. " Oh. "Only this way God can build his kingdom here." This mall also will be destroyed? With the waiters? "Everything around is gonna be deleted, so that Jesus can build his kingdom. Then the Israelis will return and all of the nations will come and give gifts for the children of Israel, and they will serve us. But we will treat them as brothers, not as the nations of the world had treated us because of our color. I know they hate us here.They Call us Negroes here. I walk down the street and say good morning to people but they look at me with contempt. " Further proof that that ashira is useing that they are the real Jews (ISRAELITES) is from the pop music world . "Who started the rap? Jewish? Chinese? If we put a hat upside down the world will do as we do. And its written that the Jews (ISRAELITES) are a light unto the nations". I Totaly supports your belief,its just the end of the days that worries me. "Yes, many will die. Only one third o f the Israelites would survive.

THE WIFE


Revelation at Lehaveem junction

Ola Amariel is Howshua third wife , the mother of his three adorable children who certainly worth a separate article. according to her, the other two wifes that is living in the United States, with many more children , supported the wedding. Polygamy is automatically shocking subject . But as someone who comes from people that customary damage the penis of a baby, who Am I to preach to a feminist woman that chose of her own a certain way.

In her youth she left her native village and her family when they wanted to force her marriage,she began to attend college. One morning 14 years ago,a vision appeared to her at the Hatzbani river which she got an order to go on a journey. She went on a random ride and in parallel she was interested in the Rastafarian movement . "as a person that Grow up on Allah, I was interested in who was Jah that they are talking about." When she went with a good friend to bring photographic equipment from Tel Arad to a friend,she received enlightenment that she will be an Indian chief wife , and she told her friend, that got terrified of it. She also predicted the global warming before Al Gore: "At lehaveem junction i felt that one day the polar will melt and the world will be flooded. I saw that I started to scare my girlfriend, so I did not say no word after that. When we arrived to tel Arad, I saw him wearing a ceremonial feathers and making an Indian call. I almost pass out. He asked me 'Who are you' and I said, 'all my life I knew we gonna meet . We know each other for a long time. everyone was trembling. I felt like I sound like a crazy woman. I asked Chief who's Jah? and he explained to me that its God's name and said that the Messiah should come from Tel Arad. all my life i was anti-religious. a friend of Chief came by and by strange coincidence he had a Bible in Arabic. I said, it must be from God. I started reading the Bible, and I realized that I was related to the people of Israel as Median, the tribe of JETHRU. for a whole Year I had dreams that I should marry chief and have his children. And I thought to my self,he is not a Druse,h and believe in polygamy. I ran from the village just to not to marry a chauvinist, so how i will marry someone that already have two wives? "

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ZION 
the displacement of Mount Olives.

Around the year 2002 Howshua amariel foot steps for the first time in the archaeological site of Tel Arad. He decided that the whole world is wrong and that he spotted Jerusalem. According to him, because of his adherence to the site, archaeologists have given him the keys to the site, let him live in a tent as a Watch man, he received a certification of a volunteer and even helped building the gate . Still, he admits that they were angry with him when he tried to close the entry for the visitors into the holy of hollies , that is allowed only for the High Priest. Today he notes that the Arad city treats them well,because "We can bring in a lot of people.”
Howshua hoped that his belief about Tel Arad will touch immediate believers. It did not happen. "I had a lot of YouTube videos, but only in the last two years, thanks to Ashira going around the world, people began to join," he admits
. With Ola howshua and Brian, I take a taxi to Tel Arad. On the traffic at the junction of Tel Arad stands a wrecked car. Howshua requires the driver to stop and for me to take photos of the accident. I refuse to photograph accident, he insists, and finally he give up. "This is proof that because of his people turning to the left leading to dimona and death rather than making the right turn to Zion and leading to life there is a lot of accidents there," he says. "Did you read the book the Alchemist ? like it says in the book there is No such a thing as coincidence," Ola adds. We walking under the hot sun towards Tel Arad. Howshua pointing at outlet beside of the road and confidently states, "It is Gihon". He says that its known that after the destruction Dragons doweled at the Gihon and he points at the lizards. "Descendants of the dragons of the ancient days." Then he open a map signed by the Temple Institute, the temple in the map is similar to Tel Arad which he presents as a proof that it is the original David tabernacle. Brian just landed and he was not yet in Tel Arad,he was very excited and drank the words of the prophet with the red sweat band in thirst. According to the maps of Howshua, the hill which Arad stands on is the Mount of Olives. He points at a bald hill on the horizon and says this is where they crucified Jesus. "T HE Archaeologists says that the City of David can not be in the place here everybody saying it is. And how the City of David and Mount Zion are in different places when i is the same place ? the date of the construction the walls is written in Muslims letters . I will convince the Jewish to join us." for the orthodox Jews he actually has an affection: "They are not just wear black. They respect me and call me Messiah ben Ephraim. I have the agreement between Salah el din and the crusaders in Arabic, that proves that Jerusalem is a scam. The numbers do not lie. The Palestinians know that the tabernacle of David is not in the Temple Mount and they say that all the time. for example, it written that Jerusalem should be surrounded by mountains, how can that be when Jerusalem itself on top of the mountain? " Mourners march to the real ZION . The messiah will come and save us when the 144,000 men will come to sacrifice at the real Temple Mount (ZION)
According to him, WITH the discovery of the Tel Arad, in 1962, David Ben-Gurion arrived and prayed there. Information that he received, Ben-Gurion demanded immediately to close the site. His explanation for this is that Ben-Gurion wanted eastern Jerusalem to be occupied ,and he knew that if the fact the Temple Mount is at Tel Arad will be revealed he will not have an excuse to occupied it.he did not take me straight into the Temple, but take a walk around the fortress, " just like with girls you do not go straight to business,you have to ease on her" he explains.  When we turn he points up and says, "This is the real Western Wall". he also make it clear that this is not Solomon's Temple that was completely destroyed which its also in the area, but its the Tabernacle of David. As we enter the fortress, i felt a little bet as a part of the whole thing and I did not want to take the risk. Maybe he's right. I said I was afraid to step on the holy of hollies and i asked him to warn me before we get to it. They got excited. They understood it that I am one of them and asked me to say it again ,so they asked me and I say it again, that it will be photographed with a mobile and to put it up Facebook . We're forging the dialogue. Howshua get enthusiastic and carries a long speech to Ola's camera with a statement of him saying, how I believe his words, but many of the Hebrews of Dimona are doubting it.he demand them to accept the facts!
a thought crossing my mind, that part of his choice to determine that bJerusalem is in Arad its just a community inside politics, . Howshua the alpha male wants to lead the Hebrews, after Ben Ami Ben-Israel passed away, and there was no one that toke his place yet , there is no clear leader and howshua wants to move the center of the community from Dimona to Arad. "Now that their messiah has died, there is more likely chance that they will unite with us," admits Howshua. "They believed that he was the Messiah, but I did not believe that, because the Messiah supposed to lead to ZION, and Ben Ami lade them to another place." later on in the Facebook chat , his answer to my question if he himself the messiah was NO.
The taxi arrived, but one of the workers at the site says that a guest arrived to tel arad specifically to meet howshua . he Is a white man with a wife and children, apparently Mormons, who arrived to the place following the videos on Jerusalem at Tel Arad. Their credit cards did not work and Howshoua offering him to stay at his farm at har(Mount) Amassa, which he calls "Inheritance of Ephraim." Both embrace, but the taxi driver nervous and we have to go on from there.
The ratio of arad residents that I talked to, toward the colorful group , ranges from indifference to curiosity. Alongside the great potential in the city, Arad has a host of problems. The city is in a deep struggle against a nearby phosphate mine that could endanger the health of the residents, in a big fight between secular and orthodox, that is moving to the city because of the low housing prices. And there are those who are struggling with Bedouins. When I'm there,the coordinator of Bnei Akiva in the south is warning in a local newspaper, from turning "this charming city into the capital of the camel riders(the Bedouin)".So This colorful gang of Howshua is currently the latest trouble of the city Arad. It's a strange group and misunderstood for me," says Gabi Zentner,the manager of the site of Tel Arad(ZION). "They believe that this is the temple. It is true that a temple was established here modeled on the Temple in Jerusalem, but their identity as if it were Jerusalem is weird. It's not Mount Zion nor Jerusalem. They say that Ze'elim river is actually Kidron Valley, they claims that Ein Gedi it galgatha and that Masada is Jericho . every new archaeologist will tell you that all their IDs are reversed. It is not clear to me why they picked on Tel Arad(ZION) from all other places. and they have strange and funny ceremonies “.
in the other hand, our religion is also pretty funny. "Personally, I'm glad they're here. They are good and pleasant people. the Travelers show interested in them ,and they do not cause friction. in This year that I'm working in here , I feel that the phenomenon is continually growing. even white people start to come believing that Tel Arad is Jerusalem. All this story is Strange ." Yet in his seat as manager, he is concerned about the approaching Passover: "Passover pilgrims who came here are in shock. They arrived with suitcases as they about to check in the hotel, they did not came with tents, and they are not prepared to camping for weeks”.
Despite the sympathy, Zentner did not allowed to slaughter the lamb on the site of Tel Arad (zion) and demanded that it will be held outside the fence. "I have no problem with the fire, and I do not ask where the meat came from, but the slaughter - no not here," he says.
Zentner telling me that Brian, our friend from Jamaica, was circumcised. We call Brian to come to the office and he was glad to have an air conditioner. Wearing sunglasses, he explains that only circumcised can participate in the Passover meal and therefore he chose to be cut. I asked fearfully if he have a wife and he assures me that he was single. "I feel that i started in a journey," says Brian. "A lot of things that the church is saying are not true. Like the Christmas tree. This is idolatry. Tel Arad (zion)This is the right place, Jerusalem is a fake."

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THE FEAST
Vegan assistants

The group's Passover Seder took place on Saturday night, Not on Friday as most Israelis. Howshua ask me to arrive to Tel Arad (zion)on Saturday . I arrive at noon, so i will not miss the action. After all this is the first time that I'm making the commandment of pilgrimage. But when I arrived to Tel Arad(zion) there were just some of the believers and i did not found Howshua. Because he keeps the commandments ,and also its impossible to call him I call Ashira and he tells me that Howshua is in his house in the city. I go there, knock on his door and he did not answer. I am dismayed and nervous, afraid that i had lost the story . Fortunately, I meet a believer and he suggest to knock louder. Finally he comes out,sleepy, and shakes my hand in the triple way, muttering "respect,peace,love". Chief explains that it is rare that he comes out the house on Saturday and ask me to come back at six o'clock. The article is very important for him. Despite the benefits of the religion, the media did not particularly interested in it, its usually not be interested in remote stories .In Howshua's Folders there is almost no Hebrew publications about the group. I came to them because I spent two weeks in the beautiful city Residence. He is proud of his wife interview in a radio program where listeners interviewed at night, in a local weekly newspaper clipping in a small ad pages he offers teaching the ancient Hebrew. "This story is not only about us," he explains. "This story could stop the coming war. I interviewed in order to stop the Third World War. the Jewish need to stop the war. Why the Jewish are hatred? Because they do not keep the Sabbath year". He asks Eli the photographer if he promises to help to stop the war. Eli promises they embrace. We arrive at six, while Chief is immersed in organizing the transportation from Arad to Tel Arad(ZION), he will ride with us to save on a taxi ride that cost 70 shekels. Although he has a facade and passion of the high Priest, he is more resemble to Brian of Monty Python than to a standard Biblical prophet, For example, a mother and her child were forgotten in Arad and we had to go back and take care of her ride.  Ola is in a bad mood , and they argue like a normal couple . "that what happen ,when you married an Israeli woman," he said nervously as she scolds him. maybe also in the Bible, Amos's wife was angry at he excavator husband, but it was deleted from the book of the books .Still, Howshua, wearing black clothes, full of euphoria and get an militaristic spirit. He reiterates that he is as a soldier of the army, and requires military precision to kill the poor lamb. We are approaching to Tel Arad(ZION), but we turn left before the entrance to the point where he claims that he spotted ancient slaughter . I think the reason was that they did not to let him to slaughter in the mound. Sunset began to fall and the lamb that was purchased with several thousands of dollars was brought from the cave, after he tried to escape today. He emerges as a lamb succulent and juicy. Finally,they toke the lamb from it legs and flip it in front of a hole in the ground. Howshua says a Prayer in an African language(ancient Hebrew) which I do not understand,every body around start calling "Halleluyah" and he asks his eldest son to bring the knives, which he said were his ancestors. This section is magical, also because of the darkness and the of all of them, that are praying out loud, their faces lit by the stars and the lights of the jeeps, waiting for the moon to rise. "bless the children of Israel", he blesses then begins to explain that the word Hebrew is not spelled correctly and the Hebrew word should be Obara. Then they all repeated again and again the strange word .He started going into a trance ,the audience too. "Only we can stop the Third World War. together with the Jewish. We are the head and they the tail," he said. With all the commitment and the faith, ola stayed in the car,she prefer not to see how they killing the lamb, and occasionally asked if it's over. After a lot of speeches, when the moon rises, the knife cut through the lamb, and blood start fouling to a pan. Howshua shows the red liquid to the attendees and explains that the matter is not eating the meat ,it is about the blood. Slowly by slowly the lamb got cut and the children of Ola and Howshua Placed the pieces of the meat in a metal on the fire. One of their children (Palaa) is vegan but still wasn't pleasant for him to say no to his prophet father. But when he was asked on how he felt when he held the bloody flesh,he said "yuck". After they finished with the lamb ,the wailing stage started while all of them walking from the slaughter to Tel Arad, men were praying and women wailing to God about the destruction of the Tabernacle of David and the slavery as they scream in pain "father" . the strange procession pass in front of the visitors who came to camp in the nature with their family and waved over the barbecue.  One of them protested to me "this is primitive, they just killed a lamb in there." Finally, we reached to the stone hall that was assigned for us by the site manager. Howshua unveiled the stone which is written on it "learn as". "This is not a religious movement, this is global movement to change the world," he said, and smeared the blood on the doorstep of the Visitors Center, under the doorpost. 

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