Admot Yishai (Tel Rumida)

Admot Yishai (Tel Romida) in Tel Hebron This is a neighborhood located on the site of the biblical city of Hebron, which was founded about 4000 years ago.

Impressive remains of the ancient city walls and a spring attributed to the patriarchal period were discovered there.

At the top of the hill, according to an ancient tradition, is the tomb of Jesse, father of David, and according to a relatively new tradition, also the tomb of his grandmother Ruth the Moabite. A fortress was built in the Crusader period and a synagogue building.

In the western part of the hill is the ancient Jewish cemetery, where tzaddiks, rabbis and community leaders were buried for thousands of years, as well as the 17th century martyrs and the victims of today's terrorism.

The land on the hill was bought by the Jewish community in the 19th century, but most of it was usurped by the Arabs. In 1984, a number of Jewish families moved to Tel and lived there in trailers.

In 1998, Rabbi Shlomo Ra'anan the 14th was murdered in Yishai's lands, in his home, and following the murder, as a response to the terrorists' attempt to expel the Jews from Hebron, the government approved the construction of permanent homes for Jews there.

In preparation for the construction of a permanent building, archaeological excavations (rescue excavations) began, in the rescue excavations the city walls from the time of the patriarchs and fascinating finds from the First and Second Temple periods, and from the Mishna and Talmud periods were discovered. Some of the findings were transferred to the museum located in the Kiryat Arba local council building.

Columns were built on top of these fascinating findings and a multi-story building called "Beit Menachem" was built on top of it. On top of it there is an observation of a panoramic view of Hebron, the Cave of the Machpelah, Kiryat Arba, the Judean desert and with good visibility you can see the mountains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan.