Korazim – 3rd-4th Century Jewish Village in the Galilee

Archeologists Restoring the Synagogue in Korazim.

This building was used at the time that the Mishna was complete and the Talmud was being redacted in nearby Tiberias.

The basalt village is perched on a hill high above the Kinneret and in addition to the synagogue, features a public square, wine and olive presses, mikvas, private homes and more.

This is the biblical “shafan” (Deut 14:7) which brings up its cud, but since it does not have split hooves, it is not kosher.

We met him at Korazim sunning himself on the volcanic black basalt rocks enjoying the view of the Sea of Galilee.

Now I understand why his English name is “Rock Hyrax!!”

Below is the view of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) from the ancient village of Korazim.

At the bottom of the hill on the shore of the lake lie Kfar Nahum (Capernaum) and Ginosar.

On the blue hill on the right is Tiberias.

This view hasn’t changed much in 2000 years.

One of my pet peeves is when people ask “If the 6 million Jews left in the diaspora all made aliyah, where would they live?!”

Well, we have more than 6 million here already, and most of the country is still empty.

Time to come home 💙🇮🇱