Gallery of Masonic Sights from Israel
“The Master Course”
Western Wall excavations, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel
Presumably the largest building stone in the world: ~12.5×4×3.5 m (~41×12×11.5 ft), ~370 ton (~830,000 lb).
Second Temple construction by Zerubbabel (536-516 BCE).
“Chamber of Hewn Stone”
Old City, Jerusalem, Israel
Underground archaeological excavations near the Western Wall. Presumably an ancient Masonic Hall.
Reprinted from The Israeli Freemason
“Hall of the Freemasons”
Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel
Discovered and named by the Freemason, Bro. Lieutenant Charles Warren during the excavations of the late 1860’s near Wilson’s Arch.
Second Temple construction by Zerubbabel (536-516 BCE).
Tel Aviv, Israel
The Museum of the Grand Lodge of the State of Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel
The Museum of the Grand Lodge of the State of Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel
The perfect ashlar and the rough ashlar
Tel Aviv, Israel
Model of the project “Freemasons International Center in Jerusalem”
Architect Arie Lynn
The Museum of the Grand Lodge of the State of Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel
Model of the project “Freemasons International Center in Jerusalem”
Architect Arie Lynn
The Library of the Grand Lodge of the State of Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel
Royal Arch jewel made of the stone “Melekeh” (Royal) from King Solomon’s Quarries
Same type of stone with which King Solomon’s Temple was built
Entrance of a house at 6 Ela’zar Street
Jaffa, Israel
Reprinted from The Israeli Freemason
Jerusalem, Israel
Inauguration of the Freemasons Forest at Cedars Valley in the Hills of Jerusalem (29 December 1996).
Reprinted from The Israeli Freemason
Freemasons Street – Reh’ov HaBonim HaH’ofshim
Haifa, Israel
Inauguration of the Freemasons Street in Haifa (8 July 1997).
Mr Amram Mitsna, Mayor of Haifa, and MWB Ephraim Fuchs, PGM of the GL of Israel.
Reprinted from The Israeli Freemason
Bro. Sir Moses Montefiore Bt. F.R.S. (1784-1885)
Born in Leghorn (Livorno), Italy. Knighted in 1837 by Queen Victoria.
“Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen”
One who does not know other languages, knows nothing of one’s own
Bro. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)