Pilgrimage

Numerous itinerant scribes through the ages visit the Holy Land

For Sukkot, one of the three pilgrimage festivals, a list of scribes who visited the Holy Land. Strangely, no one mentions Palestinians.

Lessons in Torah readings related to Eretz Yisrael.

Jews were seldom obligated to purify. It was only for those who made pilgrimage and who had become impure since their last pilgrimage.

Five-day Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca beginning Sunday expected to draw more than two million Muslims from around the world.

The annual pilgrimage honoring Moroccan rabbi Yacoub Abu Hasira was banned by an Egyptian court Monday following complaints from residents.

Hundreds of Jewish worshippers completed an annual pilgrimage to Africa's oldest synagogue, amid heightened security.

Egyptians plan to block Israelis from making their annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira.