Mount Tavor (Tabor) Israel video tour

with David Hyman, professional tour guide. Mount Tabor is possibly the most famous mountain in Israel. Together with Carmel and Hermon, Tabor is a name used all over the world. In Hebrew, we use the soft B sound and it is pronounced Har ( Mountain) Tavor. My plan was t visit the 100-year-old basilica that stands on top of the mountain, but due to covid, the owners have not reopened the shrine for visitors. So I decided to walk the circular path around the summit and film this video for you. Tabor has so much history and biblical references so I could easily record a full video without visiting the basilica. We will see the massive fortifications from the 12h century CE when a large fortress was built on the summit and the mountain played a key role during the struggles and battles between the crusader kingdom and the Ayoubi armies of Saladin. We will see a small cave that was dedicated by the Greek Orthodox church to commemorate the meeting place of Abraham and Malkitzedek ( Genesis 14). From the top, we can expand our vu=iews in all directions, to Nazareth, Galilee, Golan, Gilead, Jezreel valley and Gilboa. I will share the story from the book of Judges, when Deborah and Barak when to war against the Canaanites and summoned the troops to meet on Mount Tabor. And my greatest surprise and I ope yours to, was that I managed to reach the Basilica of Transfiguration from the Eastern side, and could sit on ancient steps and contemplate on the moment of transfiguration.
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Recorded by David Hyman with GoPro 9 Hero Black
Edited by David Hyman with Apple Imovie Mini Ipad
Music tracks for this video:
Barton Springs - Bird Creek
Metamorphosis - Quincas Moreira
Mountain - JVNA

[@windstorm1000]

Shalom. Such an amazing tour of sacred place. Thank you.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your kind words

[@rufinaresendiz3632]

This tour was amazing!

[@ronaldmiller2740]

SHABBAT SHALOM-DAVID HYMAN,, DOING MORNING PRAYERS ,, WATCHING A G-D GIVNG VIDEO ON SHABBAT THIS IS MY PEACE.. GREAT VIDEO!!! GREAT COLORS OF GREEN NOW ITS WHITE SNOW ,MY SON LOVES IT.. YOU SAID YOU SHOULD GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE HOW TRUE IF YOU HAVE BODY ,MIND, SOUL , USE IT G-D GAVE IT TO YOU ..I LIKED THE GREAT TRAILS OF TREES AND VALLEYS OF COLORS THE FOWERS AND THE NATURE OF THE COWS .. AND THE CAVES!! WE COULD NOT GO INSIDE BUT THERE IS ANOTHER TIME ,THIS VIDEO TIME WAS SO PLENTYFUL OF GREATNESS OF HISTORY AND NATURE WHAT A GREAT LAND WE LIVE IN OUR LAND OF ISRAEL.. TODAH!!!! YALLABYE..

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Ronald, thanks for watching and for your support. So glad that you are enjoying my videos. Take care

[@marlenedodes-callahan7253]

You’re such a great storyteller and historical tour guide David, thank you for doing this, wish it were in person, perhaps sooner than later.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Marlene, great to hear from you. Thanks for watching and for your kind words. Hope your staying safe during the blizzard in NY.

[@patbaldwin9255]

This was so beautiful. Thank you so much. From Tennessee

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Pat from Tennessee, thanks for watching and for your kind words. Take care.

[@c.ypeter5861]

Glory to God praise to Jesus thank you for your explaining.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching. Take care

[@TheRosyMakeup]

Please be careful to go anywhere ❤️🌸 Happy to see you again

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Ok, will do. Thanks for watching

[@roselineishaku533]

God bless you.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks and take care

[@annvroom5539]

Excellent tour! - thank you so much! :-) Wonderful Israel! Shalom

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@annvroom5539]

@@IsraelwithDavidHyman Very much so - I think about the imagery in your YT often - thanks again! :-) (I'm in Washington DC, so quite a world away! )

[@stvincentmartyr419]

This was a perfect gift.... having been inside, it was so special to walk around the beautiful basilica and truly appreciate the panoramic view and the closeness to heaven! Thanks, David.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Jan, thanks for watching and for your support, I hope we can visit inside soon

[@glenncalifa8768]

One of your best videos yet, really interesting and informative with amazing views thrown in too. 👍

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Wow, thanks for watching and for your kind words, much appreciated

[@eleanorschoonover7528]

David, because of the closure, we have had from you a more comprehensive look at this Mount than I remember from the spring tour of 2015. You have brought this site to life! Thank you very much!

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Eleanor, great to hear from you. Thanks so much for watching and for your kind words. Glad that I csn bring Israel to you and to all my friends.

[@eleanorschoonover7528]

@@IsraelwithDavidHyman I’m not sure you remember finding me a cane on our first day as pilgrims, but our tour was so memorable and I encourage others to consider going it going again! I may have missed a couple of your videos, but I look forward to them and they enrich my understanding of Biblical days.🙏🏻

[@cecelien.]

WOW, AMAZING!🎉 Would definitely love to drive up that mountain and look out at that “scenic drive” 👏🏻🙌🏻👍🏻

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

It's such a beautiful drive up there. Thanks for your comments and your support 🙏

[@carllaney7897]

Great tour of the perimeter of Mt. Tabor! I didn’t realize there was so much fortification on the summit.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi carl, thanks for watching and for your comments. Indeed this mountain has always been used for either military or worship purposes.

[@carllaney7897]

@@IsraelwithDavidHyman David, do you guide for a particular company in Israel or do you ‘free lance.” I would like to use you as a guide someone for one of my Israel tours. Thank you! Carl

[@YaelSharon3410]

Great video! I like how you go in the small spaces to to show us inside. I would like to ask: what is the small circular structure with a dome roof we see at 4:16?

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your comments. The small structure is the roof of the Chappell of Malchitzedek, believed by tge Greek Orthodox to be the place Malchitzedek met with Abraham (Genesis 14)

[@lindalee3408]

Hi, David
Another fantastic tour.
I have a request. Masada. The Romans had to build a ramp up that mountainside and batter their way in.
But no one shows the entrance which King Herod, his family, his guests, servants, and guards used. Are you able to go there?

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

You are correct, Herod and his guest entrerd via the "snake path gate " it's a decorated entrance on the East side of the mountain. All the visitors who enter via the cable car and the snake path, use this original gate.

[@lindalee3408]

@@IsraelwithDavidHyman
Thank you, David. Have you or tourists been inside the mountain?
Also, with as small as the mountain is and as determined as the Romans were, why were they not able to find the entrance during the 2-year seige?

[@eugenemiller8653]

Great video! Can you visit Belvoir? Thanks

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching. Just added to my list. maybe this winter when its a bit cooler.

[@user-zv9xe2pj9v]

The polugonal wall support the church as the foundation is over 10,000 years old.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your insights. Take care.

[@arieerner]

דיויד, יופי של סרטונים. אני רואה שאני היחיד שכותב בעברית, לא נורא. מה שלומך? איך אתה עובר את התקופה הזו? אשמח לדבר אתך

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

היי אריה, כיף לשמוע ממך. שמח שאתה נהנה מהסרטונים. אצלי הכל טוב. נוסע לחול בשבת אז אהיה בקשר כשנחזור.

[@user-zv9xe2pj9v]

Cave spring Water source

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching