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Cases in Israel and Palestine

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28
Years
1750 BCE to 2023
Region
Middle East
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Scripture and the ancient world, Jewish law and estates, Lasting legacies, Money and markets
Updated
30 October 2026
Meyerlansky: Meyer Lansky, mugshot of New York Police Departement1983 · Miami Beach, Florida, USA; Herzliya, IsraelThe FBI believed Meyer Lansky had $300 million hidden; he died in Miami with less than $35,000 in the bankMeyer Lansky, born in Grodno in 1902, was called the Mob's accountant. He worked with Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel, helped build the Mob's casinos in Las Vegas and Havana, and controlled casinos in the Bahamas and London.themobmuseum.org and 2 moreFranz Kafka: Franz Kafka, 19231924 · Kierling, Austria; Tel AvivKafka told Max Brod to burn his papers; Brod saved them, and the fight over them ended in a Swiss bank vault in 2019Franz Kafka died of tuberculosis of the larynx in a sanatorium at Kierling, Austria, aged 40. He had already burned much of his work.historynewsnetwork.org and 3 moreRabbi Ovadia Yosef: Rabbi Ovaid Yosef2013 · JerusalemRabbi Ovadia Yosef left nearly everything to his youngest son; his other children fought over the Jerusalem flat until 2016Ovadia Yosef was Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983 and the spiritual leader of the Shas party. He died in October 2013, aged 93, leaving 11 children.theyeshivaworld.com and 5 moreTheodor Herzl: Theodor Herzl (3x4 cropped)1904 · Vienna, Austria; Bordeaux, France; Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, IHerzl's testament asked for his children to lie beside him; Israel buried his suicide son and his daughter there 76 years after their deathsTheodor Herzl led the movement for a Jewish state in the 1890s. He spent most of his personal fortune on it. He died in 1904 and was buried in Vienna.hnn.us and 2 moreChaim Kanievsky: הגר"ח קנייבסקי בשמחת פורים2022 · Bnei Brak, IsraelRabbi Chaim Kanievsky's youngest son agreed to sell his manuscripts for $7 million; his brothers said Torah law split the estate among three sons and none of the five daughtersRabbi Chaim Kanievsky was the de facto head of Israel's Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community. He died in March 2022. Police put his funeral crowd at about 500,000.he.wikisource.org and 3 moreKfar Aza, January 2024 (SG4): קיבוץ כפר עזה, ינואר 20242023 · Beersheba, IsraelIsraeli troops shot hostage Yotam Haim as he fled his captors, and in 2026 a court let his mother use his sperm for a grandchildYotam Haim, 28, was abducted by Hamas-led militants from Kibbutz Kfar Aza on 7 October 2023. He was held for 65 days.timesofisrael.com and 2 moreYuli Ofer: A423 16.10.2001 - יולי עופר נואם בטקס חנוכת תחנת חוצות המפרץ2011 · Herzliya, IsraelYuli Ofer's last will gave most of his empire to his daughter; his son said he was no longer clear of mind, and the daughter wonYuli Ofer was born in Galați, Romania, and founded Ofer Investments with his brother Sammy. Both brothers died in 2011. Yuli signed a will in April 2008 and a final will in November 2008.haaretz.com and 2 moreElie Cohen at his Damascus residence in 1963: Elie Cohen at his Damascus residence in 1963. Elie Cohen, the Israeli spy known in Syria at the time by the alias Kamel Amin Thabit, w1965 · Damascus, Syria; JerusalemSyria hanged Israeli spy Eli Cohen in 1965 and kept his body; 60 years later the Mossad brought back his will and the keys to his Damascus flat, but not his remainsEli Cohen worked for the Mossad in Damascus under the name Kamel Amin Thaabet and reached Syria's leadership. Syrian intelligence arrested him and confiscated his belongings, including the keys to his flat.timesofisrael.com and 2 moreMelania the Younger: Melania the Younger, nun of Rome (Menologion of Basil II)439 · Rome, Italy; JerusalemMelania the Younger sold estates across the Roman West and freed 8,000 slaves, and a later account says opponents tried to have her estates seizedMelania was born at Rome about 383. The Catholic Encyclopedia says she married her relative Pinianus at 13 out of obedience to her parents, and that their two children died young.tertullian.org and 2 moreJoseph's Tomb in Shechem: This is supposedly the location of where Joseph was buried when the Israelites brought his bones back from Egypt.1200 BCE · Joseph's Tomb, Nablus (Shechem), West BankJoseph made Israel swear to carry his bones out of Egypt; Exodus says Moses took them, and his reputed tomb in Nablus was smashed in 2022Genesis says Joseph, dying in Egypt, made the children of Israel swear: "ye shall carry up my bones from hence." He was embalmed and put in a coffin in Egypt.mechon-mamre.org and 5 moreBabatha: Registration document for four date orchards owned by en:Babatha, a 2nd century Jewish woman. One of the 35 separate papyrus scrolls belonging to her that were found in th132 · Cave of Letters, Nahal Hever, Judean DesertBabatha hid her lawsuits over her son's guardianship and her dead husband's orchards in a cave during the Bar Kokhba revoltBabatha was a Jewish woman living in the Roman province of Arabia. Her father Shimon bought a date orchard about 99 CE. About 120 she married Jesus son of Jesus, who died by 124 and left an infant son, also Jesus.cambridge.org and 4 moreHebrew: כֶּתֶר אֲרָם צוֹבָא - Keter Aram TzovaAleppo Codextitle QS:P1476,he:"כֶּתֶר אֲרָם צוֹבָא"label QS:Lhe,"כֶּתֶר אֲ: The Aleppo Codex is a medieval manuscript of the Hebrew Bi930 · Tiberias; Jerusalem; Cairo; Aleppo, Syria; Jerusalem, IsraelAleppo's Jews were told their 1,000-year-old Bible was burned in 1947; it reached Israel in 1957, and the community sued for itThe Aleppo Codex is a 10th-century Hebrew Bible. Aaron ben Asher added the vowels and notes. It was given to the Karaite community of Jerusalem in the 11th century.mattifriedman.com and 3 moreMoroccan-Quarter-Western-Wall-Jerusalem-Old: Looking down on the Moroccan Quarter (left part of picture, in front of wall), later the location of the Western Wall Plaza. The now Do1193 · Maghrebi (Moroccan) Quarter, Old City, JerusalemA waqf fed Maghrebi pilgrims in Jerusalem for 774 years, and its quarter was bulldozed in one night in June 1967Saladin retook Jerusalem in 1187. In 1193 his eldest son, al-Afdal Ali, founded the Waqf Abu Madyan, known as the Maghrebi Waqf. It fed, clothed, sent home and buried pilgrims from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.laviedesidees.fr and 2 moreEntrance door of 'the church of Holy sepulchre': Entrance door to the church of Holy Sepulchre1187 · Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City, JerusalemTwo Muslim families have opened the Church of the Holy Sepulchre every day for centuries, and dispute which of them came firstOne iron key, about 30 cm long, opens the main door of the church where Christians locate the tomb of Jesus. A spare is broken. The Joudeh family keeps the key, and the Nuseibeh family opens and locks the door.ipsnews.net and 4 moreBeit Shearim - Catacomb no. 20: Necropolis at Beit Shearim, Catacomb no. 20425 · Land of Israel (Roman Palestine)Rome stripped the last patriarch of the house of Hillel, let no son succeed him, and took the patriarch's tax for the imperial treasuryFor centuries the office of nasi, or patriarch, passed within the family of Hillel. Rome recognised the patriarch as political head of the Jews.jewishencyclopedia.com and 4 moreLuke Tittensor: Luke Tittensor in 201430 · Judea (Luke 15 names no place)Luke's parable of the prodigal son: a younger son took his inheritance while his father lived, spent it, came home, and the elder son objectedIn Luke 15 Jesus tells of a man with two sons. The younger said, "give me the share of the property that will belong to me," and the father divided his assets between them.biblegateway.com and 2 more2010-06-21 06-37-33 Israel Herodium JH (52775611124): Herodium - an ancient Jewish fortress and town author: Jan Helebrant location: West Bank, Israel <a href="http://www.juhele4 BCE · Jericho; buried at Herodium, West BankHerod the Great executed three sons, changed his will in his last days, and died five days after the last execution; Augustus split his kingdom among the survivorsJosephus says Herod had his sons Alexander and Aristobulus taken to Sebaste and strangled, and their bodies carried at night to the family tomb at Alexandrium. His son Antipater was later held in chains for plotting against him.perseus.tufts.edu and 6 moreHevron e Ma'arat HaMachpela (14524916927): סיור בחברון העתיקה ובמערת המכפלה Hevron e Ma'arat HaMachpelaScripture · 750 BCE · Cave of Machpelah, Hebron, West BankGenesis says Abraham paid 400 shekels for a family tomb at Hebron; the Talmud says Esau blocked Jacob's burial there and was killed at the caveGenesis 23 says that when Sarah died, Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah and its field from Ephron the Hittite. He weighed out 400 shekels of silver, "current money with the merchant," in the hearing of the sons of Heth.mechon-mamre.org and 4 moreTel Dan - Canaanite Gate: Tel Dan-Canaanite GateLegend · 1100 BCE · Tel Dan (biblical Laish), IsraelThe tribe of Dan lost the coastal land the lot gave it, stole a household's gods and priest, and burned the town of Laish to take a new inheritanceThe Book of Joshua says the seventh lot gave the tribe of Dan a territory running from Zorah and Eshtaol to Ekron and "the border near Joppa." Then, it says, "the territory of the Danites slipped from their grasp." Judges 1 says the Amorites pressed the Danites into the hill country.sefaria.org and 5 moreBavli Kiddushin Munich 95: העמוד הראשון של מסכת קידושין בכתב יד מינכן 95Scripture · 220 · Land of Israel (Tiberias tradition)The Talmud says a dying man left everything to his one true son out of ten, and a rabbi found him by telling the sons to beat their father's graveTractate Bava Batra 58a tells two inheritance cases brought to Rabbi Bana'ah. In the first, a dying man said: a barrel of earth to one son, a barrel of bones to another, a barrel of wool to the third.sefaria.org and 2 more20171212 130500-rachel-wife-of-rabbi-akiva-grave-tverya: Tomb of Rachel in TiberiasScripture · 70 · JerusalemThe Talmud says Kalba Savua disinherited his daughter for marrying the shepherd Akiva, then gave him half his fortuneThe Babylonian Talmud says Akiva was a shepherd for Ben Kalba Savua, one of the richest men in Jerusalem. Kalba Savua's daughter saw that Akiva was modest and refined.sefaria.org and 3 moreIsaac blesses Jacob-Lorenzo Ghiberti-The Gates of Paradise-Replica-Neues Museum-Berlin: Isaac blesses Jacob, Rebecca, esau by Lorenzo Ghiberti, The Gates of Paradise-Replica-Neues Scripture · 750 BCE · Beersheba, Israel (Genesis 26:23; 28:10)Genesis says Jacob bought Esau's birthright for a bowl of stew and took his blind father's blessing in disguiseGenesis says Isaac had twin sons. Esau, the elder, was a hunter. One day Esau came in from the field famished while Jacob was cooking red lentil stew.mechon-mamre.org and 5 moreMap of Israel, marked on the globeScripture · 750 BCE · Egypt; burial at Hebron, West BankGenesis says the dying Jacob took the firstborn's double share from Reuben and gave it to Joseph's sons, putting the younger firstGenesis 48 says that when Jacob lay ill in Egypt, Joseph brought his two sons, Manasseh, the elder, and Ephraim. Jacob claimed them as his own: they would be his "as Reuben and Simeon," his two eldest.mechon-mamre.org and 4 moreNaboth in his Vineyard title QS:P1476,en:"Naboth in his Vineyard "label QS:Len,"Naboth in his Vineyard ": Naboth in his Vineyard title QS:P1476,en:"Naboth in his Vineyard "label QSScripture · 860 BCE · Jezreel, IsraelKings says Naboth refused to sell King Ahab "the inheritance of my fathers," and Queen Jezebel had him and his sons killed for itThe first book of Kings says Naboth owned a vineyard beside King Ahab's palace in Jezreel. Ahab offered him a better vineyard or its price in money.mechon-mamre.org and 2 moreMap of Israel, marked on the globeScripture · 970 BCE · JerusalemKings says Solomon's mother and the prophet Nathan had the dying David name Solomon over his elder brother Adonijah, who was later executedThe first book of Kings says King David was old and could not get warm. His servants brought him a young woman, Abishag the Shunammite, to attend him.mechon-mamre.org and 2 more114278 rachels tomb - north of bethlehem PikiWiki Israel: Name: Rachel's Tomb - north of BethlehemDescription: A domed stone structure - on a tombstone - was built at the iScripture · 1400 BCE · Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem, West BankGenesis says Rachel stole her father's household gods as Jacob fled, and Jacob unknowingly swore death on the thiefGenesis 31 says Rachel and Leah complained that their father Laban had left them no share in his house: "he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price." When Jacob left with them in secret, Rachel stole Laban's teraphim, his household gods.mechon-mamre.org and 4 moreAchan Stoned to Death (89397053): Achan Is Stoned to Death. Portrait done over Joshua 7:24-26 by Gustave Dore'.Scripture · 1400 BCE · Valley of Achor, near Jericho, West BankThe Book of Joshua says Achan hid silver and gold from Jericho in his tent, and Israel stoned him in the Valley of Achor with his sons and daughters presentJoshua 7 says everything taken at Jericho was "devoted" to God and could not be kept. Achan son of Carmi, of the tribe of Judah, took some of it. Israel then attacked Ai with about 3,000 men and fled, losing about 36.biblegateway.com and 2 moreTel Be'er Sheva Overview 2007041: Tel Be'er Sheva excavations, view towards south.Scripture · 1750 BCE · Gerar and Beersheba, IsraelGenesis says the Philistines filled Abraham's wells with earth after he died, and Isaac dug them out and gave them back his father's namesGenesis 21 says Abraham dug a well near Beersheba, and the servants of Abimelech, king of Gerar, seized it. Abraham gave Abimelech seven ewe lambs as witness that he had dug it, and the two swore an oath.biblegateway.com and 2 more