Maccabee was a Judean priest who commanded the resistance to Greek forces around 165 B.

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The life of a first century Judean carpenter, let alone messiah, is hard to compare to that lived by western teenagers today.

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The actual vineyard is located in the Yatir Forest underneath the Judean hills, the biggest planted forest in Israel, where you will find carob, pistachio and pine trees.

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It's currently the fourth-largest winery in Israel, with four different labels and vineyards in key regions like the Golan Heights, the Judean Hills and Upper and Lower Galilee.

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Entering through a panorama of the Judean Desert where Herod wintered, we turn left into the restored throne room where he was laid out on a golden bier, crown on head and scepter at hand, as his funeral began.

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Scattered elsewhere around the country are even smaller micro breweries such as Asif in Ramot Haftali and Malka in Kibbutz Yechiam, both in the Galilee region, Lone Tree in the Judean Mountains and Negev in Kiryat Gat in the southern desert.

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