According to the Samaritan tradition, God chose Mount Gerizim for the location of the Temple, rather than Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, and it is here where God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.

Mount Gerizim, or Jebel et-Tor, ... in Samaritan belief, overrides that of the rival Temple of Jerusalem. On the summit is a rock which the Samaritans believe was the place where Abraham was about to ...

Ancient Samaritan Clay Candle Found near Stone Bath at Mount Gerizim Site. By. David Israel - 1 Iyyar 5782 – May 2, 2022. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

Members of the Samaritan sect take part in a traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Shavuot, atop Mount Gerizim, near Nablus in the West Bank June 20, 2021.

Led by their head priest cradling a silver Torah case, the men ascend Mount Gerizim in the darkness, climbing stone steps past the remains of their temple, destroyed by the Hasmoneans in the early ...

A Samaritan man stands above the goat he is about to slaughter for the traditional Passover sacrifice ceremony at Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on April 29, 2018.

Near the summit of Mount Gerizim, a Samaritan priest slaughters one sheep for each family. Jews have not offered such sacrifices since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.

Samaritan men gather to pray at Mount Gerizim during Sukkot Holiday, the Feast of Tabernacles, in Nablus, West Bank, on October 4, 2017. ( Nedal Eshtayah - Anadolu Agency ) Nablus ...

The Samaritan timeline is that Moses took the children of Israel out of Egypt and Joshua crossed the river and went to Mount Gerizim. So far so good, right? The tabernacle was set up on the top of ...

Members of the Samaritan sect participate in the traditional Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 22, 2024.(Photo; Xinhua) ...