"FOR THE REDEMPTION OF ZION": Jewish Coin Minted Just Before Destruction of Second Temple Discovered in Jerusalem
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07-31-2025
"FOR THE REDEMPTION OF ZION": Rare coin from the Great Revolt discovered in Jerusalem!
"Two thousand years after the minting of this coin, we come along a few days before Tisha B'Av and find such a moving testimony to that great destruction, and I think there is nothing more symbolic,” concluded Rakow-Mellet.
Watch video: 'For the Redemption of Zion': Rare coin from the Great Revolt discovered in Jerusalem | Israel National News
JERUSALEM, Israel – Archaeologists have found a Jewish-minted bronze coin from the time just before the Romans' destruction of the Second Jewish Temple in A.D. 70. The coin, found in the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount, bears an inscription in ancient Hebrew: "For the Redemption of Zion."
The timing of the discovery is meaningful for Jews because this weekend marks Tisha B' Av (the ninth day in the month of Av), a period of tragic events in Jewish history, including the destruction of the First and Second Temples, the return of Israel's 10 spies under Moses when they investigated the Promised Land an brought a discouraging report about giants in the land.
Israel's Minister of Heritage, Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, declared, "The coin that was found – 'For the Redemption of Zion' – truly expresses the longing throughout the generations for redemption, for revival, for a free Jerusalem. Two thousand years later, we are privileged to discover this evidence in excavations in Jerusalem; another moving testimony that our roots here run so deep, they cannot be uprooted.
He added, "This is a strengthening message to the people and to the nation of Israel, just before the National Day of Mourning of the 9th of Av."
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch. Isaiah 62:1.
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