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Beth-shemesh
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Beth-shemesh (bĕth-shē`mĕsh), in the Bible.

1 The Egyptian Heliopolis.

2 Town of ancient Palestine, the modern Tel Bet Shemesh (Israel), W of Jerusalem. Excavations there have revealed traces of the Egyptian occupation in the 2d millennium B. C. It also appears as Ir-shemesh.

3 Town of Issachar.

4 Unidentified town of Naphtali.



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Teitel is also alleged to have placed a bomb near a convent outside Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, two years ago, wounding a Palestinian.
Teitel is also alleged to have placed a bomb near a convent outside Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, two years ago, wounding a Palestinian.
Some haredim in the city of Beit Shemesh even firebombed pizza stores with mixed seating and beat a woman for refusing to move to the back of the bus so as to meet "modesty" standards.
 
 
 
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