יום שני, ז׳ תמוז תשפ״וMonday, June 22, 2026
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It is going to be a very windy Independence Day. Snow will fall on the upper slopes of the Hermon.
"He gives snow like wool; He scatters hoarfrost like ashes." - Psalms 147:16.
Even residents in Kfar Saba and upper Haifa may see snow, which also may fall on Ben Gurion Airport.
Heavy snow forces the Hermon ski slopes to close; Kinneret rises, but slowly.
Snow will fall at altitudes as low as 2,000 feet above seas level. Accumulation in Jerusalem still a question mark.
Snow will fall on Gush Etzion, the Galilee and the Central Negev, followed by cold, cold temperatures.
Sometimes we get what we pray for.
The second storm of the young winter is headed for Israel with more needed rain but no snow, except on the Hermon mountain. Forecasters predict that it will rain on Eilat, an event that usually occurs only two or three times a year, and that up to three inches of rain will fall in the […]
NASA satellite photo from this morning.
According to the Hermon Mountain website there are 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) of snow on the upper Hermon and 1 meter (3.2 feet) of snow on the lower part of the mountain. The Kinneret rose 10 centimeters since Wednesday.
Snow began falling shortly before midnight in Gush Etzion, which includes some hills higher than all other locations south of Tzfat (Safed). Snow also was reported in Kiryat Arba, and 10 snow plows are on standby Jerusalem is expected to be covered with white in the morning. The snow is expected to reach the southern […]
Israelis have prayed for rain in a dry November and now are getting the dividends in spades, thanks to a rare early winter storm “from Russia with love.”
One unique event in Israel is the reaction of people to the first rains. There is almost a festive atmosphere when the first drops fall after a long and dry summer, and people can say, ”Thank God for rain."
The IDF staged a surprise drill Saturday night on Mount Hermon, and Nahal Brigade soldiers used live fire and took over a mock outpost near the border with Syria. The exercise had been planned, and the IDF said it was not necessarily connected to the current tension in the wake of a threatened American military […]
