I went to see some old friends in Israel who did originally lived in my home town in Portsmouth, they made Aliyah (formal process of immigration to Israel) and lived in Karmiel, a modern town in the Galillee, now they moved close to Rosh Pina.

Rosh Pina is a small town with 3,200 people and was established in 1882 by some Romanian families. It’s literally meaning in cornerstone in Hebrew. Rosh can mean first or head. These words feature in the scriptures in Psalms 118 here:

Later on the gospels, in Matthew 21 : 42 Jesus refers to this passage.

You can gauge from this map above how much smaller Israel is that you think. As from the road near my friend’s house you can see in the distance the top of the Sea of Galilee.

When living in Israel 2009-2013 I didn’t get to see this town or nearby Safed. Now I’ve briefly seen them I want to explore on my next visit.

1. Items in the wrong places – 2. Galilee rooftop chats of faith – 3. Storms and the Queen’s funeral – 4. The town about the rejected stone Rosh Pina – 5. Who might witness Jesus’ return before anyone else? – 6. Soon…..