1P: Known by various names such as Cercis, Redbuds, Love Tree, Judas Tree etc. these plants (Cercis siliquastrum ) are characterised by heart-shaped leaves and pinkish-red flowers. In Hebrew the tree is known as 'Clil Hahoresh'. Christian taditions associate the plant with Judas Iscariot, that after betraying Christ, he hung himself on one of these trees, and the flowers turned from white to red because of his blood and the tree's shame (Mathew 27:5)!
2P: Beit HaKerem Neighbourhood (est. 1922) of Jerusalem from Givat Ram Campus. Beit HaKerem or 'House of the Vineyard' is named after a biblical place by the same name (Nehemiah 3:14).
3P-4P: Purim celebrations @ Hebrew University, Givat Ram Campus. Remind you Purim is a festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther.
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