Masada: An in-depth guided video-tour

[@DrAlvinEng]

This VIDEO WAS VERY GOOD! It brought back many great memories for me! When I was in High School back in 1973 in the U.S., I was lucky enough to have been chosen to be a part of the People to People Junior Ambassador Program, and that Summer, a small group of us traveled through Greece, Israel, Iran, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Japan. For part of the trip, besides staying in hotels, we also stayed in Homestays with local families! While in Israel, we stayed for a few days in a Kibbutz, swam in the Dead Sea and toured Masada and Jerusalem! Thank you for helping me remember what Masada looked like!

[@roamingalone5226]

After watching your video masada i m making plan to visit. Its so awesome and the history is so so rich. Thank you for sharing the history of your land. God bless you and your wife.

[@nancyt.4702]

I was in Israel in 2019, and our tour went to Masada....Thank you for your amazing video, and your explanations of what took place...Our guide was very good, but you miss a lot, and also forget....I would love to go back again......The Lord bless you and keep you, The Lord make His face shine upon you....Shalom.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Nancy, thanks for watching and for your kind words. take care

[@mcadoovicky6465]

This is really great. When I visited Israel, this is one of my favorite places not spiritually, but historically I thought it was amazing the kind of build that was up there this whole city up on top of a mountain in those days with no machinery. it’s incredible that all these buildings and things that they made so far back are still intact.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Vicky, thanks for watching and for your insights. Very much appreciated. Take care.

[@ianjohnson4987]

What a wonderful tour - thank you very much - subscribed

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your subscription Very much appreciated

[@DeeTeeOma]

Thank you!! I visited Israel last April and toured Masada. I am putting together a scrap book of my trip to leave for my children. Your video helps me remember what I've seen and get my facts in order! You do an awesome job!!!

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Jean, thanks for watching and for your kind words. So glad that my videos are useful in so many ways. Take care

[@watcherman65]

An almost unbelievable story that is truly fascinating..

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your kind words.

[@barrykeleher2659]

Thank you so much for this wonderful tour. When I was in my late teens (1981), there was a miniseries on television (in the United States) simply called Masada. It starred Peter Strauss as Eleazar ben Yair and had a bunch of other wonderful actors. I was riveted by the story, and fascinated by all of the ingenious engineering that went into building the fortress. Your presentation came up in my KZbin feed as a suggestion for me to watch, which was strange because I hadn’t searched for it. But it’s renewed my interest and I think now that I’m retired and have the time I just might travel to Israel to see it with my own eyes. Also, in the intervening years, I found out through genetic testing that I’m 5% Ashkenazi. So there’s that. Shalom

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

You are most welcome to visit Israel. We are not that far...

[@tammybrooks6891]

You explained everything wonderfully! Easy to understand, thank you. 😊

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for your kind words and support.

[@MichaelBrown1776]

AWESOME TOUR! Wow wow wow. Thank you! Shalom!

[@ArtHistoryProfessor]

Once again as I just mentioned on one of your other video tours, I absolutely love and whole-heartedly appreciate your channel and its outstanding content. As a 56-year-old Jewish American who plans on visiting Israel next year, your videos have helped tremendously in the planning of my itinerary. Your superior knowledge and salient expertise are unmatched. Since I was a very young and inquisitive schoolboy, ancient Jewish history, classical Greek and Roman history and literature, and archaeology (especially that of the Levant) have all been insatiable passions of mine. And it remains the case now. Please keep up the phenomenal work. My only wish is that your videos were much longer, lol. Thank you, Professor David Hyman, and your wife, Mrs. Shiri, for all that you bring to us and KZbin. Shalom and my very best and warmest regards to you both from North Carolina, USA. 🤝🤝

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Barry from North Carolina, I read your comments with such joy and gratitude. Words like yours are my greatest reward . I am so glad that you are enjoying the videos and that you find them helpful for planning your Israel tour. Please be in-touch if you would like to consult with me regarding your upcoming visit. My email address is : [e-mail] Take care, DH

[@ArtHistoryProfessor]

@@IsraelwithDavidHyman, Mr. Hyman, thank you sir. I shall, indeed. Once again, I love your amazing channel. 🤝

[@petergraves2262]

Thank you so much for sharing about your history. I would love to see more of the beautiful sites of your country. It is trult beautiful and exciting.....

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Peter, thanks for your kind words. Please check other videos on my channel: Israel with David Hyman

[@williamhyman9213]

Hi David. Just discovered your videos. Thank you. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi William Hyman, thank you for watching and for your support. Many more videotours on my channel.

[@richardglady3009]

Thank you for the tour. I love the “black line.” Large parts of sites in the American Southwest were rebuilt early in the 20th century, (including Chaco) and they lack that kind of marking. Later reconstruction would use different colored mortar to indicate reconstructed parts. Thanks for views of the cisterns, bath house and the water collection system. It is still amazing how water was collected and used in the middle of a desert.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Richard, I will check out Chaco site, never heard of it. So glad you are enjoying the videos. Thanks for watching and for your support. Take care 🙂

[@eleanorschoonover7528]

Thank you very much, your pilgrim friends at a galilee church, Va. Beach send Shalom! This stronghold was remarkable in 2015 and is remarkable today. It’s encouraging to hear you and review many sites. Thanks again and best wishes! N

[@muhammadsuleman9328]

This is Palestine🇵🇸

[@nolawi30com88]

​@@muhammadsuleman9328were is is in palestiene?give me the name of zone

[@MiguelAngel-dj3mu]

thnk you for such amazing video.....i just cant imagine what pass through the minds of those who had to take the lives of their love ones...

[@bylaw4433]

Really enjoyed the tour of Masada!

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks so much 😎 🙏

[@meesterjonathan96]

Shalom! This is amazing. Thanks for your clear and interesting lessons 🙏🏻🇮🇱 i've been there yesterday and it was a great adventure!

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Jonathan, thanks for watching and for your support. Much appreciated.

[@frankieclayton9303]

Love this so much because the lord Jesus christ is my everything. This teaches me of the bibcal importance that is in the scripture.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Frankie, thanks for watching and for your kind words. take care

[@debbiedeluca8598]

Many thanks, David! This wonderful tour brings back memories of our Annunciation Pilgrimage. The views are beautiful in your video, but most incredible in person. Thank you for sharing your time, talent, and expert knowledge! Hope to return one day! Shalom!

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Debbie, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and insights. Much appreciated 🙏. Take care and Shabbat Shalom. DH

[@debbiedeluca8598]

@@IsraelwithDavidHyman Hi David, It is a cold, Winter afternoon in New Jersey and as I re-organize my kitchen drawers, I am watching/listening to all of your tours! You both are keeping me company and wishing that I was back in Israel! Thanks so much for these videos. With each view, I learn a bit more from your detailed, knowledgeable explanations. Shalom.

[@russwayne2132]

Thank you so much, sir and madam.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Russ, thanks for watching , take care.

[@joyouslily2982]

Thank you-learned a lot

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching. Glad that you enjoyed. take care.

[@Isratrack]

Nice one David & Shiri 👏👏

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks so much, take care and greetings for a successful 2021

[@williemaddox2965]

I love Israel tours with David he is Simply the Best I'm trying to do one each day

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your kind words. Take care.

[@dominiquecurtis1310]

This video brings back so much memories of when I visited Masada back in 2019. I can't wait to go back :)

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Glad that you watched and enjoyed. take care.

[@stratt926]

I visited Israel in 1984. This place, Masada, is the most interesting and beautiful areas in the world. It should be one of the 7 wonders of the world. I was in the US Army then, stationed in germany. I stood up on top of masada looking down at the remains of the Roman army camps. I thought about the soldiers down there going about their business of the army and preparing for the coming battle. And that was 2,000 years ago. Everything here is ancient.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your insights about Masada and Israel. Much appreciated. take care.

[@CliffBronson1212]

Very well documented ...excellent story telling

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for your kind words. take care

[@kellystrijdhoven1668]

Wow you told us the beautiful story behind this place. With an lot of information well done i learned an lot

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Kelly, so glad that you enjoyed our video tour of Masada. Thanks for your kind words.

[@robertkarp9052]

My wife and I enjoy watching you and Shiri opening up our beautiful land

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your kind words.

[@LouReu]

Beautiful video

[@lovetaiwan420]

Thank you for share this video. Miss Israel.

[@peacefulsoul81]

This video tour was better than the one i did , in some aspects. Seing the he rooms and dwellings in the video tour was great..and the cistern, i didn't get to see that in person. But the views are stunning. I really enjoyed being there and seing the dead sea. It was spectacular. And i was so amazed at how such a sophisticated structure was built on top of a mountain

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Indira, Thanks for watching and for your kind words. Much appreciated. Take care.

[@robertkarp9052]

Thank you Dovid for this emotional informative piece. I watched it to help my hachana for Tish BAv Your ending words were touching. May we meet at Bayit Shlishi bkorov and make Tisha B'Av a chag chazak Tzvi Karp Baltimore

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching

[@kathystoltzfus9471]

Planning to visit with our daughter in a week.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

I hope you had a great visit. Thanks for watching.

[@luisconstantinovsky]

Bravo, thank you, Shana tova.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching

[@princesdoreen]

Superb place!! Happy 2021!

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Absolutely, thank you 😊

[@lindalee3408]

thank you, David

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks Linda

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

New subscriber here! Thank you so mcuh for the tour and explanation.❤❤❤

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for subscribing. Very much appreciated.

[@naturalmax8474]

outstanding...thank you

[@virgiliogallardo7195]

We’ve been there Dec. 1, 2022 and we love it. It’s an amazing place how they build tha fortress and depend it

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

So glad that you visited Israel and thanks for watching my videos. take care

[@morriskohanim2176]

Thank You Very Much.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching

[@houseandhobby6971]

I was there today and pulled your vid up to get more info on it. Been watching your Israel videos and enjoy them a great deal. Thanks for them. I was convinced I saw you approaching the Snake trail today as I saw a gentleman that looked like you. Had I had my wits about me I would have inquired.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

It was me. I was at Masada today. Thanks for watching and for your support. Much appreciated

[@houseandhobby6971]

​@@IsraelwithDavidHyman I was pretty convinced it was you! I would have loved to have gotten a picture with you. With the way that the walkways are coming from and going to the cable car do not allow one to backtrack, plus my having been in a group that was departing, I would have chased you down to greet you. Thankfully all of our group was able to fly out of the country without issue despite the political protests and strike that temporarily happened.

[@prmayner]

Outstanding video,

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your kind words.

[@Mike_S_Swift]

Was there 2/19 most interesting place. There were many tours going at the same time so not nice and vacant as in your video. You showed a few things we didn’t get to see such as going into the cistern or the ramp on west side that the Roman army made Jewish slaves build. I think our guide said 40,000 slaves but I could be wrong. Thanks for your video. Our weather in February was not that great. Nice to see blue skies!

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Mike, thanks for watching and for your comment. So glad that you have visited Israel and Masada. Take care.

[@JM.5387]

This was a great video.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your kind word. So glad that you enjoyed. Please spread the word and help me reach 10,000 subs.

[@050572robert]

Enjoyed that, thank you.....Hopefully would love to visit in person next year.....Is there anything of interest to see or find at either of the surrounding roman camps? Other than the remains of the perimeter walls

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Craig, thanks for watching. Not much to see in the Roma camps surrounding Masada, but the views are great. Check out research by Dr Guy Stiebel about items that were found and belonged to Roman soldiers.

[@050572robert]

@@IsraelwithDavidHyman Oh great, thanks for the pointer, will definitely check that out thanks!

[@drewb7021]

Hi David, my eldest children and I visited Masada earlier this month. Evenso there are things in your video that were not explained to us while we were there and things that we did not see! Just wondering, do the cisterns fill up now with the winter rains?

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Drew, so glad that you are touring Israel in person, and that you are also watching the videos. The cisterns do not fill when it rains, but this is done deliberately , as the the National Parks Authority try very hard to conserve and restore the site.

[@thouser1553]

Good job on this!

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your support.

[@MichaelPerry-hc8jq]

Titus the legendary General salute

[@robsalt9248]

I have just found your channel and have started to watch all your videos. They are amazing - thank you. I enjoy the amount of detail you go into. Would it be possible in your future videos a reference to "what3words.com". That way viewers would know exactly where you are. Also, would you consider a video on the "The valley of Elah"? Thank you :)

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks so much for your kind words, take care and happy new year 🎉

[@lynderherberts2828]

Hi, David and Shiri

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi, hope you are doing well. Merry Christmas

[@joselimjoco3367]

How did Herod build Masada and Herodium? How long did he take to build them?

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Jose, thanks for your great questions. King Herod ruled over Judea from 37 BCE and until his death in 4 BCE. All his major building projects were built during these 33 years. He probably used foreign engineers and building plans. much of the building material was shipped from Greece ( Marble) and Granite (Egypt). It is thought that he used local paid labor but also hired foreign experts for special jobs such as frescoes and mosaics. Take care and have a great weekend.

[@jacksonamaral329]

good tour there.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your support.

[@honestabe1940]

Made the trip to Masada when I was a U.S. soldier temporarily working with the Egyptian Army out of Cairo. Went to Jerusalem first. Then had several choices for next. As a combat veteran I wanted Masada. What a huge decision, Suicide or fight and risk being wounded then Crucified. After watching the invincible Roman War Machine slowly but surely building that ramp to kill you! Then you robed them of that victory. Right up there with the Spartans stand at Thermopylae.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for sharing this with me, very much appreciated. take care .

[@herb3902]

Do you sell DVD 'S of your Masada Tour? I would love one for my home.

[@hermanyosep9864]

🙏

[@nestorperezteazingu]

If I had a dollar for every time you said Masa-Dah lol I’d have a lot of shmoney. Thanks for bringing me back to a great site I visited on my trip to Israel some years back

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for watching and for your comments.

[@Rahtian18]

Is this easy to reach via public bus from Jerusalem?

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Yes, bus 486 from Jerusalem to Dead Sea area, one of the stops is Masada.

[@haseebawan7492]

Nice

[@jackiebarr558]

Hi David. Sandy wants to know how did the Jews get hold of Masada? Why did Herod desert it.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Jackie and Sandy. After king Herods death at 4BCE, his kingdom is divided between his three surviving sons. Judea including Masada are under the rule of Etnarch Archaeleus for the next ten years or so. Arround the year 6AD Archaeleus is "fired" from his job by Roman emperor Augustus. For the following 60 years Judea including Masada become a roman province called Judea. The Governor, or Prefect is sent from Rome and they govern for a limited time. (Pointius pilatus is one of them) During this time Masada becomes a military outpost with a roman garrison guarding it. When the Jewish revolt starts at 66AD, a group of Jewish rebels climb Masada, kill the Roman soldiers and take possession of the fortress. At the year 70 AD they receive a large inforcement by refugees escaping from Jerusalem. The final Masada battle is at April of the year 73 AD. Hope this helps, thank for your comment and take care 🙂

[@lourdesfaria4639]

Gostei .tem traduzido na língua portuguesa

[@nolawi30com88]

Ww i am Eritrean but liveing in isreal whic zone is that found

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

It is near the Dead Sea. Thanks for watching

[@RishiSharma-by5iz]

Toda raba! Visiting masada tomorrow 😊

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Rishi, I hope you enjoyed your Masada tour, take care and thanks for watching.

[@freeman3467]

Bar - Kochba is truly last prophet of jews

[@Dr.DaveRobbo2407]

My song was inspired by the story f Masada: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmnMYplmmLeYeqc

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Hi Dave, I listened to your song. Loved it. Thanks for sharing.

[@GODWITHUS0712]

DO YOU PEOPLE THINK I SHOULD VISIT MASADA?

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Yes, you are welcome to visit and enjoy all the Israel sites. Thanks for watching.

[@ut561]

great video and detail but I don't like the way you say "Masada", kind of ruins the video.

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Well, at least you watched and sent a comment, so thanks anyway.

[@kniick1]

hi, with all due respect, aren't all current people who identify as jews actually not ashkenazi jews, and thus not of the original tribe of Israel? i ask this as most people i know are not fully aware of the facts surrounding the destruction of the original nation decended from the tribe, thanks

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Your questions and comments are legit, but I am not an expert on this topic. I think that if you visit Israel and tour with us for a week, you will have a better understanding of us Jews, our faith, our heritage and our 4000 year connection to the land of Israel.

[@Almir967]

Palestine land not israel

[@IsraelwithDavidHyman]

Thanks for supporting Israel 🇮🇱

[@Almir967]

@@IsraelwithDavidHyman haha show me a map of Israel in 1947 before the Nakba