Traditional burial place of Judah the Prince at Beit She ' arim National Park, Israel.

The Talmud records the tradition that Judah haNasi was buried in the necropolis of Beit She ' arim, in the Lower Galilee.

* November – Gallus succeeds in conquering Beit She ' arim " the new city ", but is unable to take the Temple in Jerusalem.

It is therefore customary in certain towns including Hebron, Safed, Tiberias, Acre, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheva, Beit She ' an, Beit Shemesh, Gaza, Gush Halav, Haifa, Jaffa, Lod, Ramlah and Shechem to celebrate Purim on the 14th and hold an additional megillah reading on the 15th with no blessings.

The border segment from Ein Gedi to Beit She ' an was not marked, because Jordan insisted that the Palestinian Authority should be a partner for setting this border.

It has also played an important role in modern times, acting as the regional center for the numerous villages in the Beit She ' an Valley Regional Council.

After the Egyptian conquest of Beit She ’ an by pharaoh Thutmose III in the 15th century BCE ( recorded in an inscription at Karnak ), the small town on the summit of the Tell became the center of the Egyptian administration of the region.

During the three hundred years of Egyptian rule ( 18th Dynasty to the 20th Dynasty ), the population of Beit She ’ an appears to have been primarily Egyptian administrative officials and military personnel.

The 20th dynasty saw the construction of large administrative buildings in Beit She ' an, including Building 1500, a small palace for the Egyptian governor.

Though the exact circumstances are unclear, the entire site of Beit She ' an was destroyed by fire around 1150 BCE.

Map of the Decapolis showing the location of Beit She ' an, ( here called by its Greek name, Scythopolis )

Around 1100 BC, Canaanite Beit She ' an was conquered by the Philistines, who used it as a base of operations for further penetrations into Israel proper.

1 Samuel 31 states that the victorious Philistines hung the body of King Saul on the walls of Beit She ’ an.

Portions of these walls were excavated on Tel Beit She ' an recently.

During the Iron Age II period, the town became a part of the larger Israelite kingdom under the rule of the Biblical kings David and Solomon ( 1 Kings 4: 12 refers to Beit She ’ an as a part of the district of Solomon, though the historical accuracy of this list is debated.

The Assyrian conquest of northern Israel under Tiglath-Pileser III ( 732 BCE ) brought about the destruction of Beit She ' an by fire.

Beit She ' an theatre

The Hellenistic period saw the reoccupation of the site of Beit She ' an under the new name Scythopolis, possibly named after the Scythian mercenaries who settled there as veterans.

From 301 to 198 BCE the area was under the control of the Ptolemies, and Beit She ' an is mentioned in 3rd – 2nd-century BC written sources describing the Syrian Wars between the Ptolemid and Seleucid dynasties.

Beit She ' an was refounded and rebuilt by Gabinius.

Beit She ' an was primarily Christian, as attested to by the large number of churches, but evidence of Jewish habitation and a Samaritan synagogue indicate established communities of these minorities.

Under Mamluk rule, Beit She ' an was the principal town in the district of Damascus and a relay station for the postal service between Damascus and Cairo.

Beit She ' an was long home to a Jewish community.

He began working in construction and became a leader of Beit She ' an's working-class population, composed of many fellow Jews of North African descent, which earned Levy an advantage in his early career as a union activist when he began to campaign for membership in the Histadrut Labour Federation's executive body, then completely dominated by loyalists of the governing Mapai.

However, its location has not been identified in modern times with much certainty, with some identifying it with Beit Iksa, and others with Dayr Aban.

The Palestinian town of Khirbet Beit Lei (" The Ruin of the House of Lei ") is purported to be the location of the ancient home of Lehi, although there is only problematic and circumstantial evidence to support it.

The rock-cut temple of Beit el-Wali was moved from its original location by a Polish archaeological team.

Consequently, the registrar of cooperative societies, who has the authority to register and classify cooperative societies, should change the classification of kibbutz Beit Oren.

After his death, his home was turned into a museum, Beit Agnon, where his study has been preserved intact.

The residence of the Patriarch is in the Old City of Jerusalem, near the Co-Cathedral, while the seminary, which is responsible for the liturgical education, is in Beit Jala, a town 10 km south of Jerusalem, where it has been since 1936.

Thanks to the Harlows ' assistance in cooperation with Masorti Olami, the Bnei Anusim of Lisbon have been able to return to the Jewish faith, and a new congregation ( Kehilat Beit Israel ) has been founded in Lisbon, namely the first non-orthodox synagogue in the history of Portugal.

Ramat Beit Shemesh has a large Orthodox population embracing many different streams of religious practice.

Beit Shemesh also has an urban kibbutz affiliated with the Kibbutz Movement, Tamuz, founded in 1987.

In recent years, there has been an important increase in the number of English-speaking Israelis who have moved to Beit Shemesh.

Since then, Beit Shemesh has become increasingly religious, with a large Haredi sector.

Beit Shemesh has two industrial zones containing mainly small industry, particularly in the Northern industrial zone which is typified by carpentry and metalwork workshops, garages and wholesale and retail outlets.

Since the hi-tech boom of 1996 – 2001 Beit Shemesh has been host to several hi-tech startups.

In the field of judo, Elitzur Beit Shemesh has won many prizes.

The Wood of Beit, now the ' Moor of Beith ', has been identified as an Arthurian site where according to Taliessin in a poem under the name of ' Canowan ' it was the site of a battle in the wood of Beit at the close of the day.

A ninth-generation Jerusalemite, Elon has lived in Beit El, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, for the last twenty years and is married to author and journalist Emuna Elon.

Beit Jala has a government-run 113-bed hospital, and a 77-bed privately-run specialized surgery hospital operated by the Arab Society for Rehabilitation.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land ( ELCJHL ) has a congregation in Beit Jala.

Since 2007, Sharansky has been Chairman of the Board of Beit Hatefutsot, the Jewish diaspora museum, and since June 2009 is the chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Imperial College Union has a theatre located in the the Union Concert Hall ( UCH ) which is found on the second floor of the Main Union Building, Beit Quad.

Imperial College Union has a student run Cinema located in the Union Concert Hall, in Beit Hall.

Beit Lahia has an ancient hill and nearby lay abandoned village ruins.

Some hold that Rabbi Yosef Karo's Beit Yosef has the halakhic status of a work of a Rishon, while his later Shulkhan Arukh has the status of a work of an Acharon.