The Valley of Hinnom is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the border between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (Joshua 15:8). During the late First Temple period, it was the site of the Tophet, where some of the kings of Judah had sacrificed their children by fire (Jeremiah 7:31). Thereafter, it was cursed by the biblical prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 19:2–6). In later Jewish rabbinic literature, Gehinnom became associated with divine punishment in Jewish Apocalypticism as the destination of the wicked. It is different from the more neutral term Sheol, the abode of the dead. The King James Version of the Bible translates both with the Anglo-Saxon word hell.
The Valley of Hinnom is the Modern Hebrew name for the valley surrounding the Old City of Jerusalem and the adjacent Mount Zion from the west and south. It meets and merges with the Kidron Valley, the other principal valley around the Old City, near the Pool of Siloam which lie to the southeastern corner of Ancient Jerusalem.
We arrived safely in Osaka yesterday after spending a week in Tokyo.
The Shinkansen ride there was an adventure because we couldn't find the gate at the Tokyo station and had to get our tickets exchanged because we missed the train because of our cluelessness. Which worked... bless the guy at the tourist Information who just rescheduled the tickets we had. In Germany we would say "Ehrenmann". Everyone is so friendly here, no joke 🥹
When we arrived we then went to eat some Ramen and explored Dotonbori a bit before heading back to our Hotel.
I also bought some merch already that I'll show you when I get back home. Bad news is that I couldn't find the GiGO Kaveh acrylic stand in all of Tokyo or Osaka anymore. It was sold out everywhere two days after the event started. Dude 😭
being someone who enjoys taylor swift’s music but isn’t delusional is actually the worst fate. haters are gonna hate no matter what, her fans will eat up everything she does. but i have to sit through a 30 song album just to find the three or four that crush my soul and make me wanna put them on repeat
fucking hate when yr trying to sleep but you get really caught up in yr thoughts theyre so vivid and you snap back to reality where instead of peacefully resting with yr eyes closed you have been wideeyed STARING at a wall without even knowing when u opened your eyes
kinda fucked how an article on how to gain weight links to a calorie calculator (so you can calculate how much you need to eat to gain weight) and then you input your BMI and the calculator immediately tells you how many calories to cut out so you can lose weight even though your BMI is literally underweight girl what
Decomissioned Prison Barge. Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center. 1992-2023
Terrible place. Look into it's history if you need a reminder of the depravity hidden within bureaucracy. Or the absense of human empathy in a country that refuses to be criticized.