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The Mystery of the "Rav Anan Tomb" in Tiberias: Is the Holy Amora Really Buried Where It Was Placed?

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On the night between Shabbat and Sunday, a magnificent marble tombstone was placed in the center of Tiberias, next to the old Bank Leumi on Jordan Street. The tombstone reads, "Marking the grave of Rav Anan." Within a few hours, the municipality arrived and dismantled the tombstone. News sites and social media mocked it: "Tombstone kissers," "invented tomb," and even "a real estate ploy to lower property values." But in their cynical fervor, ev…
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On the night between Shabbat and Sunday, a magnificent marble tombstone was placed in the center of Tiberias, next to the old Bank Leumi on Jordan Street. The tombstone reads, "Marking the grave of Rav Anan." Within a few hours, the municipality arrived and dismantled the tombstone. News sites and social media mocked it: "Tombstone kissers," "invented tomb," and even "a real estate ploy to lower property values." But in their cynical fervor, ev…

The grave marker of "Rabbi Anan" was placed at night by unknown persons on a central street in the northern city - claiming that he was buried there many years ago, even though there is no evidence for this. • "The old Bank Leumi building was built on the grave of the righteous man," the Haredi local newspaper wrote before the grave was placed. • The act was carried out without any coordination or approval from the municipality, which cleared th…

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mako broke the news in on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
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