Masonic Symbolism in Israel

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MASONIC

CONSPIRACYIN

ISRAEL?

Masonic Symbolism In Israel & The World

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.allery o, Masonic Si%hs ,rom Israel

3The Maser Co0rse3Wesern Wall e1ca4aions5 Tem!le Mo0n5 6er0salem5 Israel

Presumably the largest building stone in the world: ~12.5×4×3.5 m (~41×12×11.5 ft)~3!" ton (~#3"""" lb).

$e%ond &em'le %onstru%tion by erubbabel (53*51 +,-).


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3Chamber o, 7e8n Sone3Old Ciy5 6er0salem5 Israel

nderground ar%haeologi%al e/%a0ations near the estern all. Presumably an an%ientasoni% all.

e'rinted from The Israeli Freemason

37all o, he 2reemasons3

Tem!le Mo0n5 6er0salem5 Israel

is%o0ered and named by the 6reemason +ro. 7ieutenant ,harles arren during the

e/%a0ations of the late 1#"8s near ilson8s 9r%h.$e%ond &em'le %onstru%tion by erubbabel (53*51 +,-).


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The M0se0m o, he .rand Lod%e o, he Sae o, Israel

Tel A4i45 Israel


Tel A4i45 Israel


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Tel A4i45 Israel

&he 'erfe%t ashlar and the rough ashlar


Tel A4i45 Israel

odel of the 'roe%t ; Freemasons International Center in Jerusalem;9r%hite%t 9rie 7ynn


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Tel A4i45 Israel

odel of the 'roe%t ; Freemasons International Center in Jerusalem;

9r%hite%t 9rie 7ynn

The Library o, he .rand Lod%e o, he Sae o, Israel

Tel A4i45 Israel


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2reemasons 2ores

6er0salem5 Israel

=nauguration of the 6reemasons 6orest at ,edars >alley in the ills of ?erusalem (2@e%ember 1@@).


2reemasons Sree Reh>o4 7aBonim 7a7>o,shim

7ai,a5 Israel

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Bro$ Sir Moses Mone,iore B$ 2$R$S$ ;*D(DD<

+orn in 7eghorn (7i0orno) =taly. i%toria.

Bro$ Wol,%an% Amade0s Mo@ar ;*+*)


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"Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen"

Cne who does not Dnow other languages Dnows nothing of one8s ownBro$ 6ohann Wol,%an% 4on .oehe ;*()DF


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.allery o, Masonic Si%hs Aro0nd he World

The Maser B0ilder


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GS Ca!iol and is Masonic Cornersone

Washin%on5 -C5 GSA

&he original ,ornerstone laid with asoni% %eremonies by President Aeorge ashingtonin the building8s southeast %orner on $e'tember 1# 1!@3 has not been found yet.


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7o0se o, he Tem!le

Washin%on5 -C5 GSA

.eor%e Washin%on (1!32*1!@@)Boson5 Massach0ses5 GSA


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MarH0is de La,ayee (1!5!*1#34)arie ?ose'h Paul E0es o%h Ailbert du otier

Washin%on5 -C5 GSA

Ben9amin 2ran:lin Cra,sman (1!"*1!@")A Masonic %i, o he ciy o, Philadel!hia5 Pennsyl4ania5 GSA

.eor%e Washin%on Masonic Naional Memorial


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Ale1andria5 ir%inia5 GSA

7ate 6all.

.eor%e Washin%on Masonic Naional Memorial

Ale1andria5 ir%inia5 GSA

&wo obliFue ele0ators tra0el to the to' of the tower.


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6ront >iew

$ide >iew

Philadel!hia Masonic Tem!le ;D*F<

Philadel!hia5 Pennsyl4ania5 GSA


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6aGade

9r%hed -ntran%e

Philadel!hia Masonic Tem!le ;D*F<Philadel!hia5 Pennsyl4ania5 GSA

Boson Masonic Tem!le

Boson5 Massach0ses5 GSA

6aGade with mosai% artworD


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Salem Masonic Tem!le

Salem5 Massach0ses5 GSA

Salem Masonic Tem!le

Salem5 Massach0ses5 GSA

6aGade


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6aGade 9r%hed -ntran%e

Tem!el der 7anselmann Lo%e No$ 'DCincinnai5 Ohio5 GSA

6rom the time of Aerman*s'eaDing 7odges in ,in%innati. Hoti%e the EorD*ite*style Deystone in the %enter right abo0e the windows.

-ayon Masonic Tem!le

-ayon5 Ohio5 GSA

agesti%ally lo%ated on the banD of the Areat iami i0er.


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-ayon Masonic Tem!le

-ayon5 Ohio5 GSA

Masonic Col0mns

-ayon5 Ohio5 GSA


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Sand0s:y =ilbo0rne Pla

Sand0s:y5 Ohio5 GSA


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.allery o, Masonic Ar

Masonic Coa o, Arms

Yor: Rie>s Royal Arch :eysone

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Libery Enli%henin% he World The Sa0e o, Libery

Libery Island5 Ne8 Yor: Ciy5 Ne8 Yor:5 GSA

9rtisti% design by $%ul'tor 6rIdIri% 9uguste +artholdi (1#34*1@"4).$tru%tural design by ,i0il -ngineer Austa0e 9le/andre -iffel (1#32*1@23).

&he %onstru%tion of the 4.5*m*high (151*ft 1*in.) statue began in 6ran%e in 1#!5 and was%om'leted ?une 1##4.

&otal weights: $teel stru%ture 125 ton (25"""" lbs) and %o''er sheathing 31 ton (2"""lbs).

Presented to the $9 by the 'eo'le of 6ran%e on ?uly 4 1##4.=n early 1##5 the 35" indi0idual 'ie%es of the statue were dismantled and shi''ed on the

6ren%h frigate Isère


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I, I ,or%e hee O 6er0salem by the outstanding artist Bro$ Arie LynnShe>eri Israel Syna%o%0e5 Nash4ille5 Tennessee5 GSA

and*made stained*glass window (0itraille).e'rinted from The Israeli Freemason


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7ea4enly 6er0salem

ome of the &em'le of $olomon


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Cosmic 2reemasonry

Ara'hi% %om'osition

The Ea%le>s ision

Ara'hi% %om'osition


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Acacia !cacia C#anophilla $indi%9 low 'erennial tree with ra%emiform globular small and yellow flowers that bloom in

s'ring.e'rinted from The Israeli Freemason

Sc0l!0re o,,ered by he Naional .L o, 2rance o he .L o, Israel



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Co4er o, in4iaion ,rom he Naional .L o, 2rance ,or he Consecraion o, Lod%e

6er0salem J)')

Paris5 2rancee'rinted from The Israeli Freemason

Sandards and Emblems o, he Tribes o, Israel

e'rinted from the &oletin 7a 6raternidad J2 &el 90i0 =srael


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Solomon5 =in% o, Israel5 ins!ecs he B0ildin% o, he Tem!le o, 6er0salem


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A Symbolic Lod%e


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The Symbols o, he FF -e%ree o, he Scoish Rie


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PICTURES: ISRAELI whole capital is occult Masonic shrine,like Wash DC, wh! this is so

author: Jerry Golden

ISRAEL WAS NOT FOUNDED AS A JEWISH STATE, IT'S FOUNDED ASOULT STATE!!!

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ISRAEL WAS "#T $#U"DED AS A %EWIS& STATE, IT'S $#U"DED AS

#CCULT STATE (like the U)S)*: This report will shock an+ upset soe- it isone I ha.e put o// /or o.er 0 !ears) A/ter stru11lin1 with it I ha.e +eci+e+now is the tie to write it) 2nowin1 it coul+ 3e isun+erstoo+ as anti4Seitic) 5o+ /or3i+ that I a %ew shoul+ e.er sa! or +o an!thin1 that woul+3e reotel! consi+ere+ as such, 3ut I ust a+it this report +oes notcoe eas! /or e) The /act still reains that an e.il /orce has 3een put intoplace in %erusale an+ has sprea+ throu1hout Israel,)))This report willpro.e that such a o.e is un+erwa! an+ has 3een /or 6uite soetie))))))the architectural +esi1n o/ the "ew Israeli Supree Court 7uil+in1+esi1ne+ an+ pai+ /or 3! Rothchil+s re/lects instea+ onl! the presence o/$ree Masonr! Illuinati architecturall!) The En1ineers who were chosen

/or this 8o3 3! the Rothschil+s were 1ran+son 1ran++au1hter o/ 7en49ion5uine /ro Turke! who worke+ /or 7aron Rothschil+, Ra 2uri, 3orn in%erusale in ;> sheetso/ plans, ,?>> ceent posts- worke+ on 3uil+in1 /or < !ears or @> +a!s-?> workers each +a!, /or ?>>,>>> work+a!s- ?>,>>> 3uil+in1 stones, eachhan+ place+) Rothschil+s a+e an! stipulations with Israeli 5o.ernent

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3e/ore the 3uil+in1 3e1an, aon1 the: Rothschil+s woul+ pick the plot o/lan+ to ali1n 3uil+ Supree Court- Rothschil+s woul+ use their ownarchitects- no one woul+ e.er know how uch the 3uil+in1 cost) It took/our !ears to 3uil+ a structure with an! secrets 3uilt into it) This is whereour 8ourne! 3e1ins as we 3e1in to enter into the 3uil+in1, /or this entire

8ourne! is inten+e+ to 3rin1 one /ro +arkness into the li1ht, 3ecoe anIlluinate+ one, +estro! Christianit! an+ Isla throu1h traplin1Bockin1their s!3ols, intro+uce &in+u, $ar Eastern, E1!ptian s!3olis, 3e a+ail! rein+er o/ occult power in Israel /or those in the know as the! o.e%ews an+ Muslis like chess pawns a1ainst each other, towar+ a +esi1ne+Mi++le Eastern WWIII)

The Roots o/ E.il in %erusale

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This report will shock an+ upset soe- it is one I ha.e put o// /or o.er 0!ears) A/ter stru11lin1 with it I ha.e +eci+e+ now is the tie to write it)2nowin1 it coul+ 3e isun+erstoo+ as anti4Seitic) 5o+ /or3i+ that I a %ewshoul+ e.er sa! or +o an!thin1 that woul+ 3e reotel! consi+ere+ as such,3ut I ust a+it this report +oes not coe eas! /or e) The /act stillreains that an e.il /orce has 3een put into place in %erusale an+ hassprea+ throu1hout Israel, in preparations /or the en+ tie an+ the seat o/the anti4Christ) $or i/ we are to 3elie.e that the anti4Christ IS T# &AE &IS

SEAT #" T&E TEMPLE M#U"T, then we ust coe to 1rips with soetruths not 3ein1 preache+ to+a!) #ne such truth is the /oun+ation /or sucha o.e o/ the De.il ust 3e un+erwa! e.en as we speak i/ this is tohappen) #r we sipl! are not in the en+ +a!s) This report will pro.e thatsuch a o.e is un+erwa! an+ has 3een /or 6uiet soe tie) It will 3eaccepte+ 3! soe an+ re8ecte+ 3! others, 3ut that is the wa! it 1oes)

In this report I will use an! pictures showin1 the esta3lishent o/ theIlluinati an+ esta3lish proo/ that there has 3een a +ia3olical plot 3! thosewe re/er to as the "ew Worl+ #r+er) Showin1 the architectural +esi1n o/ the"ew Israeli Supree Court 7uil+in1 +esi1ne+ an+ pai+ /or 3! theRothchil+s re/le the presence o/ $ree Masonr! an+ the Illuinati) I took all3ut one o/ the pictures !ou are a3out to see so I can assure that what !ouare seein1 is real an+ in place)

The sae /ailies who own an+ control the $e+eral Reser.e an+ othera8or /inancial institutions ha.e their e!es set on the Teple Mount, an+the &ol! Cit! o/ %erusale) %ust as Scriptures sa!, the an who will 3ere.eale+ as the anti4Christ will sit in that place, 3e/ore the appearance o/


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the %ewish Messiah eshua &aMashiach, an+ an! will recei.e hi as their essiah) %ust actuall! how that will coe a3out reains to 3e seen, 3utone thin1 I a con.ince+ o/ is that &ol! en o/ 5o+ will not 3e the ones tore3uil+ the Teple, it will 3e the Illuinati) $or 5o+ woul+ not sen+ en tothat place to per/or 3loo+ sacri/ices) &is Son's 3loo+ was the per/ect

sacri/ice- there is no nee+ to she+ the 3loo+ o/ +u3 anials an! lon1er) eshua +i+ a per/ect work, an+ it was /inishe+) 7ut &e will return an+ takecontrol o/ the "ew Teple that I /eel will 3e 3uilt soon) 7ut 3e/ore &e willreturn this worl+ will ha.e to 1et in such 3a+ shape that the anti4Christ can3e accepte+ 3! ost as the sa.ior who can 3rin1 peace an+ or+er to theworl+) 7ut then !ou know the rest o/ that stor! so lets 1o on)

$or those who a! think this article is anti4Seitic I ask !ou to rea+ anarticle on (The &ouse #/ Satan*http:BBwww)the1ol+enreport)coBarticles)asp))) /or there are those who callthesel.es %ews 3ut who are o/ the house o/ Satan) An+ an! ha.e /oun+

their wa! into the Israeli 2nesset)

#nce a1ain eshua will enter into that place, the &ol! Mountain o/ 5o+ an+cleanse it, 3ut 3e/ore that happens all hell will 3reak loose in %erusalean+ the worl+) So with all that sai+ I will now show !ou soe thin1s thatha.e ne.er 3een pu3lishe+ 3e/ore, /or the /ew who are aware ha.e 3eena/rai+ to speak o/ it) So I ask !ou to pra! o.er this ser.ant o/ 5o+ /orprotection as we 1o /orth with these truths) These truths ust 3e re.eale+in or+er /or the 7o+! to know how close we are to the Secon+ Coin1 o/

eshua &aMasiach (%esus the Messiah*)

As this entire report will 3e 3uilt aroun+ the construction o/ this 3uil+in1or+er 3! the Rothchil+s I shoul+ show !ou a picture o/ the 3uil+in1) A/rien+ o/ ine took this picture as he an+ his wi/e /lew o.er the area acouple !ears a1o)

FG The Supree Court 3uil+in1 sits on a plot o/ lan+ opposite the 2nessetan+ net to the $orei1n Ministr! an+ the Central 3ank o/ Israel) It isiportant to keep in in+ that it sits in line with the 2nesset, /or we will 3etalkin1 a3out Le!4Lines that cross un+er this p!rai+ runnin1 to the2nesset, with other le!4lines that cross in per/ect or+er to the center o/%erusale an+ on to the Rocke/eller state Museu FRocke/ellers were /irst/inanical supporters o/ esta3lishin1 a 9ionist state44e.en 3e/ore %ewishpeople .er! intereste+, in the late H>>s, worl+'s h!per4rich anipulaterelati.e stren1ths o/ +irections in institutionalie+ reli1ious o.eents /ortheir own lon14ter political econoic (occult* 1oals)))G) E.er!thin1 a3outthis 3uil+in1 has 3een thou1ht out to the .er! /inest +etail, an+ it is+ia3olical) The De.ils plan has 3een put into place 3e/ore we e.er ha+ ani+ea o/ his plan) &e knows his /inal 3attle will 3e here in %erusale)

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The En1ineers who were chosen /or this 8o3 3! the Rothschil+'s were the1ran+son an+ 1ran++au1hter o/ 7en49ion 5uine /ro Turke! who worke+/or 7aron Rothschil+, Ra 2uri, 3orn in %erusale in ;>sheets o/ plans, ,?>> ceent posts- the! worke+ on the 3uil+in1 /or <!ears or @> +a!s) ?> workers each +a!, /or ?>>,>>> work+a!s, ?>,>>>3uil+in1 stones, each han+ place+)

The Israeli Supree Court in %erusale)

FG The /irst thin1 !ou will notice is the p!rai+ with the all Seein1 E!e 8ustlike the one !ou will see on the Aerican +ollar 3ill, it sits in a circle to the

le/t) We will ela3orate on this a little later in this article) The lar1er circle!ou see at the 3otto o/ the picture is an in.erte+4cross +esi1ne+ to walkon) F?G It is the onl! reli1ious e3le +esi1ne+ to 3e traple+ on un+er/oot) At the top o/ the picture is a Mosle 5ra.esite, an+ 8ust out o/ .iew tothe ri1ht is an E1!ptian #3elisk) F


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stan+in1 !ou will see Shion Peres, an+ settin1 at the 3otto le/t hhakRa3in) An+ others who 3rou1ht us the #lso +eath process that we are now/ace+ with)

7ut this is where our 8ourne! 3e1ins as we 3e1in to enter into the 3uil+in1,

/or this entire 8ourne! is inten+e+ to 3rin1 one /ro +arkness into the li1ht,an+ 3ecoe an Illuinate+ one) ou /irst enter into an area with .er! +ili1htin1, 3ut as !ou look up the stairs FHG !ou see the 3ri1ht li1ht thatcoes /ro a .er! lar1e win+ow that o.er looks parts o/ %erusale) F;G

&ere it is .er! iportant to count the steps- there are three sets o/ > steps,akin1 a total o/ ) As !ou ascen+ these steps !ou coe /ro the+arkness into the li1ht) An+ /ro here !ou can see the worl+ or in this casethe cit! o/ %erusale like !ou ha.en't seen it 3e/ore) F;G

It is also worth entionin1 that on the le/t si+e !ou will see the ol+

%erusale Stone, soe e.en 3elie.e these sae stones were use+ in thesecon+ Teple, 3ut I ha.e no wa! to pro.e that) #n the other si+e !ou willsee the sooth o+ern wall)

There are = lap stan+s 1oin1 up that speaks to an in his 8ourne! to 1ainknowle+1e an+ 3ecoe illuinate+) 7ut once a1ain I /eel it necessar! totell !ou that it's .er! iportant to the ones who 3uilt this 3uil+in1 thate.er!thin1 3e per/ect an+ in their or+er o/ thin1s, e.en nuericall!)

As we turn to the le/t an+ 3e1in to walk towar+s the P!rai+ we notice aetal strip in the ar3le /loor) F>, G The Le!4Lines CR#SS DIRECTL

U"DER T&E PRAMID, A"D RU" $R#M T&IS PLACE T# DI$$ERE"TPLACES I" T&E CIT) It is where the %u+1es an+ others can stan+ torecei.e knowle+1e an+ power) Stan+in1 +irectl! o.er a piece o/ cr!stal withthe all Seein1 E!e o/ Luci/er the li1ht 3earer a3o.e the)

$or those who are not aware o/ the ter Le!4Lines, it is lines in1eo1raphical places that Witches, Warlock, an+ Wiar+s walk claiin1 /orthe De.il) I/ !ou will notice in e.er! lar1e cit! all pal rea+ers an+ such areusuall! on the sae street that is a le!4line)

&ere is a ap o/ %erusale, F>G !ou can see that the Supree Court7uil+in1 an+ the 2nesset are connecte+ with one strai1ht line, an+ at a ;>+e1ree an1le to that line hal/ wa! is a Le!4line that runs perpen+icular) Thatline runs strai1ht +own the i++le o/ a street known as 7en ehu+a, aplace where all the craies eet, an+ at an! 1i.en +a! !ou can /in+ at leastone who calls hisel/ Eli8ah or Moses) Israelis call 7en ehu+a the /reakshow)

T&AT LI"E RU"S #" T# T&E R#C2E$ELLER MUSEUM- an+ /ro the


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Rocke/eller Museu a line runs throu1h the Mosle Juarters T# T&ETEMPLE M#U"T)

I will ake this ap a little lar1er to help !ou out soe)

%ust 3e/ore enterin1 un+er the p!rai+ there is a win+ow !ou can look upat the p!rai+, !ou will notice the le!4line that runs to the center o/ thep!rai+) F?G

$or a oent lets 1o 3ack to the top o/ the steps, as we know there are


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/ro 3elow) F?, :;, Isa)0


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4 The Israeli Supree Court in %erusale)


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@ 4 A/ter passin1 throu1h securit!, /irst thin1 !ou will notice: Rothschil+s

LEON ZELDIS 33° Past SovereignGrandCommander

SupremeCouncil AASo! Israel

MAS#"IC SM7#LSA"DSI5"P#STS

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Lod%e o, he 7oly Land J'

Inernaional Membershi!

&he 7odge of the oly 7and J5" was %reated in order to enable +rethren from all o0erthe world li0ing outside =srael to be able to affiliate to an =sraeli 7odge in the oly 7and

and feel 'art of =sraeli 6reemasonry. embershi' is o'en to all aster asons in goodstanding belonging to a 7odge under the urisdi%tion of a Arand 7odge with whi%h theArand 7odge of the $tate of =srael maintains fraternal relations (that in%ludes all $ and,anadian Arand 7odges). embers re%ei0e a 7odge ?ewel they may wear (if lo%alregulations 'ermit it) an affiliation ,ertifi%ate and all 'ubli%ations issued by the A7 of=srael. &he 7odge itself meets in =srael whene0er reFuired to greet 0isiting grou's of+rethren from abroad. =t worDs in the language understood by the 0isiting +rethren(generally -nglish but we ha0e had meetings %ondu%ted in 6ren%h and $'anish as well).

&he %urrent orshi'ful aster is .. +ro. ?ose'h -.9. $alem on. e'uty Arandaster A7 of =srael who in a long a distinguished asoni% %areer in hodesia and later

in =srael filled the highest 'ositions in the %raft the oyal 9r%h and the 99$.

+rethren interested in affiliating to the 7odge of the oly 7and J5" should sim'ly:

1. Print a %o'y of the following 'etition for ffiliation.2. 6ill in all entries and sign ('lease ty'e or use blo%D letters). 9lso get the

re%ommendation of the aster of your 7odge.3. -n%lose a %he%D 'ayable to the (rand $odge of Israel :

o 6or affiliation M the fee for the first year: $N 55. OR

o 9nnual fee (from the se%ond year): $N 35.

4. ail 'etition and %he%D to:

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Ashlars ,rom =in% Solomon>s 0arries6er0salem5 Israel

nd Solomon)s *uilders and +iram)s *uilders did hew them, and the stonesuarers- so

the# prepared tim*er and stones to *uild the house

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6er0salem Symbolic Cradle o, 2reemasonryLeon Keldis5 2PS5 FF

PS.C5 S0!reme Co0ncil o, he Scoish Rie ,or he Sae o, Israel

7onorary Ad90nc .rand Maser

%ty o5 Da)%d, K%n/ o5 I$rael # Hoe o5 the Te&le o5 Soloon, K%n/ o5 I$raelhee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither; let my tongue stick to my palate, ..." >C$al$ "08: 6#7@

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underground 'assages.$ome of the hugeerodian ashlars areamong the largest%onstru%tion stones in

the world.

+eneath the wallen%ir%ling the Cld ,itythere is a dee' %a0ernDnown as 0ing Solomon)s 1uarries

&his was used in old

times to Fuarry the%hara%teristi% yellow?erusalem stone. =n this%a0e tooD 'la%e on ay 13 1## the first re%orded asoni% %eremony in the oly7and. 9 grou' of 6reemasons led by obert orris (Past Arand aster of


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?erusalem in%lude the =srael useum where the original ead $ea $%rolls are ine/hibition among many fas%inating ar%heologi%al dis%o0eries some of them thousandsof years old. &he world*famous Ead >ashem memorial 'er'etuates the memory of the0i%tims of the olo%aust. &he re%ently*o'ened +ible 7ands useum e/'lores the historyart and ar%hite%ture of the oly 7and throughout the ages.

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Israeli 2reemasonryLeon Keldis5 2PS5 FF



&he first Hational Arand 7odge in =srael was %onstituted on 1@33 e0en before the%reation of the $tate and brought together all the 7odges that had been worDing under-gy'tian or 6ren%h urisdi%tions. &he -nglish*s'eaDing lodges howe0er refused to ointhe new Arand 7odge and %ontinued worDing se'arately. 7a%D of re%ognition by thenited Arand 7odge of -ngland resulted in almost %om'lete international isolation.

&here was need for the %reation of a Arand 7odge that would a%hie0e unity within =sraeli6reemasonry and re%ognition abroad. &his ideal was realiLed in 1@53 when in anim'ressi0e %eremony %ondu%ted in ?erusalem by +rother the -arl of -lgin and


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&he ne/t asoni% 7odge to be formed in =srael was offi%ially established in ?affa. 9round1#@" a grou' of 9rab and ?ewish +rethren 'etitioned the israim (-gy't) ite based inParis but a%ti0e at the time in -gy't and founded the 7odge ;7e Port du &em'le de oi$alomon; (the Port of


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in fi0e 7odges in 9%re aifa HaLareth and ?erusalem. 9n 9rab lawyer .. +ro.?amil $halhoub was ele%ted Arand aster for 1@#1 and reele%ted the following year.

=srael is a %ountry of immigrants. &he %osmo'olitan origin of its 'o'ulation is refle%ted inthe large number of 7odges o'erating in foreign languages. 9'art from =srael8s two

offi%ial languages (ebrew and 9rabi%) there are 7odges worDing in si/ other languages:-nglish 6ren%h $'anish Aerman omanian and &urDish.

&hese 7odges differ not only in language but also in their rituals. ebrew and 9rabi%*s'eaDing 7odges worD a%%ording to rituals a''ro0ed by the Arand 7odge based on the-nglish rituals. 6oreign*language 7odges use the rituals habitual in their %ountries oforigin. 7odge aanana for instan%e whi%h was founded by immigrants from $outh9fri%a and hodesia use the Hetherlands ritual. $'anish*s'eaDing 7odges use the$%ottish ite ritual widely used in 7atin 9meri%a and $'ain.

6reemasonry is one of the few institutions that a%ti0ely 'romotes better understanding

between the different ethni% and %ultural segments of =srael so%iety 'arti%ularly between?ewish and 9rab +rethren and also assists in the so%ial integration of immigrants.

&hree >olumes of the $a%red 7aw are o'ened side by side u'on the altar in Arand 7odge:&he ebrew +ible (&ana%h) &he ,hristian +ible and the


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=n 1@@3 the Arand 7odge of the $tate of =srael %elebrated its 4"th anni0ersary. =tmaintains %lose fraternal ties with regular Arand 7odges throughout the world. 6reFuent0isits by delegations and indi0idual +rethren from abroad gi0e testimony to theuni0ersality of our Crder.

es'ite its small siLe the Arand 7odge of the $tate of =srael %an be 'roud of ha0ing beenable to foster and de0elo' a true fraternal s'irit within its 7odges e0en under the mosttrying %ir%umstan%es. e must endea0or to bring our message of enlightenmenttoleration and fraternal lo0e to all so hel'ingbuild a better world for our %hildren.

A!!endi1

7odges founded before the =nde'enden%e of the $tate of =srael in 1@4#:

Lod%e No$ Ciy 2o0nded Lan%0a%e

1 ,armel 1"#5 aifa4 ay 1@11 or

near -nglish then 9rabi% %urrently

-nglish

2 ?ordan 133@ ?affa 2# ay 1@25 ebrew later 9rabi% in ?ordan

3 oly ,ity 13!2 ?erusalem 12 ?anuary 1@31 -nglish

4 euben 13! aifa 14 $e'tember 1@31 ebrew

5 itL'ah 13#3 ?erusalem 1@ ?anuary 1@33 ebrew

$haron 13#1 &el 90i0 3" ?anuary 1@35 -nglish

!Pro'het-liah

1 aifa 1@3 ebrew

# 90i0 13@! &el 90i0 1# ?anuary 1@4" -nglish later ebrew

@ enorah 1@ aifa 1@44 ebrew


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Ori%ins o, he S0!reme Co0ncil o, he Scoish Rie

,or he Sae o, IsraelLeon Keldis5 2PS5 FF

P$A, $u'reme ,oun%il of the $%ottish ite for the $tate of =sraelonorary 9dun%t Arand aster

&he first Arand7odge to beestablished in theoly 7and the Hational Arand

7odge of Palestinewas %onstituted [email protected]@32. &hisasoni% bodyhowe0er did notgather under itsaegis all the 'ri0ate7odges theno'erating in the%ountry. &he ideal of unity was finally a%hie0ed on 2".1".1@53 with the %onse%ration of the Arand 7odge of

the $tate of =srael.

&he establishment of =srael8s Arand 7odge made all the more e0ident the need to%onstitute a 'arallel so0ereign body to de0elo' and go0ern the $%ottish ite bodies in the$tate of =srael. ,redit for the initiati0e taDing the first %on%rete ste's to rea%h this goalmust be gi0en to =ll. +ro. =saa% Arassiani 33 who had arri0ed in =srael only a few yearsearlier. $ome details about +ro. Arassiani8s life and asoni% %areer will be found onanother 'age. is asoni% a%ti0ities were many*sided but his 'aramount desire wasfrom the 0ery beginning the %reation of a $u'reme ,oun%il for =srael.

&o further this obe%ti0e +ro. Arassiani gathered around him a handful of +rethren who

shared his enthusiasm for the $%ottish ite in%luding the 0ery few who had already made 'rogress abroad on the ladder of $%ottish ite degrees.

&he first 'ra%ti%al ste' taDen was an a''li%ation submitted to the ,onferen%e of -uro'eanArand ,ommanders held in &he ague on 1@3. 7et us Fuote the 'ertinent 'aragra'h ofthe allo%ution (annual re'ort) gi0en one year later by =ll. +ro. Aeorge -. +ushnell 33late $o0ereign Arand ,ommander of the .$.9. Horthern ?urisdi%tion at etroiti%higan on $e'tember 2@ 1@4:

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7ast year we re'orted that the ,onferen%e of -uro'ean Arand ,ommanders meeting at&he ague in the Hetherlands had %onsidered and dis%ussed the desire of +rethren in=srael to establish a $%ottish ite organiLation in that %ountry. =t was the feeling of the-uro'ean Arand ,ommanders %on%urred in by the Arand ,ommanders of the $outhernand Horthern ?urisdi%tions .$.9. that the first ste' should be the organiLation of a

7odge of Perfe%tion in =srael under the aus'i%es of a nearby -uro'ean $u'reme ,oun%il.&he result was that the 1@3 ,onferen%e de%ided to asD the $u'reme ,oun%il for &urDeyto undertaDe the assignment.

9t the 1@4 -uro'ean ,onferen%e %ondu%ted at +russels +elgium Arand ,ommander=ll. aLim 9tif .=.P. treatment he deser0ed.

uring his 0isit r. $%hals%ha held meetings with Arassiani and other =sraeli +rethren.e also attended the installation meeting of the omanian 7odge asha%har whi%h tooD 'la%e on 2# e%ember 1@4.

Cn ?anuary 1 1@5 $o0. Arand ,ommander $%hals%ha was entertained at a lun%heongi0en by the Arand aster of the Arand 7odge of the $tate of =srael r. ?ose'h i%hael7amm and senior Arand 7odge offi%ers. &hereafter with the assistan%e of =ll. +ro. =saa%Arassiani 33 and =ll. +ro. r. ?ona on 33 he %onferred the 32nd egree on theArand aster and on the $enior Arand arden 9braham 6ellman.



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Cn ?anuary 31@5 r.$%hals%ha%onse%ratedthe first two

regular bodiesof the $%ottishite in =srael:7odges ofPerfe%tion;an;(ebrew*s'eaDing) and;&el*90i0;(Aerman*s'eaDing)

both in &el*90i0. e then%arried out the%eremony ofinitiation intothe $e%ret

aster degree whi%h was %onferred on 55 +rethren.

Cn the same afternoon he affiliated and obligated 1# +rethren from other urisdi%tionsinto the ose ,roi/ ,ha'ter and %onferred on them the -ighteenth egree. r. $%hals%hathen a''ointed =ll. +ro. =saa% Arassiani 33 as Arand =ns'e%tor Aeneral for =srael and =ll.

+ro. r. ?ona on 33 to ser0e as $e%retary Aeneral of the $%ottish ite in =srael.

F

$o0. Arand ,ommander $%hals%ha left =srael on ?anuary and on 3" ay 1@5 heinformed about all the ste's he had taDen to the 2"th ,onferen%e of -uro'ean Arand,ommanders held in 7aussanne.

Cn 1# 9ugust 1@5( three new 7odges of Perfe%tion were %onse%rated in aifa: ;Aalil;(ebrew*s'eaDing) ;aifa; (Aerman*s'eaDing) and ;>eritas; (6ren%h*s'eaDing). 9fterthe res'e%ti0e Cffi%e +earers of the new 7odges had been installed and obligated the6ourth egree was %onferred on 22 new %andidates.

Cn e%ember ! of the same year a si/th 7odge of Perfe%tion was %onse%rated this timein =srael8s %a'ital under the name ;?erusalem; (ebrew*s'eaDing). &en %andidates wereinitiated into the 6ourth egree.

Cn C%tober 24 1@5 the $u'reme ,oun%il for Aermany resol0ed to further the $%ottishite in =srael and delegated 7ieutenant Arand ,ommander =ll. +ro. r. -mil $elter 33to 'ro%eed to =srael in order to %onstitute a ose*,roi/ ,ha'ter (1#) and a ,oun%il of


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r. $elter 0isited =srael between?anuary #and 1@ of

1@. Cn?anuary 1"fi0e =ll.embers of the $%ottishite in=srael: Prof.9ndor 6odor 33r. -manuelPro''er 33

=saa%Arassiani 33 r. ?ona on 33 and oltan armat 33 a%%om'anied =ll. +ro. r. -mil$elter 33 to the ?erusalem asoni% &em'le and 'erformed in am'le form the %eremony%onferring the 33 on four new members namely: ..+ro. ?ose'h i%hael 7amm(=mm. Past Arand aster) ..+ro. 9braham 6ellman (Arand $enior arden)..+ro. a/ $il0erstone (Past Arand aster) and .+ro. =onel +ranisteanu thus bringing the number of $o0ereign Arand =ns'e%tors in =srael to nine.

Cn ?anuary 11th =ll. +ro. r. $elter %onse%rated in &el*90i0 the ose*,roi/ ,ha'ter;$halom; (meaning ;'ea%e;) and installed =ll. +ro. 9braham 6ellman 33 as its firstost ise aster. =mmediately thereafter the Cffi%e +earers were sworn*in and the 1#

was %onferred in ebrew on 25 %andidates.

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r. $%hals%ha arri0ed in =srael on ?une 15. &he ne/t morning he went to the hos'ital tosee Arassiani who re%ogniLed him but %ould not s'eaD. 9t = = a.m. that same morningr. $%hals%ha standing at Arassiani8s bedside solemnly 'ro%laimed him as the $o0ereignArand ,ommander of the $u'reme ,oun%il for =srael.

e %annot Dnow what effe%t this 'oignant de%laration had on Arassiani8s will to li0e. &hefa%t is that his %ondition began to im'ro0e at on%e and on ?une 1# shortly before thereturn of r. $%hals%ha to Aermany they %ould already manage a long %on0ersationtogether.+

Cn C%tober 12 1@ by 0irtue of a ,harter re%ei0ed from the $u'reme ,oun%il forAermany a ,onsistory named ;$anhedrin; worDing the 31 and 32 degrees was%onse%rated in &el*90i0. =ll. +ro. a/ $il0erstone was installed as the first ,ommander*in*,hief and the 32 was %onferred on 14 members. &he name ;$anhedrin; was %hosenfor this ,onsistory after the name of the highest udi%ial tribunal among the ?ews in?erusalem some two thousand years ago.

Cn Ho0ember 2 1@ si/ additional new members were %oronated into the &hirty*thirdegree thus bringing the number of =ll. +rethren in =srael to fifteen.

Cn Ho0ember 2 1@ the 15 members of the 33rd egree in =srael met at 6reemason8sall &el*90i0 and %onstituted themsel0es into a $u'reme ,oun%il for the $tate of =srael.&hey a''ro0ed the +ooD of ,onstitutions nominated =ll. +ro. =saa% Arassiani as the first$o0ereign Arand ,ommander and ele%ted the first Cffi%e +earers. &hereafter it wasresol0ed to reFuest the $u'reme ,oun%il for Aermany to %onse%rate offi%ially the new$u'reme ,oun%il.

&he %eremonyof,onse%rationand,onstitutionof the$u'reme,oun%il forthe $tate of=srael tooD 'la%e on Ho0ember 1!1@ at the6remason8sall &el*90i0in the

on$e*rat%on .eet%n/ o5 the Su&ree oun*%l 5or the State o5 I$rael, No)e1er "8, "77 Seat%n/ >le5t to r%/ht@: Ja*o1 Se/al, Dr! Eanuel Cro&&er, Otto 4a*han, W%lle Ho5an, I$aa*Gra$$%an%, Dr! Er%*h S*hal$*ha, Rudol&h 4ohlan, Al5red 4u$$, A! Reul, Laaro E%l%o Fran*o! Stand%n/ >le5t to r%/ht@: Dr! Jo$e&h La, A1raha Fellan, Fel%< Klu/, Dr! Jona Ron, Jo$e&h 4ar#Ner,C%n*ha$ 4%eun$2%, Ionel 4ran%$teanu, Karl K%e$ler, oltan Harat, .o$he Ta/ar%, .or%%o .%l/ro, Dr!No)a2!



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'resen%e of 23 =llustrious +rethren of the 33rd egree and o0er 25" other +rethren of the$%ottish ite.

&he %eremony was 'erformed by =ll. +ro. -ri%h $%hals%ha 33 $o0ereign Arand,ommander of Aermany assisted by:

=ll. +ro. 7aLLaro -milio 6ran%o 33 of the $u'reme ,oun%il for &urDey and $'e%iale'resentati0e of the $o0ereign Arand ,ommander =ll. +ro. aLim 9.


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aster of the Arand 7odge of the $tate of =srael addressed the assembly and em'hasiLedthe good relations e/isting between the Arand 7odge of the $tate of =srael and the$%ottish ite e/'ressing the ho'e that these fraternal relations would last fore0er.

Areetings were re%ei0ed from the $u'reme

,oun%ils of 9rgentina 9ustria +elgium +raLil,anada ,hile ,osta i%a -l $al0ador -ngland6ran%e Aermany Aree%e Auatemala onduras=reland =taly Hetherlands Hi%aragua $%otland$witLerland &urDey .$.9. Horthern?urisdi%tion .$.9. $outhern ?urisdi%tion and>eneLuela. 9lso letters and %ables were re%i0edfrom distinguished $%ottish ite +rethrenthroughout the world.*

Isaac .rassiani5 2irs So4erei%n .rand

Commander o, he S0!reme Co0ncil ,or IsraelD

=saa% Arassiani was born in $ilistra +ulgaria onar%h ! 1##. is early years were s'entwandering with his father and family in sear%h of a li0elihood. &he Arassiani family mo0ed from +ulgaria to omania then +a0aria and9ustria. =n the %ourse of these wanderings =saa% a%Fuired his elementary and se%ondaryedu%ation and studied languages.

=n 1@"4 he %om'leted a three*year %ourse at the igh $%hool of ,ommer%e in >iennaand returned to +ulgaria to ser0e as $ales anager of a grain %om'any. 6rom that time he%ommen%ed his a%ti0ity in the ionist Eouth CrganiLation. 9s se%retary of that body hemet r. &heodor erLl during his 0isit to +ulgaria and he was one of those whoa%%om'anied the ionist leader on his ourney to $o'hia.

=n 1@1# =saa% married and mo0ed to +u%harest omania where he o'ened a &ra0el9gen%y and a%ted as agent of ;Hord euts%her 7loyd; for -astern -uro'e.

=n the year 1@5" =saa% and his wife %ame to settle in =srael arri0ing in &el*90i0 with onlyone suit%ase of 'ersonal effe%ts. e oined the -astern ,armen &ra0el Cffi%e in whi%h he

was a%ti0e until his last day.

+ro. Arassiani was an outstanding 'ersonality in omanian 6reemasonry. e had beeninitiated on ar%h 22 1@22 in the ;$tea0a anubi; (anube $tar) 7odge in +u%harest being ele%ted . aster of the 7odge in 1@24. e ser0ed as Arand &reasurer in the Arand7odge of omania during 1@24*25.

Ill! 4ro! I$aa* Gra$$%an%, 00 F%r$t So)ere%/n Grand oander o5 the Su&ree oun*%l 5or I$rael

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=n those years 6reemasonry flourished in omania and its influen%e e/tended to theoyal 6amily. =n 1@25 the 6reemasons %onse%rated a %hamber in the oyal Pala%e as aasoni% &em'le with miniature asoni% furniture and


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9t that time he was taDen ill and on 12 ay 1@@ =saa% Arassiani surrendered his soulto his ,reator at the age of #3.

RE2ERENCES

Buoted by 9braham 6ellman 33 in &he $u'reme ,oun%il ... for =srael a booDlet 'rinted by the $u'reme ,oun%il for =srael &el*90i0 ?anuary 1@! '. 15. oger Hi%olet istoriFue de la ,onsI%ration du ,onseil $u'rRme en =srael 'ri0ateedition &el*90i0 1@@". Hi%olet gi0es a 0ery detailed a%%ount of the e0ents surrounding$%hals%ha8s 0isit to =srael and further de0elo'ments u' to the %onstitution of the $u'reme,oun%il.F 6ellman o'. %it. '. 1.( 6ellman (o'. %it. '. 1!) gi0es the date as 9ugust 1@ but this is ob0iously a sli' of the 'en be%ause 9ugust 1# is re%orded as the foundation date by 7odge of Perfe%tion

;>eritas; itself. =bid. ''. 1#*1@.+ oger Hi%olet o'. %it.* 6ellman o'. %it. ''. 2"*22.D $our%es: 9braham 6ellman (a) $u'reme ,oun%il ... &el*90i0 ?anuary 1@! '. 3". (b);=ll. =saa% Arassiani; 33 &he $%ottish ite 9'ril*$e'tember 1@@ ''. 3#*41.

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Royal Solomon Moher Lod%e in IsraelKolan A$ La@ar

7e%ture deli0ered before the ?ohn oss obertson ,ha'ter of the Philalethes $o%iety&oronto ,anada


Inrod0cion

oyal $olomon other 7odge J2@3 on the register of Arand 7odge was %onstituted inthe oly 7and on 6ebruary 1!th 1#!3. &he in0estigation that led to un%o0er the story behind this fa%t unearthed a fas%inating histori%al a%%ount of ,anadian and 9meri%anasonry at worD in the iddle -ast years before any formal establishment by othergrand urisdi%tions.

-r$ Rob Morris5 .$M$5 .rand Lod%e o, =en0c:y

&he life and a%%om'lishments of ob oms are well do%umented in 0arious booDsdealing with his %ontributions to asonry in general and his Arand 7odge in 'arti%ular.owe0er some highlights in his life 'ro0ide an inDling to the 'ersonality and moti0ationof a man who was a Dey 'layer in the establishment of our sube%t 7odge. =n 'ri0ate lifeob orris was a tea%her le%turer 'resident of a %ollege and also did some legal worDs.=n this %a'a%ity he tra0elled e/tensi0ely throughout the north*east region of the nited

$tates -uro'e and what was Dnown then as the Cttoman -m'ire. is asoni% %areerstarted in 1#4 and by 1#5# he was ele0ated to the offi%e of Arand aster of the Arand7odge of


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=t is interesting to note that the entry in the minutes booD was %a'tioned as signed by oborris. owe0er the signature was not his. =t be%ame ob0ious that ob orris ne0ermade it ba%D to ?erusalem to 'ro'erly a%ti0ate the warrant and ser0e as orshi'fulaster as well as instru%t the +rethren there in the administration of 7odge affairs. Humerous entries in the minutes booD show that although the +rethren were well

meaning they really did not Dnow how to run a 7odge and they were %onstantly waitingfor +rethren from the nited $tates and ,anada to hel' them. &his was the state of affairsin the new 7odge during its first years. =nterestingly a letter re%ei0ed by the Arand$e%retary of the Arand 7odge of ,anada on ?une 22nd 1#! outlines the 'roblems thatour distant +rethren were ha0ing as well as fraternal reFuests that the many 'romisesmade be honored. Cther %orres'onden%e was sent to ob orris in


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Maser5 Mone,iore Lod%e J*D o, Insalled Masers



eli0ered at =nstallation as

&his being a 7odge that %arries the name of a distinguished ?ewish ason benefa%tortireless fighter for the rights of ?ews in many %ountries in%luding our own who also wasthe s%ion of a notable $e'hardi% family = thought it a''ro'riate to begin this third year ofour 7odge with an a%%ount of the role 'layed by $e'hardi% ?ews in the early stages of$'e%ulati0e 6reemasonry.

2irs Menions in En%land

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=n 1!32 another ?ew -dward ose was initiated in a 7odge 'resided by aniel el0alle8eminent ?ew snuff mer%hant8 as %hara%teriLed in a re'ort in the 2ail# 'ost of 22$e'tember 1!32. ithout doubt el0alle must ha0e 're%eded ose by se0eral years toha0e rea%hed the high 'osition of aster of the 7odge. 6urthermore +ro. athias 7e0yin an arti%le entitled 8?ews as 6reemasons8 'ublished in The Jewish Chronicle in 1#@#

%laims that the initiation tooD 'la%e 8in the 'resen%e of ?ews and non*?ews.8 &hese other?ews 'resent must ha0e been asons themsel0es initiated at an earlier date.

Cther $e'hardi +rethren a''ear in the re%ords of the 1#th %entury. &he register of+rethren of 1!25 in%ludes =srael $egalas and Hi%holas 9brahams. -arlier still in 1!21a''ear the names of Hathan +lan%h ('erha's his original name was +lan%o) and ?ohnart though it is not %ertain they were ?ews.

$e0eral ?ews are listed as Arand $tewards in 9nderson8s .ew &ook of Constitutions(1!3#): $olomon endeL in 1!32 eyer $hamberg .. in 1!35 +enamin a ,ostain 1!3! and =saa% +arrett ?ose'h arris $amuel 7owman and oses endeL in 1!3!*

1!3#. ost of them were $e'hardim.

&he first re%orded ?ewish offi%er of the 9ntients8 Arand 7odge was a0id 7yon Arand&yler (1!"*1!3) later 'romoted to Arand Pursui0ant (1!4*1!5). =n the oderns8Arand 7odge the first was oses =saa% 7e0i (alias Uimenes) a''ointed both ?unior and$enior Arand arden in 1!#5. &hat same year ?ohn Paiba who had held some offi%esin%e 1!!@ was a''ointed Arand $word +earer .F

&wo other -nglish ?ews are famous in asoni% history be%ause of ha0ing been arrested by the =nFuisition in 7isbon and %ondemned as asons (not be%ause of being %ry'to*?ewsV). &hey were later released and related their e/'erien%es. &he first was ?ohn ,oustos

(1!"3*W) arrested in 1!4" about whom numerous 'a'ers ha0e been 'ublished.

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$omehistorians e/'ress doubts about his ?udaism but in his 'a'er already Fuoted +ro.$haftesley bring u' many indi%ations 'ointing to the fa%t that ;?ohn ,oustos if he wasnot of ?ewish origin ga0e a 0ery good imitation of it.;

&he se%ond %ase is that of y''olito da ,osta (1!!4*1#23) who although a 'rofessed,hristian himself belonged to a renowned family of $e'hardi% ?ews in Portugal -nglandand the est =ndies. 9t the time there were almost two doLen a ,ostas or endeL da,ostas in the diamond trade. a ,osta whose full name was y''olito ?ose'h da ,ostaPereira 6urtado de endoGa was initiated in the 7odge of the Hine uses in 1#"! and oined the 7odge of 9ntiFuity in 1#"#. e was a friend of the uDes of $usse/ and7einster and e0entually rea%hed the high offi%e of Pro0in%ial Arand aster for utland.=n 1#@# 9B, 'ublished a note about +en a ,osta a Past aster of 6riars 7odge andPre%e'tor of the =srael 7odge of =nstru%tion (J2"5) who was undoubtedly ?ewish and%laimed to be a relati0e of y''olito da ,osta.+

Cn 23 e%ember 1!31 only 14 years after the foundation of the Premier Arand 7odge7odge J#4 raised %olumns in 7ondon at the aniel ,offee ouse on 7ombard $treet.9mong the +rethren listed were se0eral ?ews: $alomon endeL 9braham UimeneL

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?a%ob 9l0areL 9braham de edina +enamin9dol'hus and =saa% +aru%h. &hat is to say out of si/ fi0e were $e'hardim. &hey %onstituted a fifthof the total membershi' of the 7odge thatnumbered 2@ +rethren.*

Sir Moses Mone,iore ;*D(DD<

ontefiore was born in 7i0orno =taly. e was ana%ti0e ason ha0ing been initiated in oira7odge in 1#12. is brother*in*law Hathan eyer oths%hild had been initiated ten years earlier inthe -mulation 7odge. ontefiore and oths%hildhad married sisters daughters of 7e0i +arent

,ohen.

e was Dnighted in 1#3! by Bueen >i%toria. &hat same year +enamin israeli wasele%ted to Parliament as a &ory.

=n 9ugust of 1#4" together with the 6ren%h 7awyer and high*ranDing asons 9dol'he,remieu/ (1!@*1##") he led a delegation to &urDey and se%ured the release of the%a'ti0es of the amas%us blood libel. e also 'ersuaded the $ultan of &urDey to issue anedi%t forbidding the %ir%ulation of blood libels.

=n 1#3 su''orted by the +ritish go0ernment $ir oses ontefiore 'etitioned the

$ultan of oro%%o uhammad => to guarantee the safety of oro%%o8s ?ews. is effortswere su%%essful.

9 year later in 1#4 he inter0ened in order to gain the release of abbi eir 7eib ben?ehiel i%hael albin ,hief abbi of +u%harest who had been wrongly a%%used ofdisloyalty to the authorities.

is %onne%tion with the 7and of =srael is well Dnown and his horse %arriage as well ashis windmill %an still be seen in ?erusalem.

'on rea%hing the ri'e age of #" years ; gil hagvurah; in ebrew tradition -nglish

?ewish asons founded in 1#4 the 3ontefiore $odge J1"1! in 7ondon. 7ater in 1### ase%ond ontefiore 7odge (J!53) was founded in Alasgow and in 1@@ our 7odge 3ontefiore $odge of Installed 3asters 456, was %onse%rated in &el 90i0.

Rabbi Leon Tem!lo

S%r .o$e$ .onte5%ore 4t! F!R!S! >"893#"996@

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abbi ?a%ob ?ehudah ?a%ob 7eon (1"3*1!5) Dnown as 7eon &em'lo deser0es s'e%ialmention. =n 1!5 he brought to 7ondon models of the ?erusalem &em'le and the&aberna%le whi%h he had 're0iously e/hibited in 9msterdam. 7eon &em'lo was also ane/'ert in heraldry. is worD so im'ressed 7auren%e ermott the first Arand $e%retary ofthe Arand 7odge of 9ntients that he tooD a design by 7eon &em'lo as the basis for the

%oat of arms of the 9ntients. hen the two Arand 7odges of -ngland merged to form the 'resent nited Arand 7odge (1#13) this design was in%or'orated in its %oat of arms. &hemodel of the &em'lo built by 7eon &em'lo was again e/hibited by +ro. .P. de ,astrowho %laimed to be a relati0e of the builder.

9n interesting histori%al Fuestion is the 'ossible e/isten%e of a asoni% organiLation in9msterdam in whi%h ?ews were allowed to oin before the %reation of the Premier Arand7odge of 7ondon. &here are two indi%ations that 'oint to that 'ossibility.

ermott in the se%ond edition of himan 7e8on**the +ooD of ,onstitutions of the9ntients**'ublished in 1!4 %alled &em'lo ;the famous and learned ebrewist Xsi%Y

9r%hite%t and brother.; istorians ha0e generally dismissed the 8brother8 a''ellation aseither an error or a friendly sobriFuet.D owe0er we Dnow that 7eon %ame originallyfrom 7i0orno. is daughter -lisebah was married to ?a%ob Eehuda 7eon also%hara%teriLed as ;from 7i0orno.; 9 flourishing ?ewish %ommunity li0ed in that =talian%ity that be%ame a refuge for $e'hardi% ?ews fleeing from the $'anish =nFuisition andwho returned to 'ra%ti%ing ?udaism o'enly. &he ?ews of 7i0orno maintained %lose linDswith other $e'hardi% %ommunities in Horth 9fri%a 'arti%ularly &unis.

Li4orno

7i0orno was an im'ortant %enter of asoni% a%ti0ity in =taly. &o gi0e an e/am'le among34 7odges a%ti0e in =taly between 1#15 and 1#" no less than 1@ were lo%ated in7i0orno that is o0er 5"Z of all =talian 7odges.) 9 do%ument from the 7odge $es misde la 'arfaite 9nion dated 3 ay 1!@! lists nine ?ewish members from a total of 5.'

7i0orno was also an im'ortant %enter for ?ews where they established the autonomous8ebrew Hation of 7i0orno8 (7a HaLione -brea di 7i0orno). =nterestingly admission tothe 9utonomy was sube%t to balloting(V). &he 'resen%e of ?ews in 7i0orno dates from the1th %entury. ?ewish banDers were already 'resent in the u%hy of &us%any when ,osimo= de%lared the %ity a free 'ort in 154#. Cn ?une 1" 15@3 duDe 6erdinand = de edi%i

issued $a $ivornina letters 'atent addressed to ;7e0antines (i.e. -asterners) $'aniardsPortuguese Aermans and =talians; but in reality intended for the ?ews of those %ountriesgranting them full religious liberty amnesty for %rimes %ommitted 're0iously and theo''ortunity for arranos to return to ?udaism unmolested and to re%ei0e &us%an%itiLenshi' sube%t to the a''ro0al of the heads of the %ommunity (the 3assari). &he%ommunity had a large degree of autonomy and were e/em't from wearing the yellow?ewish badge.

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&he edi%i rulers wanted to de0elo' 7i0orno as their main 'ort of trade. &he ?ewish%ommunity in 7i0orno grew ra'idly from a few hundred in the late 15""8s to about 5"""in 1#@. &he %ity be%ame an im'ortant entre'[t for trade between 9tlanti% and Horthern 'orts and those of the editerranean and the Hear -ast. =n 1!5 one third of 7i0orno8s15" %ommer%ial houses were ?ewish*owned. =n 15" =ssa% Aabai established a 'rinting

'ress that ri0aled that of >eni%e in the 'rodu%tion of 0aluable ebrew booDs. &he%ommunity was so 'ros'erous that on the urging of ,olbert ,hief inister of 7ouisU=> of 6ran%e the Ding in0ited the ?ews of 7i0orno to %ome and settle in arseilles.

abbi ayim ?ose'h a0id 9Lulai who li0ed in 7i0orno the last 3" years of his lifewrote a tra0el booD in ebrew in whi%h he re%ounts an in%ident that o%%urred to him in1!54 in &unis when the son of the


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)The first documentar# evidence of the presence of Jews in .ewport dates from :;rders ($tillson and ugan

1@"4) = find a most interesting e/'lanation. i0ision >=== under 86irst Alim'ses in Horth9meri%a8 indi%ates that the se%ond 0estige of asonry in this %ountry is des%ribed inPeterson8s istory of hode =sland (1#35 '. 1"1). &he author informs us that:)In the spring of :;


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=t is %ertain howe0er that the tradition has long been 'er'etuated that asons made their a''earan%e in hode =sland about that time. =n eeden8s re%ently 'ublished Dconomicand Social +istor# of .ew Dngland under the date 15# the author says:)The commerce of .ewport was e/tending The wealth# Jews, who contri*uted so much to

it, afterward, appear now It is said that :< families came in from +olland this #ear,

*ringing with their goods and mercantile skill the first three degrees of Freemasonr#) ;

&hus +ro. %,ullough. ,learly the +rethren who %ame to hode =sland were $e'hardi%?ews. ,am'annall is a %orru'tion of ,am'anal (;bell ringer; in $'anish) and Pa%De%Doeis 'robably a %orru'tion of Pa%he%o a %ommon $'anish name. 7e0i is also %ommonamong $e'hardim. +ro. $idney ol. @2 (1@!@) ''. 25*3. $haftesley op citF $haftesley op cit, '. 42.

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( $ee inter alia, %7eod . ;?ohn ,oustos: his 7odges and his +ooD; 1C, >ol. @2(1@!@) ''. 113*14!. >at%her $. ;?ohn ,oustos and the Portuguese =nFuisition; 1C, >ol. #1 (1@#) ''. @*#!. &he original do%umentation in Portuguese a''ears trans%ribedinto $'anish in 6errer +enimeli ?ose 9. 3asonerEa, Iglesia e Ilustracin- un conflictoideolgico=polEtico=religioso Gol I- $as &ases de un Conflicto !:5HH=:5%, adrid

1@!5 ''. 3"1*32. $haftesley op cit, '. 2!.+ $haftesley i*idem* $haftesley op cit, '. 3!.D 6or instan%e $hane 7ewis 9. ;?a%ob ?udah 7eon of 9msterdam (1"2*1!5) and hismodels of the &em'le of $olomon and the &aberna%le; 1C, >ol. @ '. 14.) Polo 6riL 7uigi ;7ogge in =talia dal 1#1 al 1#!"; 3assoneria >ggi, Eear > Ho. 49ugust*$e'tember 1@@# '. 2!.' $tol'er -d. ;,ontributo allo studio della massoneria italiana nell8era na'oleoni%a; 7ivista 3assonica, $e'tember 1@!!. Dnc#clopaedia Judaica, ?erusalem 1@!1 >ol. 1" '. 15!2.

eller ar0in . ;?edidiah ben =saa% Aabai and the first de%ade of ebrew 'rintingin 7i0orno; $os 3uestros, +russels Ho. 33 e%ember 1@@#.F Sefer 3a)agal +ashalem (+ooD of the Aood ,om'lete ,ir%uit) re'rodu%ed byeDitLei Hirdamin ?erusalem 5@4 (1@34) '. 4.( &he &ouro synagogue started on 1!5@ and %on%luded on 1!3 was built by =saa%9braham &ouro a abbi who had %ome from 9msterdam in 1!". e'rinted in +a*oneh +ahofshi (?ournal of the Arand 7odge of =srael) >ol. 43 Ho.1*2 9'ril 1@! ''. 1@*21.+ The 'hilalethes, >ol. U7== Ho. 4 9ugust 1@#@ ''. *1" 23.* 9rbell orde%hai ;eturn to ?udaism the ,ir%um%isers (ohalim) of ,uraGao; $os 3uestros, Ho. 2# $e'tember 1@@! ''. 23*24.D


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+lue is the %olor traditionally%onne%ted with thethree ,raft or $ymboli% degrees of 6reemasonry. =ta''ears not only on

the ason8s a'ron but also in thede%oration of the7odge room or &em'le. hy this 'arti%ular %olor should ha0e been%hosen for our ,raftis not %lear and 0arious e/'lanations ha0e been ad0an%ed in the 'ast based mostly onmoral or religious %onsiderations or on 'seudo*histori%al s'e%ulation.&he 'ur'ose of this 'a'er is to attem't to find a rational e/'lanation for the %hoi%e of

blue based on demonstrable fa%ts.

Tradiional Theories

9lthough many years ago one res'e%ted asoni% author flatly de%lared that 8there is nore%ogniLed s%heme or s%ien%e of %olors in 6reemasonry8 other s%holars ha0e 'ro'oseddifferent e/'lanations for the %hoi%e of %ertain hues. &he best Dnown theory was first 'ro'osed by +ro. 6.?.. ,rowe who suggested that the dee'*blue %olor of the regaliaworn by Cffi%ers of the Arand 7odge of -ngland was borrowed from the ribbon of theost Hoble Crder of the Aarter. hen the 8Aarter8 was instituted about 134# its %olorwas light blue * liDe the %olor of the regalia in 'ri0ate -nglish 7odges * but soon after thea%%ession of Aeorge = in 1!14 this light blue was %hanged to the 'resent dee' blue

shade.&he same author %onne%ts the %rimson worn by Arand $tewards to the ribbon of theCrder of the +ath re0i0ed by Aeorge = in 1!25 while the Arand 7odge of $%otland 'resumably tooD its green from the Crder of the &histle restored by ?ames == in 1#! andreestablished by Bueen 9nne in 1!"3. 6ollowing the same line of thought the author then 'ro%eeds to suggest that the light blue regalia of the Arand 7odge of =reland anti%i'atedthe light blue of the Crder of $t. Patri%D founded by Aeorge === in 1!#3. +ro. ,rowe8stheories re%ei0ed the su''ort of +ro. enry $adler another well*Dnown asoni% writer


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and are a''ro0ingly Fuoted by +ro. +ernard -. ?ones in a %ha'ter of his 6reemason8sAuide and ,om'endium entitled 8asoni% ,olors and their $ymbolism8.&he flimsy fa%tual basis for these assum'tions is a referen%e to 8Aarter blue silD8 todes%ribe the e/a%t shade of blue that a''ears in an order for a'rons dated 1!34. &hreeyears earlier the minutes of the Arand 7odge of 1!th ar%h 1!31 state that 8&he Arand

aster his e'uty and ardens shall wear their ewels in Aold or Ailt 'endant to blueribbons about their ne%Ds and white leather a'rons lined with blue silD8. Ho s'e%ifi%shade was laid down but on the strength of the referen%e mentioned abo0e it is assumedthat it was the dee' blue * also Dnown in -ngland as C/ford blue * then used for theregalia of the Crder of the Aarter. 9t the same time asons in Pri0ate 7odges were stillenoined to wear 'lain white a'rons.

Whie5 he Ori%inal Color

&his brings us to the first in%ontro0ertible fa%t that %an assist us in our resear%h. &he fa%tthat white was the %olor of the a'ron (whi%h was the only item of 8regalia8 then Dnown)uni0ersally used by asons before 1!32 or thereabouts. 9s late as 24th ?une 1!2! a

Arand 7odge resolution orders the .. and ardens of all Pri0ate 7odges to wear the ewels of asonry hanging from white ribbons. oreo0er the engra0ed 'ortrait of9nthony $ayer the first Arand aster of the Premier Arand 7odge of 1!1! %o'ied froma 'ainting by ?ose'h ighmore shows the Arand aster wearing a 'lain white a'ronwithout any de%oration.&he im'ortan%e of this fa%t %annot be o0erstated. =t means that the use of blue in ,raft7odges is not a tradition %oming from ;time immemorial; but was rather a 8modern8in0ention de0ised after the founding of the Premier Arand 7odge by the same grou' of+rethren who %om'osed the rituals of the time who de0ised the three*degree system andwho in short fashioned $ymboli% 6reemasonry as we Dnow it to this day.$ome Arand 7odges %ontinue the tradition and all asons from 9''renti%e to Arand

aster wear 'lain white a'rons. &he Arand 7odge of ashington .,. is an e/am'leand some -uro'ean Arand 7odges do liDewise.

The -escri!ion o, Color

u%h weight was gi0en by earlier %ommentators to the fa%t that the shade of blue to beused by Arand 7odge offi%ers was des%ribed as 8Aarter +lue8.9s a matter of fa%t only in the 1@th %entury was it 'ossible to start measuring %olor andusing s%ientifi% definitions based on wa0elengths of light. ntil then the a%%e'tedmethod to s'e%ify %olor was to use a sam'le or to refer to some a%%e'ted e/am'le toidentify the Dind of shade that was meant. &his 'ra%ti%e %ontinues e0en today in e0erydaylanguage.&hus we refer to daffodil yellow lemon burgundy red %herry aFua green anthra%itegray moss green and so on. &here are hundreds of su%h names in use both in the te/tileindustry and in e0ery other field that uses %olors. $ometimes the names are allegori% ormeta'hori%al liDe 8midnight blue8 or 8tango red8 but for the most 'art the names of theshades refer to s'e%ifi% material e/am'les. &he use of the e/'ression 8Aarter blue8 thenmeans nothing more than a des%ri'tion of the shade intended and any other inter'retationis 'ure s'e%ulation. =n fa%t as already noted the same shade is also Dnown as 8C/ford blue8 and the lighter shade used in the regalia of 'ri0ate 7odges in -ngland is %alled


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8,ambridge blue8 but no %onne%tion between these two uni0ersities and the ,raft has e0er been 'ut forward.

The 7ebre8 Connecion

Ho student of asoni% rituals %an fail to noti%e the large number of 'asswords and 8se%ret8

words used in different %eremonies that a''ear to ha0e a ebrew origin. &he high esteemin whi%h the +ible was held the study of ebrew as a %lassi% language reFuired in orderto fully understand the oly +ooD and the many %onne%tions between asoni% legendsand


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=t turns out that both %olors ha0e similar %hemi%al %om'osition the differen%e being thatt%helet has an additional bluish %olorant (%alled =ndigotin) whi%h is missing in argamanand that maDes it redder than t%helet. &he fundamental shade of t%helet then is a 'ur'lish blue also Dnown as hya%inth.

The E!hod9nother 'la%e where t%helet and argaman a''ear together is in -/odus 2# whereinstru%tions are gi0en on how to maDe the sa%red garments of the igh Priest (these werea breast'ie%e e'hod robe wo0en tuni% turban and sash or girdle): 8a0e them use goldand blue 'ur'le and s%arlet yarn ...8 (2#:5). &he same materials are s'e%ifi%ally indi%atedfor the e'hod (2#:) and the breast'ie%e (2#:15). &he robe was to be all in blue (t%helet)(2#:31). =t is %lear then that blue was the dominant %olor in the %lothing of the ighPriest. 6urthermore the sha'e and manner of wearing the e'hod made it resemble ana'ron 'arti%ularly the full*length a'ron we usually asso%iate with other trades su%h as baDer or smith and in fa%t some di%tionaries define the e'hod as a sort of an a'ron.=t is highly 'lausible then to imagine our 1#th %entury +rethren de%iding to wear blue

asoni% a'rons in imitation of the blue a'ron (e'hod) worn by the an%ient ebrew 'riests. +ro. i%hael $egall in a letter 'ublished in The 'hilalethes of e%ember 1@@4adds the interesting fa%t that 8an%ient and %urrent C'erati0es still a%ti0e and numerous in6ran%e %onsider blue as being &-= %olor. =f we are as many 'eo'le thinD theirsu%%essors that %ould e/'lain the ;blue asonry; notion8.

Sa!!hire and he $S$L$

&here are howe0er additional reasons to see in blue the 'erfe%t %olor for asoni%regalia.&he ebrew word root s*'*r (sameDh*'eh*resh) gi0es origin to se0eral words with%ognate meanings: the 0erbs and nouns relating to %ounting re%ounting or narrating and

numbering. ,i'her and Lero %ome from the same root. &his also ser0es to build the nameof the 're%ious blue stone: the sa''hire. =n fa%t the etymology of the word sa''hire goes ba%D to the original ebrew word 8sa'ir8 'assing into the -uro'ean languages throughAreeD.$a''hire was the stone belo0ed of $aturn and in the +ible -LeFuiel sees A*d sitting on athrone made of sa''hire (1:2).6urthermore the word 8s'here8 in ebrew has the same root (in ebrew the letters f and ' are one). &he %elestial s'heres are of aLure or 8t%helet8 as indi%ated abo0e. &he %olorand the s'here of hea0ens ha0e the same name.6inally s*'*r 'ronoun%ed 8sefer8 means booD and the Fuintessential booD is the +ooD of+ooDs The &i*le.e ha0e now %om'leted our sear%h. &here is a %lear dire%t %onne%tion between blue and both the 0estments of the Priests in the &em'le of ?erusalem and the >.$.7. held in su%h0eneration in our 7odges. Ho other %olor %ould ha0e been %hosen be%ause no other %olor has su%h a 'lethora ofmeanings and symbolism dear to the heart of a 6reemason. hite was retained for the-.9. and 6.,. degrees by 0irtue of its semanti% %onne%tions with inno%en%e andinitiation but blue be%ame the irre'la%eable attribute of the aster ason.


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Re,erences

1. 9rthur -dward aite .ew Dnc#clopedia of Freemasonr# 7ondon 1@21 0ol. 1 '.113.2. 8,olors in 6reemasonry8 Transactions of the 1uatuor Coronati $odge 0ol. 1! (1@"4) ''. 3*11.

3. +ernard -. ?ones Freemason)s (uide and Compendium A.A. arra' 7ondon 1@5" '.4!".4. -rnest


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7isoric 2reemasonry in he Middle EasIsaac BarMoshe

PM5 La!id J+* and 7aari J+5 6er0salem5 Israel

esear%hers into the history of 6reemasonry in the iddle -astusually sDi' a beat when theyfind a booD about it that hada''eared in the 'ast. +ooDswritten in the 'ast about6reemasonry ha0e alldisa''eared. &he history whi%h

should ha0e been written anddo%umented is now forgottenand lost if not 'ur'osefullyobliterated. &he sur'rise ismanifold as the booD in Fuestion is one of the oldest written and is not one 0ilifying6reemasonry old and modern whi%h one %an still find on the shel0es of many booDsho's.

$u%h a sur'rise was in store for me when = first set eyes on what is %ertainly one of tileoldest if not the oldest 'ublished in the 9rabi% language about 6reemasonry. =n the earlyeighties = was ser0ing in -gy't in the di'lomati% ser0i%e of =srael when in an old

%olle%tion of booDs offered for sale = found the booD. =t was a wonderful sur'rise. &hetitle of the hard*%o0er booD is moderate: ;Aeneral istory of asonry; and the sub*title;6rom its early days till today.; &he author is Aeorgy eidan a 0ery famous historian*no0elist whose fi%tional worD is still widely read and %herished be%ause his no0els are%onsidered to %ontain the most genuine des%ri'tion of the Cttoman -m'ire during its lastyears.

&he booD was 'rinted and 'resumably 'ublished by 9l*ahroosa Press in ,airo (-gy't)in 1##@. &he ba%D of the title 'age %arries the emblem of the double*headed eagle withthe %rown on the two heads %lut%hing a sword with a ribbon on whi%h one %an read thefamous ins%ri'tion ;eus eumFue ?us.;

&he introdu%tion in itself a beautiful worD of art and de'th of thought s'eaDing abouttire %am'aigns waged against 6reemasons most often e/'loiting the se%re%y adhered to by +rethren of the ,raft. &he author defends the nobility and honesty of the +rethren butsays that e0en if we de%lare our truth we shall still remain a target for the 0ilifiers. ;&he,raft was not built u'on 'rin%i'les whi%h should remain %o0ered u' till the end of time;he maintains and 'redi%ts: ;9 time will %ome when there will be no barriers whatsoe0er between the %raft and the 'eo'le.;


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&he author stated that as far as the information about 6reemasonry in the iddle -astwas %on%erned he drew his Dnowledge from well*Dnown asons in -gy't 7ebanon andPalestine with s'e%ial mention of the booDs and 'ubli%ations of -gy't8s Arand 7odge. es'oDe about those who allowed him to mention them by name as well as about6reemasonry in general. e listed the names of famous +ritish and 6ren%h authors of the

day. +ro. eidan is authenti%ated thus as a well*learned and 0ery Dnowledgeable asonof the last %entury and early twentieth %entury.

+ro. eidan goes on to state the reasons for the se%re%y maintained then before the endthe 1@th %entury and 'ra%ti%ed among similar Crders in -ast and est: it was meantonly to 'rote%t the Crder from di%tators and ill*wishers.

+ro. eidan 'resents a %om'a%t study %o0ering a series of Crders in an%ient -gy't =ndia$yria Aree%e ,hina and $%andina0ia whi%h ended in the ad0ent of ,hristianity. 9llthese Crders tooD from one another the system of grades and well*guarded se%re%y andlater %rystalliLed in the ,hristian %lergy system.


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sus'i%iously those who s'eaD ina unified 0oi%e about noblehuman 0alues trans%endings%hisms and ri0alries.

&he situation %annot besummariLed easily. +ut theoutlines s'eaD well for itQ theCttoman -m'ire was %oming toits end. Hational regimes were attheir infan%y. emo%rati% trendswere raising their heads andmaDing their 0oi%e hearde0erywhere bill the dangerssurrounding them were great both inside ea%h of these

%ountries and around all of themtogether as %ountries who s'eaD the same language and follow mostly the same religion. &he fa%t remains hidden oruna%Dnowledged till today: 6reemasonry s'oDe the same language and lifted high thesame banners e0erywhere in the 9rab world and in the iddle -ast. = ha0e in my 'ossession a number of itual +ooDs in all three grades of 6reemasonry 'rinted in -gy'tand ?ordan in the twenties and thirties of this %entury. &he booDs are in the finest 9rabi%of the day and there are 0ery few and negligible differen%es in the wording. &he unity ofthe worD is enough to stir doubts in the hearts of the new rulers of the new %ountries.

&he Cttoman -m'ire was re%eding. &he 9rab %ountries were born one after the other.

Hew ri0alries were %oming about. ,onFuerors and %onFuered were still shouting at ea%hother sometimes e/%hanging 0erbal abuses. Hew rulers were at odds with ea%h other. Hew trends were fighting for the u''er hand. 6reemasonry alone stood towering abo0eri0alries and for the brotherhood of man. +oundaries had no effe%t on it. i0alries did not 'ermeate its intelle%tual s'here. itual booDs 'rinted in -gy't ?ordan 7ebanon $yriaand Palestine were unified in style as = mentioned and almost the same in wording. $mallwonder that ri0als in the nas%ent %ounties felt one and all that the >oi%e of 6reemasonry%onstituted a threat to them all. isunited as they were they be%ame united in their fearof 6reemasonry.

&he 'eriod whi%h saw the a''earan%e of this im'ortant booD: ;Aeneral istory ofasonry; was in fa%t the 'eriod of the a''roa%hing %hange. 6reemasonry flourished inmany %ountries still under the rule of the Cttomans and it was authenti%ally re'orted thatmany of the national leaders of the emerging inde'endent states and most %ertainly manyof the intelle%tuals 'oets and writers were among the +rethren of the ,raft. =t may well be that the greatest %ontribution of the est to the nas%ent %ountries of the iddle -astwas no other than the unifying 0oi%e of 6reemasonry.

To1 Door Deta%l >not%*e en*%r*led ot%5@ Sultan SPleyan the .a/n%5%*ent >"36#"677@ I$tan1ul, Tur2ey


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=t is also %ertain that se%tarian elements whether nationalisti% or religious saw in6reemasonry a tangibly strong and dangerous ri0al. Hot that 6reemasonry sought ri0alsor en%ouraged ri0alry but the mere fa%t that 6reemasonry %alled for the +rotherhood ofall men under the 6atherhood of Cne A*d 'osed a threat to those who sought dominationand wanted to Fuell free thought and freedom of %ons%ien%e. Cddly enough 6reemasonry

unified its enemies as well.

a0ing stated all this it is not a 0enture into the unDnown to re0iew at least some of the%ha'ters of ;Aeneral istory of asonry;. +ro. eidan outlined old and new histories ofasonry di0iding ea%h of them into two 'eriods. &he old history of asonry startedaround !15 +,- and went on until 1""" ,-. &he se%ond 'eriod started around 1""" ,-going on till the year 1!1!. 9s to the history of modern or $'e%ulati0e asonry +ro.eidan stated that this %o0ered two 'eriods: the first between the years 1!1! and 1!#3while the se%ond started in 1!#3 and was still going on then.

ost of these 'ie%es of asoni% Dnowledge ha0e been studied and restudied 'ut into

fo%us and doubted or %onfirmed time and again. asoni% s%ien%es are still resear%hed inthe light of e0ery single dis%o0ery. +ro. eidan shed light on the fa%ts a%%umulated u' tothe time he wrote his booD. 9nd he summariLed his wealth of Dnowledge all too well.

&hus re0iewing the first 'eriod of an%ient 'rimiti0e asonry the author stresses themi/ture of stone*building and high morality with ar%hite%ture as an e/a%t s%ien%e. Areat buildings were ere%ted and the belief in A*d was the sole though obs%ure guide. &heomans %hose in !15 +,- an em'eror to regulate their li0es. Huma Pom'ilius was thegreat legislator and builder who organiLed the first Auilds and established buildings%hools to organiLe and regulariLe the ere%tion of religious tem'les. &he Auilds set freelytheir own inner rules and orders. &hey %hose their masters and their wardens together

with their treasurers and 'hysi%ians. &he Auilds De't the se%rets of their arts 0ery %lose totheir hearts. &hey were asDed by the state to e/e%ute and o0ersee e0ery building 'roe%tand they %arried their duties to the best results. &he tri*gradal system 're0ailed 7odgeasters were ele%ted for a 'eriod of fi0e years. &heir worD began after a religious%eremony and to 're0ent any %onfli%t be%ause of their adheren%e to different gods they%entered their 'rayers on an agreed ;Areat 9r%hite%t of the ni0erse.; Promotion%eremonies were 0ery mu%h liDe the -gy'tian 'romotion rituals.

+ro. eidan states that the +uilders Auilds were distinguished on a%%ount of their highmoral %odes. &hey were also Dnown to use se%ret signs and 'asswords. &he builders grewin stature with the an%ient omans and then de%lined with them. &hey remained afterthat in abeyan%e till the ad0ent of ,hristianity whi%h ga0e them a great 'ush forward.&he author insists that the builders were always referred to as ;+uilding +rotherhoods.;e mentions also that in the year 5 ,- there was a grou' of ?ewish builders in ome 'rote%ted by the go0ernment of the day and allowed to oin in tem'le*building sin%e thedays of ?ulius ,aesar. $ome of them oined the +rotherhood in order to ease the 'ro%essof building their own &em'les thus introdu%ing some ?ewish se%rets into the+rotherhood.


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&he arri0al of the stone masons in -ngland was re0iewed in great detail and so were thehighs and lows of the masons of the oman -m'ire.

ere is a 'aragra'h translated in full:

"The 3asons who immigrated to S#ria and 'alestine during the #ears of oppression !in Durope%, sta#ed there till the da#s of !the Dmperor% Constantine +e was known for his

support of Christianit#, and when he ruled, he emplo#ed these *uilders in church

*uilding in these countries The earl# churches were *uilt in Jerusalem and &ethlehem +e then ordered the *uilding of the +ol# Sepulcher and several other churches in

ntioch The 3asons &rotherhood were widespread in the Dast, especiall# in S#ria and

'alestine, reaching as far as the ra* peninsula, much *e#ond the domain of 7oman

rule In Constantinople itself there were in the #ear ?H CD twent#=three churches, all*uilt *# the 3asons &rotherhood" ('. 55.)

=t would seem rele0ant at this 'oint to stress that the im'ortan%e of this booD lies first

and foremost not in the general narrati0e of the history of 6reemasonry as it was Dnownin the early 'eriod of the 1@th %entury and was %ontested in some of its details later on.&he authenti% material brought by the author deri0es from 0ery reliable 9rab histori%alsour%es.

= 0enture to say here that this material is as far as = Dnow almost totally unDnown toasoni% resear%hers in the est. =n all my studies and readings = did not en%ounter thename of any Crientalist in the ranDs of asoni% resear%hers. &hus = find it 0ery rele0antto bring in full what +ro. eidan introdu%ed in his resear%h from famous 9rab historians.&hus we see the following on ''. "*1:

"The great philosopher I*n=0haldoon !:H=:?H; CD% descri*ed the *uilding of the 3osue in 3edina during the rule of >mer I*n *d=el=8i8 !;6:=5@H CD% Thus- Then

he wrote to him !the reference is to >mer I*n *d=el=8i8% on the Islamic #ear 6, suggesting him to surve# the *urial lots of the great 3oslem Women inside the 3osue,

in order to *u# the surrounding lots so as to acuire @HH suare #ards in front of the

lter nd whoever refuses to give up the land he possesses, #ou will pa# him fairl# and

then demolish the place as was done *# the !Caliphs% >mer and >thman Those who possessed the lands gave up their possessions for the price the# received When that was

over l=Walid sent to the 0ing of 7ome !in Constantinople% to sa# that it is his wish to

*uild the 3osue The 0ing of 7ome sent him a hundred thousand golden coins and ahundred 3asons with fort# foods of mosaics, through >mer I*n *d=el=8i8 +e also

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9nd so it seems that the author8smost im'ortant a%hie0ement washis Fuotations from 9rabhistorians regarding the asons.9s about the building of

+aghdad he Fuotes from the9rab historian =bn -l*9theer (114@*121" ,-) the following:

"The Caliph l=3ansoor wrote

to 2amascus and l=Ja*al, 0ufa, Wasit, and &asra

regarding the masons and artisans +e ordered to choose people known for their virtue,

fairness, and religious knowledge Then he ordered to choose those whom he needed from among the virtuous and those with great knowledge of architecture"

+ro. eidan went on to Fuote from the same 9rab historian:

"The 3aster among the 3asons would get at the end of a da#)s work, a silver karat and

the apprentice two tenths of the silver karat"

6rom these Fuotations +ro. eidan %on%luded that the builders of +aghdad were +rother asons whose 'resen%e was Dnown all o0er the -ast. 9nd in the %ha'ter he de0oted toasonry in -ngland he 'rodu%ed the first translation into 9rabi% of the EorD anus%ri't.

9nother %ha'ter detailed the shift to $'e%ulati0e asonry. Pra%ti%ally more than twothirds of the booD is de0oted to $'e%ulati0e asonry and the history of the ,raft from

1!1! till 1##@.

&he ad0an%e of 6reemasonry and its e0entual transformation to an all*embra%ing Crderwhi%h re%ruits the good and the 0irtuous among all men is told in flowing terms allthrough the booD. &his ad0an%e is re%orded in ea%h and e0ery %ountry in -uro'e and thenin the -ast.

&he author being a $yrian starts his re0iew of 6reemasonry in the -ast understandablyin $yria. is re0iew is the first and the only one = found in 9rabi% asoni% sour%es. =t isworthy of note that +ro. eidan re0iews in his study the worD of the enemies of6reemasonry as well. $o that when we finish the booD we %an see why this worD was

followed by little asoni% literature or none for a long time or to be e/a%t e0en to the 'resent days 0ery near the end of the millennium.

&he enemies of 6reemasonry seem to ha0e been born at the same time with the ad0ent of$'e%ulati0e asonry in the iddle -ast.

&he author taDes u' the story of 6reemasonry in his mother %ountry $yria as from the beginnings of ,hristian history and also from the first days of =slam. &he asons8 worD

Jouhour%ah A)enue .o$ue >not%*e ot%5 a1o)e %naret'$ 1al*ony roo5@ 4a/hdad, Ira


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nameless and selfless %an still be seen in s%ores of %hur%hes mosFues %itadels andmassi0e an%ient walls surrounding the old %ities. &here is e0iden%e that due to the beautyand 'erfe%tion of their worD many $yrian asons were in0ited to Persia and other%ountries to %onstru%t religious tem'les %itadels or walls. =t was from $yria that the,ali'h 9l*ansoor %alled the asons to hel' %onstru%t the %ity of +aghdad. +ro. eidan

states that under =slam the asons were not 'erse%uted or o''ressed as under theomans. &here are 0ery s%ant re%ords to hel' the resear%her but it is ob0ious thatasonry rea%hed $yria at the beginning of the ,hristian era. $'e%ulati0e asonrythough was 0ery modern. &he first 7odge in +eirut was established in 1#2 under theaus'i%es of the $%ottish Arand 7odge. &he 7odge number was 415. &he language was6ren%h but among the asters who 'resided was the ,onsul Aeneral of Areat +ritainand the 7odge had a membershi' whi%h en%om'assed many $yrian notables and manyforeigners. &he 7odge was dormant in 1## but renewed its a%ti0ities and ,har

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