Beit Lechem (Bethlehem)בית לחם
Beit Lechem (Bethlehem), a town in the Judean Hills south of Jerusalem, appears throughout the Tanach. According to the Torah, the matriarch Rachel died and was buried on the road to Bethlehem; it was the setting of the Book of Ruth, and the Book of Samuel records it as the home and birthplace of King David.
6 teachers
Teachers who lived here
Yaakov Avinu
Yaakov ben Yitzchak (Israel) (-1653–-1506)
traveled -1552
Naomi
Naomi (of Megillat Rus) (-1190–?)
return to Beit Lechem -1130
Naomi
Naomi (of Megillat Rus) (-1190–?)
Boaz
Boaz of Beit Lechem (-1180–?)
home, fields and town gate -1130
Rut
Rut HaMoaviah (Ruth the Moabite) (-1155–?)
new life in Beit Lechem -1130
David HaMelech
David ben Yishai (King David) (-1040–-970)
born -1040
Menachem Froman
Menachem Froman (1945–2013)