Netanyahu shown 2,000-year-old Book of Lamentations scroll

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2,000-year-old Book of Lamentations scroll

'There is a lot of significance to the fact that on Tisha B'Av, this scroll is being brought to the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, our united capital,' PM says.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Sunday with representatives of the Israel Antiquities Authority who showed him a 2,000-year-old scroll of the Book of Lamentations found in the Qumran Caves.

"This is an important and exciting finding," Netanyahu said. "There is a lot of significance to the fact that on Tisha B'Av, this scroll is being brought to the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, our united capital."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4684299,00.html
 
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