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Wadi Qelt, Wadi al-Qult, Wadi el-Qult, Wadi Kelt, Wadi Qilt or Wadi Qult (Template:Lang-ar), Nahal Prat or Nahal Perat (Template:Lang-he) is a wadi (Template:Lang-ar wādī), nahal (Template:Lang-he), or valley running west to east across the Judean desert in the West Bank, originating near Jerusalem and terminating near Jericho, near the Dead Sea. It is home to a variety of fauna including hyraxes to gazelles, to the Greek Orthodox Monastery Saint George, and to the Oldest synagogue in the world and has been identified with the biblical "prat" mentioned in Jeremiah 13:5.^[1]

The Wadi Quelt Synagogue was built as part of a Hasmonean royal winter palace and is the Oldest synagogue in Israel.^[2]^[3] The site was home to the winter palaces of Hasmonean kings (a Jewish priestly dynasty of the second to first centuries B.C.) and thereafter of King Herod.^[4] Parts of the wadi were declared a nature reserve by Israel and given the name Nahal Prat. Wadi Qelt is visited by Israelis and Palestinians alike.

Wadi Qelt was the site of a number of high profile Palestinian terrorist attacks on Israelis after the 1993 Declaration of Principles peace agreement between Israel and the PLO. These include attacks on Dror Forer and Eran Bachar (shot to death on October 9, 1993), Ori Shahor and Ohad Bachrach (shot to death on July 18, 1995), and Hagit Zavitzky and Liat Kastiel (stabbed to death on April 25 1997).^[5]

Wadi Qelt was the home for the Kibilewitz strain of Balady citron, which was obtained from here by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld the founder of Edah HaChareidis and a close disciple of Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin.^[6]

Kubur Bani Yisra’il overlooks the valley.

References

^ http://www.bibleplaces.com/wadiqilt.htm
^ Oldest Synagogue Found in Israel, March 29, 1998. Associated Press
^ Israel's Oldest Synagogue, Archaeology, Volume 51 Number 4, July/August 1998 by Spencer P.M. Harrington
^ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/jericho.html
^ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html.
^ Halikhot Sadeh, issue 146, Elul 5765, Page 24; Letter by Rachel Kibilewitz; Letter by Mr. & Mrs. Kelly.

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31°50′40″N 35°24′51″E / 31.844316°N 35.414257°E / 31.844316; 35.414257 (Wadi Qelt)

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[1] ttps://www.bibleplaces.com/wadiqilt.htm

[2] Oldest Synagogue Found in Israel, March 29, 1998. Associated Press

[A-3] Israel's Oldest Synagogue, Archaeology, Volume 51 Number 4, July/August 1998 by Spencer P.M. Harrington

[4] ttps://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/jericho.html

[5] ttps://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html.

[6] Halikhot Sadeh, issue 146, Elul 5765, Page 24; Letter by Rachel Kibilewitz; Letter by Mr. & Mrs. Kelly.

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 [[Image:Judean Desert Wadi Qelt.jpg|right|250px|thumb|An [[Olive]] Tree at the Wadi site.]]
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+'''Wadi Qelt''', ''Wadi al-Qult'', ''Wadi el-Qult'', ''Wadi Kelt'', ''Wadi Qilt'' or ''Wadi Qult'' ({{lang-ar|<big>وادي القلط</big>}}), ''Nahal Prat'' or ''Nahal Perat'' ({{lang-he|נחל פרת}}) is a [[wadi]] ({{lang-ar|وادي}} ''{{transl|ar|DIN|wādī}}''), nahal ({{lang-he|נחל}}), or valley running west to east across the [[Judean desert]] in the [[West Bank]], originating near [[Jerusalem]] and terminating near [[Jericho]], near the [[Dead Sea]]. It is home to a variety of fauna including [[hyrax]]es to [[gazelle]]s, to the [[Greek Orthodox]] [[St. George's Monastery|Monastery Saint George]], and to the [[Oldest synagogue in the world]] and has been identified with the biblical "prat" mentioned in Jeremiah 13:5.<ref>http://www.bibleplaces.com/wadiqilt.htm</ref>
+The [[Wadi Quelt Synagogue]] was built as part of a [[Hasmonean]] royal winter palace and is the [[Oldest synagogue in Israel]].<ref>[http://www.pohick.org/sts/jericho.html Oldest Synagogue Found in Israel], March 29, 1998. ''Associated Press''</ref><ref name=A>[http://www.archaeology.org/9807/newsbriefs/israel.html Israel's Oldest Synagogue], ''Archaeology,''  Volume 51 Number 4, July/August 1998
-The site was home to the winter palaces of [[Hasmonean]] kings (a Jewish priestly dynasty of the second to first centuries B.C.) and thereafter of [[Herod the Great|King Herod]].<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/jericho.html</ref> Parts of the wadi were declared a nature reserve by [[Israel]] and given the name Nahal Prat. Wadi Qelt is visited by [[Israel]]is and [[Palestinians]] alike.
+by Spencer P.M. Harrington</ref>  The site was home to the winter palaces of Hasmonean kings (a Jewish priestly dynasty of the second to first centuries B.C.) and thereafter of [[Herod the Great|King Herod]].<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/jericho.html</ref> Parts of the wadi were declared a nature reserve by [[Israel]] and given the name Nahal Prat. Wadi Qelt is visited by [[Israel]]is and [[Palestinians]] alike.
 Wadi Qelt was the site of a number of high profile Palestinian terrorist attacks on Israelis after the 1993 [[Declaration of Principles]] peace agreement between Israel and the [[PLO]]. These include attacks on Dror Forer and Eran Bachar (shot to death on October 9, 1993), Ori Shahor and Ohad Bachrach (shot to death on July 18, 1995), and Hagit Zavitzky and Liat Kastiel (stabbed to death on April 25 1997).<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html.</ref>