The 749 CE Galilee Earthquake
Due to different sources using different calendars, either two or a series of devastating earthquakes shook the Land between 747 and 749 CE, which were later conflated into one event.
One of the sources mentions that the Eastern and Western sides of the Dome of the Rock collapsed, and many died in Jerusalem.
A Hebrew lamentation from the Cairo Genizah mourns many Jews who died in an earthquake in Tiberias and the greater Galilee around the same time.
With the majority of synagogues located in the Galilee, the over-7 on the Richter scale earthquake had a devastating effect on the Jewish communities. Some 30 synagogues in the Tiberias area reportedly collapsed on the same day due to the quake, which also caused damage in Beit She'an, Susita, and other places.
The earthquake was called Ra'ash Shevi'i, or the "Seventh Earthquake," because it occurred during a Sabbatical year.
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In the year 749 CE, an earthquake (7 magnitude) devastated the Galilee. Some 30 synagogues in the Tiberias area reportedly collapsed, and it also caused damage in Beit She'an, Susita, and other places.
A Hebrew Lamentation from the Cairo Genizah called it Ra'ash Shevi'i or the "Seventh Earthquake."
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