Adam's Rock
Native name:
Sela Adam
Adam Rock, Bat Yam's Rock Beach and the breakwaters
Adam's Rock is located in Central Israel
Adam's Rock
Location within Central Israel
Adam's Rock is located in Tel Aviv
Adam's Rock
Location within Tel Aviv
Adam's Rock is located in Israel
Adam's Rock
Location within Israel
Geography
LocationBat Yam, Israel
Coordinates32ยฐ01โ€ฒ24โ€ณN 34ยฐ44โ€ฒ11โ€ณE / 32.0232ยฐN 34.7365ยฐE / 32.0232; 34.7365
Administration
District
Tel Aviv
City
Bat Yam
Demographics
Populationnone

Adam's Rock (Hebrew: ืกืœืข ืื“ื โ€“ Sela Adam; Arabic: ุญุฌุฑ ุขุฏู…) or Adam's Island (Hebrew: ืกืœืข ืื“ื โ€“ Ie Adam; Arabic: ุฌุฒูŠุฑุฉ ุขุฏู…) is a tiny Israeli island about half a kilometer west of Bat Yam.[1] A smaller rock (island) is located 10 m west of Adam Rock.

Geology and geomorphology

Adam's Rock is a protrusion in an abrasion platform, a remnant of an ancient kurkar ridge. This ridge was unevenly destroyed in abrasion, a process of grinding and erosion.[1]

History

The beach near the island is known as Rock Beach, after the tiny island opposite the beach. Until the breakwaters at the Rock Beach in Bat Yam were built in the late 1960s, the rock could only be reached swimming or sailing. Swimming there was and still is a common activity among bathers.

The nature researcher and tour guide Yehuda Ziv wrote about the island:

The southernmost of Jaffa's reefs, opposite the beach of Bat Yam, is known in Arabic as 'Hajar Adam' โ€“ Adam's Rock. The legend tells us that the fish in the Mediterranean come here in bands, kiss the rock, and continue on their way... The island was swallowed up among the large stone boulders that were piled up in front of Bat Yam's seashore to protect its beach, barely visible from the promenade".[2]

The legend and name were previously mentioned by Zev Vilnay, who dates these back to the Middle Ages.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Elazari, Yuval (2003). "ื‘ืช ื™ื" [Bat Yam]. ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ - ืœืงืกื™ืงื•ืŸ ืžืคื” [Land of Israel - Mapa Lexicon]. Tel Aviv: Mapa. p. 92. ISBN 9789657184349.
  2. ^ Ziv, Yehuda (1988). "ื”ื ืกื™ื ืฉื‘ื™ื" [The Miracles Are Returning]. ืชืจืžื™ืœึพืฆื“: ืืชืจื™ื ื•ืฉื‘ื™ืœื™ื ื‘ืžื‘ื˜ ืฉื ื™ [Handy Knapsack: A Second Glance at Sites and Footpaths]. Jerusalem: Keter. ื”ื“ืจื•ืžื™ืช ื‘ืฉื•ื ื™ื•ืช ื™ืคื•, ืžื•ืœ ื—ื•ืฃ ื‘ืชึพื™ื, ืžื›ื•ื ื” ื‘ืขืจื‘ื™ืช 'ื—ื’'ืจึพืื“ื' -'ืกืœืข ืื“ื' (ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ). ื”ืื’ื“ื” ืžืกืคืจืช ืขืœื™ื• ื›ื™ ื”ื“ื’ื™ื ื‘ื™ื ื”ืชื™ื›ื•ืŸ ื‘ืื™ื ืœื›ืืŸ ืœื”ืงื•ืช-ืœื”ืงื•ืช, ื ื•ืฉืงื™ื ืœืกืœืข ื•ืžืžืฉื™ื›ื™ื ื‘ื“ืจื›ื... ื”ื™ื•ื ื ื‘ืœืข 'ืกืœืขึพืื“ื' ื‘ืฉื•ื‘ืจื™ ื”ื’ืœื™ื ื”ืขืฉื•ื™ื™ื ืื‘ื ื™ื ื’ื“ื•ืœื•ืช, ืฉื ืขืจืžื• ืžื•ืœ ืฉืคืช-ื™ืžื” ืฉืœ ื‘ืชึพื™ื ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ื’ืŸ ืขืœ ื—ื•ืฃ ื”ืจื—ืฆื” ืฉืœื”. ืจืง ื‘ืงื•ืฉื™ ืืคืฉืจ ืœื”ื‘ื—ื™ืŸ ื‘ื• ืžืŸ ื”ื˜ื™ื™ืœืช - ื•ื”ืจื™ ื–ื• ื“ื•ื’ืžื” ืžื•ื‘ื”ืงืช ืฉืœ... 'ืื™'-ื”ื‘ื ื”!
  3. ^ Vilnay, Zev (1981). ืื’ื“ื•ืช ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ [Legends of Eretz Israel]. Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer. p. 38. ISBN 9789651700668. ืกืœืข ืื“ื ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ ื‘ื™ื ื™ืคื• ื‘ื—ื•ืคื• ืฉืœ ื™ื ื™ืคื•, ืืœ ืžื•ืœ ื”ื™ืฉื•ื‘ ื”ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ ื‘ืชึพื™ื, ื ืจืื” ืžืชื•ืš ื”ืžื™ื ื‘ืžืจื—ืง ืžื” ืžื”ื”ื•ืฃ ืกืœืข ื”ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืื™ ื–ืขื™ืจ ืžืื“. ื”ืขืจื‘ื™ื ื‘ื™ืžื™ึพื”ื‘ื™ื ื™ื™ื ืงืจืื• ืœื• ื—ื’ืณืจ ืื“ื โ€” ืื‘ืŸ ืื“ื ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ. ืื’ื“ื” ืื—ืช ื‘ื™ืžื™ึพื”ื‘ื™ื ื™ื™ื ืกืคืจื” ืขืœ ื”ื“ื’ื™ื ื”ื ื•ื”ื’ื™ื ืœื‘ื•ื ืืœ ื”ืกืœืข ื”ื–ื” ื•ืœื ืฉืงื•.