Horn of the Carmel (in Arabic: "Dir el-Muhraka" - the monastery of the "place of burning") is the second largest place on the Carmel ridge - 497 meters above sea level. The location houses an old monastery that belongs to the Carmelite Order, which arrived here from Europe in the 17th century. According to tradition, the fire that rained down from the sky amid a struggle between Prophet Elijah and the Baal prophets had occurred in this exact location.
The Carmelite monastery carries the name of their patron - Prophet Elijah. The Order was established on the Carmel in the time of the Crusaders and adopted the image of Elijah, the lonely abstainer prophet who fought zealously against the heretics of his time.

According to the conventional belief of Christians, Muslims, Druze and also Jews, it is on this summit that the dramatic battle between Elijah and the prophets of Baal took place (1Kings 18:38-40) and ended in a most horrific and impressionable way: "Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench. And when all the people saw [it], they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he [is] the God; the LORD, he [is] the God. And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there."

As a result of the biblical story, the entire Mt. Carmel was named in Arabic "Jebel Mar Elyas" - the mountain of holy Elijah; the eastern peak was named "el Muhraka," which derives from the words "scorching" or "burning." The Kishon River that flows at the foot of the mountain was named "el-Mukta," which stems from the words "disjointing" or "amputation." According to Christian tradition, the Baal prophets were slaughtered near a small hill on the banks of the Kishon River and thus it was named "Tel-Kasis" - the Priests' Mound.
The statue of Elijah present at the location is not the original statue, as the former statue was broken by Kaukaji (leader of "the Arab Liberation Army" during the War of Independence) in the presence of all his soldiers.The mountain, which overlooks the hills of the Lower Galilee, constitutes a pilgrimage site for special units of the IDF that choose to climb the mountain on foot as part of their ritual.

The monastery is situated behind the Druze villages.

How to get there: bus no 192 to Daliat el-Carmel village and from there by special taxi to the location.

Visiting hours: 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-17:00