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Jerusalem's Wailing Wall at risk of collapse
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| April 28, 2008
| Carolynne Wheeler
Posted on 04/28/2008 1:56:22 PM PDT by NYer
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To: Romulus
That was the Temple itself.That pretty much got obliterated by Rome.
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posted on
04/29/2008 7:19:18 AM PDT
by
Blogger
To: Dr. Zzyzx
“I wonder how much arguing in going on about actually adding reinforcement?”
Jewish guys arguing? Never heard of that.
(My family just had a knock down drag out over shoes.)
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posted on
04/29/2008 7:49:40 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
To: Ron Jeremy
In theory, that is true. Yet, the way people react when these places get destroyed, or occupied by another country, suggests to me that at some level the walls themselves at some level become and object of worship. So, when Jews go to say prayers over the graves of their mothers and fathers, are they praying to the stones and dead bodies?
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:52:42 AM PDT
by
Nachum
To: MeanWestTexan
You should try listening to drivers in Tel Aviv
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posted on
04/29/2008 9:25:46 AM PDT
by
Yitzchak
(The arabs do not respect power; they worship it.)
To: Ron Jeremy
the way people react when these places get destroyed, or occupied by another country Would you care to be more specific in describing these "people"?
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posted on
04/29/2008 9:29:09 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(Vicious Babushka)
To: NYer
If the wall collapse how long they blame mean ole Jews for the collapse
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posted on
04/29/2008 9:31:18 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: NYer
If the wall collapse how long they blame mean ole Jews for the collapse
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posted on
04/29/2008 9:33:12 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: Convert from ECUSA; blam; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ..
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posted on
04/29/2008 9:47:40 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SevenofNine
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posted on
04/29/2008 9:50:32 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Ron Jeremy
the way people react when these places get destroyed, or occupied by another country, suggests to me that at some level the walls themselves at some level become and object of worship.
If the venue your favorite sports team plays at was destroyed or occupied by that team's rival how would you react?
If the Washington Monument was destroyed or occupied by Iran, how would you react?
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posted on
04/29/2008 10:06:51 AM PDT
by
TexasGunLover
("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
To: Alouette
Would you care to be more specific in describing these "people"? people with excessive emotional attachment to bricks and mortar.
To: Ron Jeremy
How did you feel on 9-11 when one of our national landmarks was destroyed?
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posted on
04/29/2008 10:37:32 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(Vicious Babushka)
To: Alouette
How did you feel on 9-11 when one of our national landmarks was destroyed? Pretty crappy.
To: Romulus; Blogger
Thanks for the verse. It wasn’t until a few years ago when I found out that this wall was a retaining wall for the temple that I always had problems with that verse (and/or the wall!) “Hey, Jesus said none of the stones would be left on top of one another?” But, as you both point out, Jesus says “You SEE all these”, while pointing to the huge, magnificent (and relatively new) temple, which probably did not include the retaining wall.
What I find interesting is how the old “cement” or whatever the Jews used is working just fine, but the newer cement is junk. Of course the Jews had thousands of years to perfect there building technique in this climate.
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posted on
04/29/2008 10:54:29 AM PDT
by
21twelve
(Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
To: goldstategop
Your post brings to mind a question - since I can’t imagine that the religious leadership believes the Presence is currently there (or do they?), what is their reasoning behind that? Is the spot simply considered hallowed forever?
And if that’s the case - when the temple is finally rebuilt, how will they know for sure exactly where the Holy of Holies was and will that matter? (For that matter, how can they construct it with that restriction in place?)
I can understand Jewish leadership deciding that Jews should not ascend the Temple Mount in its current state (desecrated by mosques), but would love some feedback on why the restriction is based on the Holy of Holies. Thoughts?
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posted on
04/29/2008 10:55:30 AM PDT
by
agrace
To: 21twelve
Did you know that they carved the stones for the Temple off site so that the sound of a hammer wouldn’t be heard near the Temple Mount?
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posted on
04/29/2008 3:58:41 PM PDT
by
Blogger
To: Blogger
Interesting. A side benefit was the worker wouldn't get “zotted” when he said a cuss word when the hammer hit his thumb! The idea of a place (or person) being “Holy” (set apart) is not stressed enough nowadays. Not that we need to worship a “place” - but that we can observe some type of reverence there.
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posted on
04/29/2008 4:31:24 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
To: 21twelve
The idea of a place (or person) being "Holy" (set apart) is not stressed enough nowadays. That is for sure. Nowadays so many people want to profane and cheapen everything. The idea of quiet reverence is alien.
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posted on
04/29/2008 4:52:53 PM PDT
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: 21twelve; Blogger
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posted on
04/30/2008 6:55:13 AM PDT
by
Romulus
("Ira enim viri iustitiam Dei non operatur")
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