Encouraged by Syrian soldiers -- who had been dispatched to protect the complex -- rioters entered the synagogue, hurled 40 Torah scrolls into the courtyard, drenched them in kerosene and set them, and thousands of other sacred items, aflame. Rioters also attacked the synagogue's prized possession, the Aleppo Codex, tearing out pages, tossing the ancient manuscript to the ground and possibly burning parts of it.
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Imagine the outrage if somebody had done that to just a bookstore copy of the Quran.
The Second Coming of Christ will occur before the generation passes of those who saw Isreal become a State.