Jews urged to emphasize Temple Mount

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Wednesday, January 28, 2004

[JohnHuang2]

TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND
Jews urged to emphasize Temple Mount
Chief rabbi says Torah laws can 'save us from our enemies'

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Posted: January 28, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Dov Lior, the top rabbi in Israel, is calling on Jews to place a greater emphasis on the Temple Mount and the Jewish laws.

Lior, who heads the Council of Yesha Rabbis, said during a rabbinical conference sponsored by the Ariel Institute and the Chief Rabbinate that ascending the Temple Mount while adhering to the Torah laws governing such a visit can "save us from our enemies."

Rabbi Shar Yashuv Cohen, chief rabbi of Haifa and a member of the Chief Rabbinate Rabbinical Council said the ban on Jews and other non-Muslims ascending the Temple Mount no longer exists although the Chief Rabbinate has yet to officially "endorse" such visits.

Police yesterday detained five Jews after they attempted to pray on the Temple Mount. Currently, non-Muslims are permitted to visit the site but are forbidden to pray. Israeli police enforce the ban imposed by the Islamic Waqf Authority, despite the site being holy to the Jewish people, the location of the First and Second Temples.

Last August, Israeli police clashed with Muslims on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem after the compound was reopened to Christians and Jews. Police kicked and beat some protesters with batons while Arab children threw stones at the officers.

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, who appoints the Muslim clergy responsible for day-to-day administration of the site, ordered the site closed to non-Muslim visitors when riots erupted between police and Muslim worshippers a day after Ariel Sharon, now the Israeli prime minister, visited in September 2000 – a visit Arafat used to rationalize the current terrorist uprising, or intifada, that has resulted in more than 5,000 casualties.

Last summer, the Israeli government announced it would reopen the complex to Jewish and Christian visitors for two hours every morning. The Waqf, or Muslim council, objected, complaining it was not consulted.

The compound is known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount, having been the site of two biblical Jewish temples. To Muslims it is the Haram al-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary. Within the complex is the Dome of the Rock, or Al Aqsa mosque.

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[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Quote of the Day by F14 Pilot

[missyme]

Pretty sad that Mohammed and his flock weaseled there way into a most Holy Place that was really not there's to begin with but that's par for the course!

[gscc]

There is no doubt in my mind that there never was a Jewish Temple on the site that everyone is fighting over. The Moslems can have the site they refer to as the Haram, because it's only historical importance is as the Roman Fortress Fort Antonia which housed the Roman Tenth Legion which occupied Jerusalem during the time of Herod and into the fourth century. The Jewish people placed no importance on this site until the 16th century when a Jewish mystic Isaac Luria designated the Western Wall of Fortress Antonia as the Wailing Wall. Biblical scripture and historical witness testify to the Temples being just south of the Fort. The Temples were located on the Gihon Springs, the only fresh water source in Jerusalem. The Jewish people can rebuild their Temple today if desired as the site is unoccupied and not in dispute.

[Monty22]

" The Jewish people can rebuild their Temple today if desired as the site is unoccupied and not in dispute."

Are you sure the instant they tried that, that it wouldn't become disputed?

[Lurking Libertarian]

There is no doubt in my mind that there never was a Jewish Temple on the site that everyone is fighting over.

Archaeologists have found portions of the walls of the Second Temple and other artifacts conforming to the descriptions in the Talmud. The site is authentic.

[gscc]

The entirety of "Jewish" Jerusalem was destroyed down to the bedrock in 70AD. The New Testament, Josephus and many pilgrims testify that the city was completely destroyed. Jesus prophesied that no stone would be left on another and history testifies to the veracity of the prophecy. There are 20,000 plus stones that comprise the Haram (Fort Antonia). Not a single historical source mentions this structure when describing the destruction of the Temple. How was this overlooked? It is because it still stood to house a Roman legion - an occupying force of 5000 troops and up to 5000 support personnel. This force stayed in the area until the fourth century. Numerous historical sources refer to the Roman fortress. No historical accounts refer to it as the wall of the Jewish temple. Many sources also refer to the flowing water within the Temple. These are historical and contemporary accounts of Jewish worship in the Temple. The only source of flowing fresh water, a necessary component to Temple worship and the sacrificial nature of it, is the Gihon spring - south of the Haram - and the actual sight of Solomon's and Herod's Temples.