The Muslims have been defiling the Temple Mount for more than 1300 years
Posted on 10/19/2004 10:39:12 AM PDT by Destro
4 Cheshvan 5765 - 19 October, 2004
Rabbi Elyashiv orders return of sign warning Jews from entering Temple Mount
Amid calls of some Jewish groups to ascend to Temple Mount, Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox leader warns entering area is forbidden due to its holiness. Avishai Ben-Haim
Rabbi Yossef Elyashiv has instructed officials to return a sign to the Western Wall warning Jews from entering the Temple Mount. The sign will read: “Warning: Jews are forbidden by the Torah to enter the Temple Mount due to its holiness”.
Several years ago, a sign with a similar text had been removed during construction work at the wall’s façade. The former sign had been on site for dozens of years, based on a decision by the Chief Rabbinate and a halachic ruling.
However, in the last number of years, a significant awakening has taken place regarding the wish of Jews to enter the Temple Mount, site of the temple and currently home to the Moslem world’s third most important site.
In addition, a number of rabbis, mainly from the Zionist-religious sector, ruled that halachically, the ascent to the mount is permitted under certain conditions.
During Sukkot, Rabbi Elyashiv - the leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox movement – turned to Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger and instructed him to return the warning sign.
An official close to Rabbi Elyashiv expressed hope that “the next time Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants to visit the Temple Mount, he would take notice of the sign”.
(2004-10-17 00:53:45.0)
The sign I want to see on the Temple Mount would be mounted at the entrance to the El Aqsa Mosque and read "Public Urinal".
The Muslims have been defiling the Temple Mount for more than 1300 years
According to the Torah, only the high priest is allowed to enter the Holy of Holies and then only once in the year.
Until the Temple is restored, it is hard to pinpoint where exactly that is, and any Jew wandering into that particular location on the Mount would be committing a pretty heinous sacrilege by Torah standards.
Since this is written for an Israeli Jewish readership I am guess such context was not needed.
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