בילדער: מתנחלים ביי הר הבית (מקום המקדש)

Here are piles of rubble from the excavations waiting to be hauled off and dumped. Who
knows what precous artifacts are here?


 

Here is the length of the Eastern Wall, during Temple times Jews would enter through the Chulda Gates on the Southern Wall and make the quarter turn and enter the Temple from the Eastern side

על זה הי' דוה לבנו על אלה חשכה עיננו,
עלהר ציון ששמם שועלים הלכו בו,
למה לנצח תשכחנו, תעזבנו לאורך ימים?

איז עס ממש במקום המקדש?
אויב יא איז עס א איסור כרת צו גיין דארט.

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Here is the "Shar Hamizrach" the gate which faced the Mount of Olives so that the Kohen could see into the Beis Hamikdash while he prepared the Para Adumah. This was the main entrence into the Ezras Nashim of the Temple and where the masses would enter. This site has traditionally been a place for Jews to Pray (subversively) on the Mount, partly because of its secluded location and because of the special holiness of the site. The well known custom to walk backwards while leaving a Shul or the Kotel comes from the halacha that it is forbidden to turn your back on the Shar Hamizrach.

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The inside of the "Sharei Rachamim" the gates where Moshiach is foretold to enter the Temple Mount. The Arabs know this tradition and have bricked up the gates from the outside in at least a symbolic effort to hinder the coming of Moshiach and the rebuilding of the Temple . Here is the view from the inside:

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A view of the Dome from the NE corner:

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A view from the Northern side

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A closeup of the Dome of the Rock: