tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9543253.post116172528186657872..comments2023-10-23T13:02:54.136-04:00Comments on Ha-Mikdash - The Temple Mount: Tell me lies tell me sweet little lies...Judah HaKohainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07706545233481119775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9543253.post-1162360210935899762006-11-01T00:50:00.000-05:002006-11-01T00:50:00.000-05:00Sorry, messed up last sentence: or the Mikdash sho...Sorry, messed up last sentence: or the Mikdash should be lower down the mountain.<BR/><BR/>Arafat was fond of saying that the temple was not there. Arafat usually said the truth. The Jews were lying about him, saying he changed his ways, wanted peace, and so forth.<BR/><BR/>Arab Christians cannot deduce from the Bible were the Temple stood. And the Arabs you quote are not denying that there was a Temple. They just deny that it was were most Jews think it was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9543253.post-1162304195367364632006-10-31T09:16:00.000-05:002006-10-31T09:16:00.000-05:00In truth, I know of no records that show that Jews...In truth, I know of no records that show that Jews prayed at the Western Wall before say 1600. It is also not at all certain that the Western Wall has anything to do with the Temple. The Temple service needed Mayim Chayim, which Chazal say came from Ein Eitam (Rambam Hilkhot HaMikdash 5:15, Yerushalmi Yoma 3:8, Bavli Yoma 31a), but it seems unlikely that during Bayit Rishon and Sheni an aqueduct existed that could bring water that high (even to the Mikva of on TOP of Sha'ar HaMayim, see the Bavli). Either there was an unbelievably high aqueduct, already 3000 years ago, or the Mikdash should lover down the mountain, towards Ir David.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com