מדינת ישׂראל;443051 said:Of course there is. The New Testament, and the Quran are both false revalations according to Judaism. Therefore, proving our faith will finally make the world clear by showing that there was no other word from G-d than the Torah.
[PIE]Salaam,
Actually the Quran the unchaged book,say clearly that both your book are changed to suit your needs.[/PIE]
In many cases there were Arab riots, ect that did not allow freedom of worship in the Holy Land. The Arabs refused to let Jews pray at the Western Wall for example... so was there freedom of religion, in many cases no.
The Hebron massacre refers to the violent destruction of the ancient Jewish community of Hebron by Arab rioters in late August of 1929.
In the summer of 1929, a long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem became steadily more violent, and erupted in a series of Arab riots against Jews during a week in late August. During the week of riots, 133 Jews were killed and 339 wounded (mostly by Arabs).
[PIE]So as you say in "many cases" no,but why dont you post the link for the entire "accusation"..It would be itnersting to read form your point of view,of course there are always two sides of the same story.
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The Temple was holy because the Mitzvot we could accomplish in it, as well as the Arc which the Moshiach will show us where it is.
[PIE]As i said,i agree that the templ is holy DUE to the Arc,but why do you now pray to the wall? a piece of stone?
As i said before,you pray to the wall not for closeness to god but as a linkt o a ONCE glorious path that was destroyed TWICE.
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The Tabernacle was just a substitution until the temple could be built.
[PIE]That dont answer the question,is the area around where the tabernacle is situated be considered HOLY?
Is every rock grain and stone where the tabernacle is set up be considered holy after the tabernacle is no longer there?
what is the difference between the tabernacle and the temple?
One fixed the other not...
So what is the commonality between the two?
the arc of the covenant or the seat of mercy.
If the elder jews noted down the location of where the tabernacle were erected,would you pray at the stones and sand?
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Here is a little something on the Western Wall, educate youself:
Jews have prayed at the Western Wall for two thousand years, believing that that spot has greater holiness than any other accessible place on Earth, or the fourth holiest overall, after the Holy of Holies, the rest of the Temple area, and the Courtyard, and that God is nearby listening to their prayers. The tradition of placing prayer written on the small piece of paper into a crack in the Wall goes back thousands of years. Included in the thrice daily Jewish prayers are fervent pleas that God return to the Land of Israel, ingather all the Jewish exiles, rebuild the Third Temple, and bring the messianic era with the arrival of Jewish Messiah (Mashiach).
The Western Wall is holy to the Jewish people because this wall is part of a wall that encompasses the Temple Mount along with the southern and eastern sections. This encompassing wall is thought to be the only remnant of the Temple in Jerusalem and the closest site to the "Holy of Holies", the most holy site in Judaism. Of the three wall sections, eastern, southern and western, the western is the traditional site of prayer.
Holy in Islam?
The site is also holy to Muslims, who believe Solomon to be a prophet. Muslims believe that Muhammad made a spiritual journey to Jerusalem in 620 CE on a winged beast named al-Buraq, which is referred to as Isra and Mi'raj. While there, it is believed he tethered the horse to a wall, which some Muslims believe to be the Western wall. Hence the Arabic name for the wall is the al-Buraq Wall. To commemorate the same belief, in 687 AD Muslims built the Dome of the Rock and the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, encompassed by the wall.
This theory however is heavily disputed. For example, in the "Encyclopedia of Islam," there is no mention of the Western Wall in relation to Al-Burak. In the entry under Hara al Sharif, the wall is called the "Wailing Wall" without any reference to it's being sacred to Islam. Official guidebooks issued by the Waqf as recently as 1990 say nothing about the Western Wall being significant to Islam
[PIE]Good read but again it seems you read it but dont udnerstand it or maybe you want to perceive the wall a THING to be holy..
Now key word, that are in red
Why dotn you re read it agian...thanks..
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