By JONAH MANDEL
08/23/2011 04:43
08/23/2011 04:43
The movement of haredi men ascending to the Temple Mount continues to grow, with yet another small group of ultra-orthodox men recently touring the site, this time under the tutelage of Kiryat Arba’s Chief Rabbi Dov Lior.
The leading haredi authorities for both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi populations – Rabbi Shalom Yosef Elyashiv and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef – have prohibited Jews from visiting the area that used to contain the Temples, and is currently under the authority of the Jordanian Waqf, which maintains the important mosques there.
The primary reason for the rabbis’ rulings is the prohibition to be in the areas in which the altar and Holy of Holies were located, without cleansing oneself from the impurity of death with the ashes of a red heifer, a specimen currently unobtainable.
But those specific parts of the Temple Mount constitute only 5-6 percent of the zone, explained Shimshon Elboim, a haredi man from Jerusalem. Read the rest on: The Jerusalem Post
The leading haredi authorities for both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi populations – Rabbi Shalom Yosef Elyashiv and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef – have prohibited Jews from visiting the area that used to contain the Temples, and is currently under the authority of the Jordanian Waqf, which maintains the important mosques there.
The primary reason for the rabbis’ rulings is the prohibition to be in the areas in which the altar and Holy of Holies were located, without cleansing oneself from the impurity of death with the ashes of a red heifer, a specimen currently unobtainable.
But those specific parts of the Temple Mount constitute only 5-6 percent of the zone, explained Shimshon Elboim, a haredi man from Jerusalem. Read the rest on: The Jerusalem Post
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