Subscribe to Print Edition | Thu., July 17, 2008 Tamuz 14, 5768 | | Israel Time: 14:29 (EST+7) web haaretz.com   Back to Homepage Rosner's Domain Diplomacy Defense Jewish World Opinion National Print Edition Car Rental Books Haaretz Magazine Business Real Estate Easy Start Travel Week's End Anglo File

A delegation of national Zionist rabbis visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday. (Photo taken by participant) Last update - 18:11 13/05/2007 Dozens of rabbis ascend Temple Mount in unprecedented visit By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent Dozens of rabbis from the national Zionist camp visited the Temple Mount on Sunday in order to increase awareness and emphasize Jewish linkage to the site. A few days ago, the rabbis had released an announcement permitting Jews to enter the Temple Mount. Sunday's visit marks the first time such a large group of rabbis, including the head rabbi of the Yesha Council Rabbi Dov Lior, Ma'ale Adumim Yeshiva head Rabbi Nahum Rabinowitz, and Rabbi Daniel Shaleh, have visited Temple Mount together. Advertisement Last weekend, the religious media published a notice signed by Bnei Akiva Yehiva head Rabbi Chaim Druckman, his colleague Rabbi Avraham Zuckerman, and Kiryat Shmona Chief Rabbi Tzfania Drori. The rabbis called on "the entire holy public to ascend the Temple Mount in purity ... to arrive in coming days to the allowed sites near the entrance to the Temple Mount." By publishing the announcement, rabbis Druckman, Zuckerman, and Drori joined dozens of other rabbis from the national Zionist camp who have recently decided to permit Jewish entry into the Temple Mount, subject to halakhic (Jewish law) restrictions. Allowing the entry is a clear deviation from the general halakhic rabbinical consensus, including both from the ultra-Orthodox camp and the national Zionist camp, which maintains that Jewish entry to the site is forbidden. The accepted explanation for the entrance ban throughout the years was that the exact location of the temples and the Holy of Holies is unknown, meaning Jews could unknowingly set foot in forbidden areas. Another central explanation maintained that by allowing a general entrance, the general public would arrive at the site, and could set foot in the forbidden areas as well Bookmark to del.icio.us   Hezbollah abduction How the Lebanese militia captured two IDF reservists in 2006, illustrated in pictures. Kuntar's crimes Israeli YouTube video details the 1979 terror attack perpetrated by Samir Kuntar.   1.   Entry to the Temple Mount 13:50  |  Eli 13/05/07   2.   Remember Sharon`s visit? 14:50  |  Yonatan 13/05/07   3.   Mind the terminology, please! NOT national Zionist 14:57  |  Michael Steiner 13/05/07   4.   to Steiner #3 15:10  |  SLAVO 13/05/07   5.   To Eli 15:22  |  Yoel 13/05/07   6.   Dozens of rabbis go up to the Temple Mount in first recent trip 15:37  |  Firozali A.Mulla MB 13/05/07   7.   Dozens of rabbis go up to the Temple Mount in first recent trip 15:40  |  Firozali a Mulla MBA 13/05/07   8.   temple 16:25  |  michael 13/05/07   9.   Yonatan #2 16:30  |  Jon 13/05/07   10.   To #3 Michael Steiner 16:34  |  Jon 13/05/07   11.   # 7 Firozali a mulla 16:37  |  Jon 13/05/07   12.   Unlike Steiner, they live in Israel, serve in the army 17:05  |  Dani 13/05/07   13.   It is time for the Jews to build... 17:10  |  Moshe 13/05/07   14.   Mashiach hasn`t yet arrived 17:11  |  Avi Yerushalmi 13/05/07   15.   To the Rabbis 17:15  |  Jim 13/05/07   16.   Temple Mount 17:21  |  Naim S. Mahlab 13/05/07   17.   If the Muslims really wanted peace, they would have said to the 17:25  |  Dan Finklstein 13/05/07   18.   What did Daniel say? Did anyone read that? 17:25  |  RP 13/05/07   19.   Avi Yerushalmi- Rambam ascended and prayed there 17:26  |  Aaron 13/05/07   20.   # 11 Jon 17:27  |  Jim 13/05/07   21.   Michael Steinhart- totally inapropriate 17:32  |  Prof David Freidman 13/05/07   22.   if we listened to ultra-orthox there would be no israel 17:40  |  ralph 13/05/07   23.   #14. stay home or whereever you are and wait see you in next life 17:41  |  ralph 13/05/07   24.   #2. crap. you wait, this is our space our land 17:42  |  ralph 13/05/07   25.   i went to the temple mount world did not end this is my land if 17:45  |  ralph 13/05/07   26.   Response to #18 17:57  |  Matthew 13/05/07   27.   Tool 18:11  |  Angela 13/05/07   28.   Re: #18 RP, what did those two angels say? 18:13  |  Moshe 13/05/07   29.   Not to be taken lightly 18:15  |  Joe 13/05/07   30.   The Temple 18:16  |  David ben David 13/05/07   31.   Aaron#19 18:22  |  Avi Yerushalmi 13/05/07   32.   Just Be Ready 18:25  |  Yosemite 13/05/07   33.   Re: #26 Matthew 18:32  |  RP 13/05/07   34.   #2 Sharon`s visit was only a pretext 18:36  |  Elihu 13/05/07   35.   stupid provocation 18:43  |  margaret 13/05/07   36.   # 21 Professor 18:47  |  Jim 13/05/07   37.   # 22 ralph 18:56  |  Jim 13/05/07   38.   #18 RP 19:02  |  Yoel 13/05/07   39.   Hurray! The Temple is the greatest building of Jewish people 19:05  |  Hal 13/05/07   40.   Muslims in the Land of Israel must come to terms 19:11  |  Hal 13/05/07   41.   Re: Margeret...stupid provocation? 19:12  |  Ruth 13/05/07   42.   # 32 Yosemite 19:20  |  Jim 13/05/07   43.   Avi- don`t put words in Rambam`s mouth 19:24  |  Aaron 13/05/07   44.   # 35 margaret 19:30  |  Jim 13/05/07   45.   #32 Yosemite 19:35  |  Boycott 13/05/07   46.   # 39 Hal 19:38  |  Jim 13/05/07   47.   Jim 19:38  |  Yosemite 13/05/07   48.   # 40 Hal 19:47  |  Jim 13/05/07   49.   This is a good first step 19:48  |  Chaim 13/05/07   50.   Temple Mount. 19:48  |  sandra chitayat 13/05/07   51.   Avi Yerushalmi 19:54  |  Allon 13/05/07   52.   Israeli Apartheid 19:58  |  Steve 13/05/07   53.   # 41 Ruth 20:00  |  Jim 13/05/07   54.   # 43 Aaron 20:13  |  Jim 13/05/07   55.   Why can`t the Muslims simply allow the rabbis to come in. They 20:22  |  Deuel 13/05/07   56.   # 47 Yosemite 20:26  |  Jim 13/05/07   57.   Naim is right: Internationalize the Temple Mt. 20:29  |  Yitzhak 13/05/07   58.   Declaration of war 20:30  |  Jan Elshout 13/05/07   59.   EU`s 7-Year ENP w/Israel; Foretold 7-year covenant of Dan. 9:27? 20:35  |  D.C. 13/05/07   60.   # 49 Chaim 20:36  |  Jim 13/05/07   61.   #54 Jim 20:37  |  Yishai Kohen 13/05/07   62.   Strange Story of False Temple Mount 20:45  |  Peter 13/05/07   63.   # 50 Sandra chitayat 20:45  |  Jim 13/05/07   64.   JAN ELSHOUT: Declaration of War??? 20:50  |  Brant 13/05/07   65.   # 51 Allon 21:02  |  Jim 13/05/07   66.   # 55 Deuel 21:08  |  Jim 13/05/07   67.   Allon #51 21:26  |  Avi Yerushalmi 13/05/07   68.   Aaron #43 21:30  |  Avi Yerushalmi 13/05/07   69.   #22 21:36  |  Jane 13/05/07   70.   #55 21:37  |  Jane 13/05/07   71.   #58 21:39  |  Jane 13/05/07   72.   #61 Yishai Kohen 21:40  |  Jim 13/05/07   73.   Peter, quit spreading anti-Jewish lies 21:41  |  Netanel 13/05/07   74.   Margaret get your history straight 21:47  |  carol 13/05/07   75.   Temple mount is Jewish Period 21:52  |  Alon 13/05/07   76.   # 62 Peter 21:54  |  Jim 13/05/07   77.   Yishai #61 Jim #72 21:59  |  Avi Yerushalmi 13/05/07   78.   Internationalize the Temple Mount! 21:59  |  whomever 13/05/07   79.   #72 Jim 22:04  |  Yishai Kohen 13/05/07   80.   # 73 Natanel 22:12  |  Jim 13/05/07   81.   Ralph and Peter 22:22  |  Jo Jo 13/05/07   82.   Margaret #35 22:27  |  Jane 13/05/07   83.   Red Heifer 22:38  |  Vigilantius 13/05/07   84.   strange rabbis 22:55  |  michael 13/05/07   85.   Moshe Dayan gave Temple Mount to the Arabs! 23:28  |  MG 13/05/07   86.   # 9 and #11 Jon. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THANK YOU... 23:57  |  Kath` 13/05/07   87.   # 16 Naim S.Mahlab. Temple Mount. So Naim.. 00:08  |  Kath` 14/05/07   88.   Rabbis Ascending to Temple Mount 00:27  |  Jim Weinberg 14/05/07   89.   The Temple belongs to Jews only 00:29  |  Joe 14/05/07   90.   #88 Actually Muslims dont face Jerusalem but Mecca 00:49  |  Jew 14/05/07   91.   "rabbinical consenus..." 01:00  |  Blogowitz 14/05/07   92.   Haaretz 02:15  |  Danite 14/05/07   93.   #19 02:55  |  shmuel 14/05/07   94.   Awakening historical awareness yes, provocation no. 03:08  |  Fortuna Benmayor 14/05/07   95.   western Wall 03:48  |  sam 14/05/07   96.   BETTER IDEA 04:01  |  JUDGE 14/05/07   97.   # 79 Yishai Kohen 04:32  |  Jim 14/05/07   98.   # 85 MG 04:50  |  Jim 14/05/07   99.   A "Ger" is a Nonjewish member of the Jewish people 05:07  |  Hal 14/05/07   100.   danite 06:50  |  eyal 14/05/07   101.   Permitted Places upon Temple Mount 07:46  |  David Ben-Ariel 14/05/07   102.   Courageous rabbis with holy vision 07:53  |  David Ben-Ariel 14/05/07   103.   When will Rav Druckman bring his Yeshivot? 08:19  |  Yosef 14/05/07   104.   Three independent studies point to the true Temple location 09:22  |  Ivar 14/05/07   105.   Rebuild the Temple: pilgrim tourism fuels Israel`s economy 09:33  |  Joe 14/05/07   106.   You Left Out One Part About A "Ger" 09:35  |  Yosemite 14/05/07   107.   to Avi 09:39  |  bob francais 14/05/07   108.   to RP 09:53  |  bob francais 14/05/07   109.   to judge 10:01  |  bob francais 14/05/07   110.   Joe, 104, the moneychangers have been thrown out of the temple 10:11  |  Ivar 14/05/07   111.   yeah let´s make it into a tourist haven - nevermind the Other 10:23  |  maria 14/05/07   112.   reply to #57 Internationalise 12:02  |  Joseph 14/05/07   113.   Compromising Torah To Appease Displacement Theologies 14:28  |  Paqid 16 Netzarim 14/05/07   114.   Danieil & Hellenist "St. Matthew" 14:49  |  Paqid 16 Netzarim 14/05/07   115.   Biblical Geir 15:05  |  Paqid 16 Netzarim 14/05/07   116.   The Muslim Claim to Jerusalem 15:42  |  Donald Fergus 14/05/07   117.   113/4/5 When Paqid the Apostate speaks don`t listen 15:49  |  S Judah 14/05/07   118.   # 90 Jew. I HAVE COMMENTED ON THIS VERY FACT.. 16:19  |  Kath` 14/05/07   119.   This will not bring the peace. 17:40  |  Fábio 14/05/07   120.   117 S Judah: Vacuous ad hominem slander & strawmen 18:51  |  Paqid 16 Netzarim 14/05/07   121.   translations-jimmy 19:02  |  yaakov 14/05/07   122.   REVELATIONS 7:4 19:14  |  Adam Ghaznavi 14/05/07   123.   Holy Temple 19:23  |  Rasbenjamin 14/05/07   124.   In Principal we have every right to Visit the Temple Mount 19:59  |  S Judah 14/05/07   125.   122 NT (Null Testament) is self-contradicting & irrelevant 20:09  |  Paqid 16 Netzarim 14/05/07   126.   124 You slight stature of Orthodox rabbis 20:13  |  Paqid 16 Netzarim 14/05/07   127.   #125, Paqid.... 21:06  |  David Rothstein 14/05/07   128.   126. No , But Perhaps I have Slighted Paqid 02:21  |  S Judah 15/05/07   129.   127 Slanderer 08:10  |  Paqid 16 Netzarim 15/05/07   130.   Israel and the USA 08:51  |  Matt 15/05/07   131.   Correction: "Slanderer" referred to S Judah 09:57  |  Paqid 16 Netzarim 15/05/07   132.   Entry to the Temple Mount 23:14  |  Dee 23/05/07

Read & React Zvi Bar'el: It took 2 years, but Nasrallah kept promise to free Kuntar Responses: 32 Report: U.S. to station diplomats in Iran for first time since 1979 Responses: 40 Goldwasser's widow: Our journey has ended today Responses: 34 Talansky tells Olmert lawyers: I did not lie to prosecutors Responses: 8 Ex-envoy to South Africa: Calling Israel apartheid insults victims of that regime Responses: 19 Rosner's Domain Why does Israel keep agreeing to prisoner swaps? Talansky threatened to use a bomb - a long time ago (WTR) The new 'Obama advisor' problem: Senator Chuck Hagel Attacking Iran to get the world's attention? More Headlines 14:27 Funeral for Eldad Regev underway at Haifa military cemetery 14:20 After two arduous years, Karnit Goldwasser's crusade is over 14:08 Talansky tells Olmert lawyers: I did not lie to prosecutors 12:03 Report: U.S. to station diplomats in Iran for first time since 1979 13:39 Kafka's mysterious heir snapped for first time - in Tel Aviv 13:46 Amman gunman wounds Israeli, 5 others before shooting self 14:21 After swap, Israel fears Hezbollah will escalate tensions in North 13:56 Jerusalem bulldozer attacker buried in closed funeral in Zur Baher 11:17 Former MI head under investigation for disclosing state secrets 14:22 Outside the Regev home, family and neighbors share the sorrow 14:22 Top MK: Public pressure on abductees forced decision makers' hands 23:06 Veteran Mideast journalist Eric Silver dies aged 73 Previous Editions Select Day 16 jul 15 jul 14 jul 13 jul 11 jul 10 jul 09 jul 08 jul 07 jul 06 jul 04 jul 03 jul

Special Offers Advertisement Fattal Hotel Chain Perfectly located hotels on best resorts of Israel. Israel's Premier Real Estate Website www. israel-property.com Dan Hotels Israel Live the Legend & experience an Unforgettable Summer Vacation Yossi Avrahami Presents: New Luxurious Projects in North Tel Aviv & Eilat Holyland Park Jerusalem Apartment Tower World Class Luxury Your vacation starts here Israel Travel Center Guaranteed Lowest Rates Hebrew Summer courses From $39.95 ISRAEL BONDS Build Israel Israel bonds - a multi-purpose way to celebrate Israel's 60th Eldan Rent a Car Israel's leading car rental company offers you a 20% discount on all online reservations Junkyard Junk a car - get free towing nationwide and a tax-deductible receipt

Home | TV | Print Edition | Diplomacy | Opinion | Arts & Leisure | Sports | Jewish World | Underground | Site rules |

Real Estate in Israel | Travel to Israel with Haaretz | Hotels Israel | Restaurants Israel | Tourist attractions Israel | Shops Israel

birthright Israel | Search engine marketing

Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, offers real-time breaking news, opinions and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.

© Copyright  Haaretz. All rights reserved