Let us take our cue from the Arabs that are preoccupied with the Site of our Holy Temple. Thank you Shmuel Koenig and Yosef Rabin for the references:
Verses in Isaiah which talks about our aspirations for Har Habayit and Yerushalyaim (translations courtesy of the Stone Chumash)
1. The word that Isaiah, son of Amoz, prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem. א. 2. And it shall be at the end of the days, that the Mountain of the Lord's House shall be firmly established at the top of the mountains, and it shall be raised above the hills, and all the nations shall stream to it. ב. 3. And many peoples shall go, and they shall say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mount, to the House of the God of Jacob, and let Him teach us of His ways, and we will go in His paths," for out of Zion shall the Torah come forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. ג. 4. And he shall judge between the nations and reprove many peoples, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift the sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. ד. 5. "O house of Jacob, come and let us go in the light of the Lord."
Isaiah 11:9 read in the Diaspora on the 8th day of Passover frequently quoted by the Lubavitch Rebbe ob"m- "They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea"
Jeremiah 2:3
Israel is Holy to Hashem, the first of His crop, all who devour it will be held guilty, evil shall come upon them - the word of Hashem
Let me tie these verses to Current Events
In response to a recent email of mine regarding England's ban of photos of the Kotel and the site of the Holy Temple from Israel tourist ads since it would "mislead" the public into thinking that these Holy Sites were part of Israel,
Esther writes:
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:31 PM, <tafri7@aol.com> wrote:
Dear Esther, amv"sh
This indeed seems to be a connection and the fruition of Jerimiah's 2:3 prophesy (see above).
This raises a very interesting point. It is not to the benefit of the Arabs to occupy Jewish Holy Sites. This concept of crossing boundaries designated for holiness is met with tragedy both for those that allow the trespass and those that trespass. This concept is true in the Holy Temple especially. The Priest themselves policed their designated space, set up Mishmarot, to make sure that only those that were permitted had access to the designated holy areas. If they failed to protect their space, then this incurred the wrath of G-d and those that trespassed were met with tragedy.
From this we can learn that while Hashem apparently punished those that speak against our entitlement to Har Habayit as England has done, we as Jews have an obligation to raise a powerful voice and claim Har Habayit as ours and actually protect our holy sites from those that wish to desecrate it and profane it. By not doing so, we have placed a stumbling block for the Nations of the World. It begins with proper education in order that we prevent desecration for that which is designated for holiness. Moshe Dayan made a grave error is handing the keys to Har Habayit to the Waqf. As a secular Jew he lacked education and knowledge as per how fundamental this Holy site is for the Jewish people. It our times, It is a shanda, a shame, that Israel has yet to put Har Habayit as a Jewish Heritage Site.
Israeli Police harass Har Habayit activists who primarily speak about education and yearning for rebuilding of the Beis Hamikdash. Such expression that has been in our liturgy for 2000 years has morphed by our enemies into accusations of plots to blow up Temple Mount based on the fabrications of someones imaginations or perhaps plants by Shabak.. True I have no evidence of Shabak plants (merely suspicions after Raviv) but I very seriously doubt anyone has any real evidence of Har Habayit activsts intentions to blow up anything. My guess is that any accusations stem from Palestinian sources of fabrication and lies which is merely a reflection of their own desires and intentions regarding Jewish Holy Sites..
Nothing can infuriate the Arabs more than an open expression of rebuilding our Holy Temple. Their teachings regarding Har Habayit is based on pure fabrication (Yishmael was sacrificed etc.) They systematically destroy archeological evidence of the existence of the First and Second Temples (Bayit Rishon Vesheini). Jewish expression regarding Har Habayit however scares them, perhaps justifiably, that the possibility of rebuilding our Beit Hamikdas our Holy Temple will actualize and they will be displaced. (Bimhera Beyameinu)
Whether or not we agree that Har HAbayit should be ascended by Jews as per an ongoing Halachic debate, we can all agree that it is a desecration that Har Habayit is currently for all practical purposes a "Holy site" for Muslims and a site to host Arab soccer games and picnics. In fact it is a place for expressions of rage, incitement and rock throwing at Jewish worshipers at the Kotel provoked by mere expressions of Jewish entitlement. These temper tantrums are dealt with by Israeli police by pacifying the Arabs, forbidding Jews to pray there and harassing Jews for upsetting the Arabs.. If we truly believe that the words of Isaiah Chapter 2 are true, it is clear that these Arabs are ruining it for themselves and for the rest of the world!
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:54:45 +0300Friday, 16 April 2010
The Long Arm of Hashem's Justice
Some people think they're smart, like the British folks who run the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The day before yesterday, the senseless stuffed-shirts declared that the Western Wall and the site of our Holy Temple in Jerusalem are not part of Israel, banning Israeli Tourist adverts that included photos of these holy sites.
The bumbling Brits didn't realize that when you mess around with Jerusalem and the Wall, you mess around with Hashem.
"Aha, Great Britain - are you so brazen to discourage tourism to My Holy City?" Hashem asks. "You question My children's right to their Father's palace? You shall not have a single tourist entering or leaving your silly Island!"
So what did Hashem do?
Hashem let a remote volcano in Iceland erupt, from the Icelandic mountain Eyjaffjalljokull, whose ash cloud grounded all air traffic above Britain yesterday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. You see, the microscopic particles which make up volcanic ash pose a threat to aircraft because they can affect visibility and get sucked into aircraft engines, causing total breakdown.
No one remembers when British airspace was totally closed. Such a natural phenomena as an atmospheral ash cloud is one in a zillion. But, Hashem in implementing His Divine justice is defying statistics more and more as we get closer to Moshiach.
Britain's air traffic service said late Thursday it was extending a ban on most air traffic until 1200GMT (8 a.m EDT) Friday, this morning. Meanwhile the financial losses and the chaos is mindboggling.
Who else wants to fool around with Hashem and Jerusalem? Step up to the plate...
Big Beam blessings to Elliot Brill from Edgeware in London for his major help in preparing today's postTrackBack
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