Comments on: Temple Institute Responds to Attempted Assassination of Rabbi Yehuda Glick

By: dlkanoi

dlkanoi — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:17:18 +0000

#4 The chareidim don’t provoc the arabs in a way that has already costs us several Korabnot HY”D.

By: RabbiYoni

RabbiYoni — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 20:07:06 +0000

dlkanoi – Let it also declare your version of Chareidism illegal as well, if you’re condemning things to that list.

By: dlkanoi

dlkanoi — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:13:58 +0000

The shooting of any Jew is tragic – but ignoring the ruling of all our Gedolei Haposkim of today and previous generations is no less tragic and will in no way help the victim or bring peace to the nation.
In addition to the halachic issue our Gedolim have also declared that for Jews to ascend the Har Habayis is unnessary provocation which can and has cost human live HY”D and must be avoided at all cost.
The Government should declare the Temple Institute as illegal as the Kach movement.

By: etzhar

etzhar — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:28:39 +0000

“Those religious Jews who ascend Har HaBayit today abide by the ruling of Rambam, who states that entering the areas where the Azarah and the Beit Hamikdash itself stood still incurs the punishment of karet.[18] However, there is one important aspect of this discussion that has not yet been addressed: the exact location of the historical Har HaBayit (the area referred to as Har HaBayit during the time of the Beit Hamikdash). Where exactly was the historical Har HaBayit located?[19] The mishnah in Middot (2:1) states that Har HaBayit was 500 by 500 amot, an area of approximately 62,500 square meters. (An amah is roughly a half-meter.) Today the area referred to as Har HaBayit is a rectangle that is twice as long north-south as it is east-west, covering an area of about 145,500 square meters. Herod had built additions to Har HaBayit in the north and south, creating “spectator” sections for non-Jews. Thus, those who permit entry to the area suggest there are regions in the south (near the El-Aqsa mosque) and north that were clearly added by Herod. If this is correct, then anyone can enter those areas, even one who has not gone to a mikvah. Those who object to ascending Har HaBayit at all assert that there is no way to know with certainty—and archeological evidence can never definitively determine—the precise location of the Beit Hamikdash. Thus, even though a tamei met may technically ascend Har HaBayit, because of the severe punishment (karet) he would face were he to mistakenly enter the Azarah, one should avoid the entire area.[20] Therefore some authorities (such as Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef ) state that one should not ascend Har HaBayit because we are in a state of tumat met; these authorities agree that a tamei met is not barred from the peripheral areas of Har HaBayit, but they maintain that when one is in a state of tumat met, he should avoid all of Har HaBayit lest he stray into forbidden areas.” Taken from Orthodox Union website

By: etzhar

etzhar — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:22:33 +0000

Whilst not minimising the tragedy or the criminality of the attack, will someone please tell me if we are actually allowed in Halacha to go on the Har Habayis.