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Nov 7 2010, 08:38 AM
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After an emotional entrance into Jerusalem, tour participants went to the massive stone wall – the only fragment of the Great Temple to survive Roman destruction – to lift up a portion of the 33,000 prayer requests submitted by supporters of The Fellowship. The remainder of the prayer requests will be taken to the Wall in the immediate future.
The Rabbi reminded the Journey Home Tour prayer warriors of the history of the Wall, the location where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac, and where Jacob slept, dreaming of a ladder to heaven. Then called Mount Moriah, its summit was where King Solomon built the Temple on the land which his father, King David, purchased 3,000 years ago from Aravnah, the Jebusite.
That Temple, destroyed by Babylonian conqueror Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE, was rebuilt 70 years later and restored to its original glory by King Herod 2,000 years ago. In 68 CE, the Temple was destroyed by the Romans and burned to the ground – leaving only the Western Wall untouched.
Until 700 years ago, the entire length of the Wall was accessible. Gradually, Jerusalem’s Mamluke and Moslem conquerors built against it. Jews continued to pray there until Jordan occupied Jerusalem’s Old City in 1948. They were denied access to the Wall until 1967, when Jerusalem was reunified.
Rabbi Eckstein stressed the need for balance between tolerance for others and reciprocity; he gained applause when he said Jerusalem cannot again be divided.
“We’re in this together … Jews and Christians and tolerant Moslems,” the Rabbi stated, adding that prayer is at the core of the relationships between peoples of different faiths. “We have to pray like we mean it … God is close to all who call upon Him,” he told the tour members before leading them to the Wall to pray.
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