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Robby
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Two Giant Stones: The Future And The Past
16:35 Aug. 08, '03 / 10 Av 5763
Arutz Sheva
A unique ceremony on behalf of the not-yet built Third Temple was held in Jerusalem yesterday - and behind it lies a fascinating story of Jewish history in the Land of Israel.
Two giant stones - 6.5 tons each - were transported yesterday morning, in honor of Tisha B'Av, in a large parade around downtown Jerusalem, accompanied by dozens of cars draped with flags of Israel and the Temple. The stones are fit to be used as the cornerstones of the Temple, says Gershon Solomon of the Temple Mount Loyalists, as they are made of white marble cut by diamonds, and not by metal. In addition, they were mined in the Negev desert, just as were the Second Temple stones, and are the same light blue color.
The parade made its way from northern Jerusalem, around the Old City and Mt. Zion, along King George St., and back again. It set out from the Givat HaMivtar neighborhood from where the stones are kept year-round - in the burial cave discovered 22 years ago of King Antigonos of Judea, the last of the Hasmonean kings.
In 40 BCE, Antigonos rebelled against Rome and announced the independence of his kingdom. The Romans promptly invaded Jerusalem, and thus began the era of Roman rule. Gershon Solomon told Arutz-7's Leah Rabinowitz that the Romans crucified Antigonos, and made sure to bury him in Syria, so as not to arouse nationalistic feelings among the Jews. A certain priest could not make peace with this travesty, and expended major efforts to recover the body and bring it for burial outside Jerusalem, overlooking the Temple Mount [in today's Givat HaMivtar]. That priest, together with a tablet telling this story, was also found buried in the same burial chamber.
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The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. (Ps 118:22)
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Group Wants to Lay Temple Cornerstone
By Nadav Shragai Ha'aretz
Temple Mount Faithful
The Temple Mount Faithful, led by Gershon Salomon,
has asked the police to allow the group to hold a
symbolic cornerstone-laying ceremony for the
rebuilding of the Temple this Thursday, Tisha
B'Av, the day of mourning for the destruction of
the First and Second Temples.
The group would like to place
the stone close to the Temple
Mount and to hold a prayer
session on the mount itself, at
which they plan to read the
Book of Job.
The leaders of the group met
with police officers two weeks
ago and their request was
turned down. However, even if they do not get
permission to visit the mount, they said they
still intend to hold their prayer session at
the mount's Mughrabi Gate entrance.
Salomon said that this year, Tisha B'Av would be
marked not only by mourning over the
destruction of the temples but also by mourning
over a Jewish government that allowed
Palestinians to take control of the mount.
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