Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Foundation Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Foundation Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Radbaz is convinced that “under the dome on the Temple Mount, which the Arabs call El-Sakhrah, without a doubt is the location of the Foundation Stone”.[2] The Travels of Rabbi Petachiah of Ratisbon,[3] c.1180, The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela[4] and The Travels of the Student of the Ramban all equally state that 'on the Temple Mount stands a beautiful sanctuary which an Arab king built long ago, over the place of the Temple sanctuary and courtyard”."

Foundation Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Foundation Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "a midrashic narrative of the more important events of the Pentateuch believed to have been compiled in Italy shortly after 833 CE, writes: “Rabbi Yishmael said: In the future, the sons of Ishmael (the Arabs) will do fifteen things in the Land of Israel … They will fence in the breaches of the walls of the Temple and construct a building on the site of the sanctuary”.
Religious Jewish scholars have discussed the precise location of the rock."