Fragment from the Temple Mount (Har HaBayit) - Herodian (Hordos) time
B"H
This upcoming Thursday, Jews are commemorating the 17th Tammuz introducing a three week mourning period ending with the famous Tisha Be'Av (9th Av). It is said that on Tisha Be'Av, both Temples were destroyed. In 586 B.C.E., the First Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians and in 70 C.E., the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans.
Those of you standing in front of the gigantic stones of the Kotel (Western Wall, start asking themselves how the people in Herod's times were able to carry them to the Temple Mount. And where these stones come from ?
ARUTZ 7 reported that an ancient quarry was discovered in Shmuel HaNavi Street in Jerusalem. The quarry seems to be at least 2030 years old and there are still stones being three meters long and two meters wide. Archaeologists assume that this is the place where Herod took the stones from when building parts of the Temple.Archaeology Links:
Israel Antiquities
Archaeology at the Hebrew University
Archaeology Park Jerusalem
Is that anyplace near where the Satmar building is supposed to be built? I don't know Jerusalem but I read your article on the building (or lack of) some time ago.
ReplyDeleteB"H
ReplyDeleteIt didn't tell the exact location anywhere but I am planning to go and look around this Shabbat. Then I'll write a comment with the location.
B"H
ReplyDeleteI tried to find the site tonight. As far as I saw it is not next to Satmar but rather next to the Yechezkel / Shmuel HaNavi junction. Across the Dushinsky Synagogue.
However, I wasn't able to see much, as there is a white metal fence around the entire costruction site.