CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE -- ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM
by Uri Tzvi Greenberg
One day in the year 5684 (1924 CE) I was privileged to go up to Jerusalem and step with my bare feet on the Temple Mount. Words cannot express the emotions, the primortal atmosphere, and all that my body and soul went through when I was fortunate to have such an awesome experience. I had much joyous song but few words. Forty years later I wonder at my inability to express the appearance of the Temple Mount, the source of my vitality and my breath. All beautiful sight belong to G-d, and the light of the stars shine upon them. There is no place free of G-dliness; however, the aura of the Temple Mount is greater than anything I have ever seen. This is definitely the place which G-d chose to intensely dwell, apparent from the Great Light that shines there. Even these words do not even "nearly" describe the taste of the sight of this light. I myself would wonder a G-dly wonder. Suddenly I felt that I came here in ancient times with my father to celebrate the pilgrimage holidays and to bow down by my father side. Suddenly, I knew to say that Jerusalem is the Heart of the Universe, not just the spiritual universe but hinted in the passing way of the Heart of Israel.
"In the beginning of G-d's creating" (Bereishit 1:1) Where did He stand when He created the world. It is if it is written, "here, on the Temple Mount," the exalted among mountains, measured by hidden wisdom; the mountain that the Creator has since chosen as His home, the house built on it forever-- even after the destructions, even when the House is not physically built on it, and even when no Jew's foot steps there. Its light is from the Seven Days of Creation. Here He commanded, "Let there be light." These is the unsubstituted light that extends from one end of the universe to the other. I remember I was not only short on words but short on thoughts. Silence was there, as if the clock for all generations had stopped ticking.
Until the local Arabs touched me and forever woke me up to our foreign existence. Oy to me and to all Israel for this, then and now, until the redeemers ascend the Mountain.
Since I went down from the Mountain I knew, Jerusalem is ours if only for That Mountain...
>From the day I went down from the Temple Mount, I would
walk and hear with all my limbs from the voices of the
instruments that would be played in the Beit HaMikdash. All the
music of beautiful Western instruments sunk in my chimes and was
forgotten. It appeared to me that only the tunes I heard in my
youth-- the zemirot we sang at home on Shabbat and holidays, our
chanting of the Torah, Ashkenaz and Sfard prayers in synagogue,
the pouring out of heart and soul at Kinot and Selichot, the
music played at weddings-- they were all from the tune of the
ancient instruments on the Temple Mount. Unfortunately these
succeeding generations, there are Jews whose ears do not listen
for the voices of our Kingdom and do not taste the tunes that
come from here, FROM THE TEMPLE MOUNT.
IN THE NEWS
(Arutz-7 News: Monday, December 2, 1996)
POLICE WARN OF MOSLEM-CHRISTIAN CLASH According to yesterdays report in the Yediot Acharonot newspaper, Jerusalem Police are apprehensive of a violent religious confrontation breaking out between Christians and Moslems. The violence is expected to erupt because of the Moslem Wakfs intention to destroy an ancient Christian building at Solomons Stables. In a classified, internal police document, Jerusalem Police Commander Aryeh Amit urges that the Wakf be severely warned not to destroy the Christian building.
Editor's Note: if only our police commanders had enough Jewishness and self confidence to protect the Jewish character on the Temple Mount.
(Arutz-7 News: Thursday, December 5, 1996)
COURT TO DECIDE ON TEMPLE MOUNT MOSQUE The Supreme Court has concluded its debate of a third petition submitted by the “Chai Vikayam” movement against the construction of a mosque in Solomon’s Stables beneath the Temple Mount. President of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Aharon Barak, announced that the decision will be given at a later date. Several weeks ago, Muslims began quietly using a renovated prayer hall in the underground compound, despite the case pending in the Supreme Court. Mustafa Tawil, an Islamic court judge, said the opening of the mosque underscored the Muslims' autonomy in administering the Temple Mount compound. "Israeli authorities have no business with our mosque," he said.
p.s. If you're curious about what we're up against-- people of a pseudo nation created solely to attempt to block our Redemption and rebuilding of the Beit HaMikdash, you can look at the following web site to see how ridiculous their statements about Jerusalem are. There, you'll also see a good picture of the Temple Mount :-)
HaTenu'ah LeChinun HaMikdash
Gathering en masse to arouse consciousness among the People,
its rabbis, and its leaders to rebuild the Beit HaMikdash
and return the Kohanim to their Service
Telephone: +972-2-5371904
Email: Yirmiyahu Fischer
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