‘Jews Prayed on the Temple Mount for Centuries’

Though “maintaining the status quo” on the Temple Mount seems to be a universal goal, no one is quite sure what it is. Those who believe it means that Jews must not pray there should take note that the late Rabbi Shlomo Goren, Chief Rabbi of the IDF and later of Israel, wrote that Jews prayed there for “hundreds of years” up until three centuries ago.

 

When Israeli, American and other diplomats and statesmen speak of maintaining the status quo, they generally mean that Muslims must be allowed free entry for worship or leisure, while Jews must continue to be restricted in their access. Jews, according to this definition of the “status quo,” must be prevented from entering in large groups, or at other than several specified daily hours – and from praying at the site altogether.

Read More: ‘Jews Prayed on the Temple Mount for Centuries’ – Inside Israel – News – Arutz Sheva.