Altogether awesome and holy is the small area circumferenced by the ruins of King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. A Mohammedan can enter and behold the golden urn in which repose two hairs from ...

It represents the Holy of Holies that was part of the first major temple built by King Solomon. Ner Tamid This means ‘eternal light’ and it is always lit in the synagogue. It represents the ...

The highlight of the Yom Kippur service in the time of the Beit Hamikdash was the Kohein Gadol [High Priest] entering the Holy of Holies [Kodesh HaKadoshim], in special white garments, as the ...

Yalkut Shimoni claims that Aharon could enter at any time the Holy of Holies, as long as he did so as described. This would seem to contradict the Halakha as brought in the Mishnah and the Rambam ...

This model looks northeast toward the Temple. To the left is the Antonia Fortress, to the right is Solomon's Portico. In the Center is the Holy of Holies. Robinson's Arch is visible in the nearest ...