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Subject: Re: the location of the Temple Mount
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Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 09:52:00 EST
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The Book of Ezekial (Sefer Yecheskel), one of the books of the "Prophets"
portion of the Bible, contains a long section discussing how the future
Third Temple will be built and conducted.  In it, the prophet specifically
says that the Third Temple will NOT be built at the site of the previous two,
but rather at a significant distance from it(close to, but outside Jerusalem,
I think).  Does anyone know whether or not this has generally been accepted
at face value, whether or not it has had any halachic implications on the status
of the old Temple site, or why it is ignored by the "zealots" who publicly
proclaim their imminent preparation to rebuild the Temple at its former site?