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From: harwood@cvl.UUCP (David Harwood)
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Subject: Re: Re: the location of the Temple Mount
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Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 16:42:29 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?

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	I'm a Christian, not a Jew, but I would propose building
some day the Third Temple in stationary orbit above Jerusalem --
to be a visible star of the civilization of peace on Earth, a sign
of hope for all those who see it.
					David Harwood