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From: candide@ihlpg.UUCP (candide)
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Subject: Re: the location of the Temple Mount
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Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 10:36:43 EST
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> > [original posting -- what is the latitude and longitude of the
> >  Temple Mount (and altitude, too, if you know it)? ]
> 
> 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?

This is fascinating.  Let me then expand my question.  What are the latitudes
and longitudes of both locations?  Toward which site should we face when we pray?
Again, please give the altitudes also if you know them; however, they are not so
relevant as the latitude and longitude, because they do not determine which
direction we should face when we pray.