Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Aryeh Stern, addressed today (Sunday) the security situation in Jerusalem and the Passover days in which we find ourselves. In an interview with “Kaan B”, the rabbi said that it was impossible to prevent Jews from arriving in Jerusalem safely and in a good way in order to celebrate the pilgrimage with joy. 728 Jews ascended the Temple Mount this morning in close police security.
Rabbi Stern surprised at the end of the interview, saying that “I personally do not ascend the Temple Mount. I am one of those who respond to the Chief Rabbinate’s decision since the liberation of the Western Wall and the Temple Mount. I tell him that it is possible to go up, I really say that he will go up and up, but only on the condition that it is multiplied for everything and not just on the subject of the Temple Mount. “
Rabbi Stern added: “It is so clear that the most sacred place for the people of Israel is the Temple Mount – the place of the Temple, and we can not be prevented from coming to this place safely and in a good and clear way, to perform the pilgrimage as we want to celebrate it happily and all with God. They are disturbing, and it is extremely ugly, and it needs to be properly protested globally and internationally. “
“Everyone should come. Everyone should be encouraged”
Asked if the rabbi meant these things to the government or the police, Rabbi Stern mentioned: “Before the Western Wall was in our hands, the state of Jordan, which according to the armistice agreements at the end of the War of Independence, undertook a clause guaranteeing free movement of Jews to holy places.” “To mention and refresh the memory of everyone in the international community. To say things firmly and forcefully. But it is not possible for this thing, that the Jews will avoid coming to the temple place that is so precious and important to us, and on these special days of Passover it is three pilgrimages to Jerusalem.” .
Rabbi Stern called on the public to reach the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. “Everyone should come. Everyone should be encouraged. Come, and hope that the security forces will be strong enough to prevent disturbances and harassment of those who come to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.”
The headquarters of the Temple organizations responded with satisfaction to the declaration of Rabbi Aryeh Stern, who is not yet one of the immigrants to the Temple Mount and nevertheless encourages and protects the immigrants to the Temple Mount properly. The Temple Mount is open to Jews on weekdays from 7:00 to 10:30.