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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Getting Tough to be a Jew in Jerusalem

Nadene Goldfoot
This is the Sukkot holiday period.  For 20 years, Samarian spokesman, David Ha Ivri has been going to the Temple Mount to say a prayer.  This is a big mitzva for Jews to do at this time.  So as not to anger the Arabs who claim the Temple Mount, Jews know not to carry any prayer books.

Sunday,  David went to the Temple Mount in the company of 25 friends and 2 Arab policemen arrested him for bowing down and praying there.  He was in shock.  There were also 2 Muslim Temple guards there who were not incensed and had not done a thing, only these Arab policemen.  In the past 20 years he had been arrested for praying only once before, long ago. 

I wonder about this bowing down.  I've never known us to bow down to anything.  We sway forwards and backwards in prayer, but "bowing"?  We bend the knee in synagogue at the mention of one word, but I doubt if these men were at that point in a prayer. 

My gosh, such silliness; being arrested for praying!  What is the world coming to?  The Muslims sure do have a warped sense of religion. 

Resource: Arutz Sheva online newspaper: 7. Arab Policemen Arrest Jews for Bowing Down on Temple Mount, by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148783
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydwxy9yqhzM&feature=player_embedded Jews in Israel









1 comment:

Nadene Goldfoot said...

Nadene,
On YOM KIPPUR at the CHABAD SYNAGOGUE THE RABBI BOWS DOWN FULLY TO THE GROUND DURING THE AMIDAH
WHEN HE IS IN FRONT OF THE OPENED ARK AND THE WHOLE CONGREGATION FOLLOW HIM.
I wonder if this David Ha Ivvi did something similar because we are in this period of our "New Year" when we commit to self-improvement
and to do tzedakah wherever possible.
Dina