A Jewish Pilgrim’s Prayer to Rebuild the Temple
A Jewish pilgrim visiting the Temple Mount etched his hope for the rebuilding of the Temple in his lifetime in stone. The seven-line inscription, written in formal Hebrew, is tentatively dated to the sixth century or later. The stone was later reused and built into a wall of the Makhkama or Muslim courthouse, near the northwest corner of the Temple Mount. It was seen briefly by Israeli scholar Leo Aryeh Mayer approximately 80 years ago.
The inscription reads: “G-d the L-rd of Hosts, may You build this House [the Temple] in the lifetime of Ya‘akov son of Josef, and [in the lifetime] of Theophylactus, Sisinia and Anastasia. Amen and amen, Sela.”
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A Jewish pilgrim visiting the Temple Mount in the sixth century etched his seven-line plea in stone hoped that the Temple would be rebuilt in his lifetime. The inscription is written in formal Hebrew script.
It reads, “God the Lord of Hosts, may you build this House [Temple] in the lifetime of Ya‘akov son of Josef, and [in the lifetime] of Theophylactus, Sisinia and Anastasia. Amen and amen, sela.”
The stone was later reused and built into a wall of the Muslim Makhama (courthouse) near the northwest corner of the Temple Mount. It was last seen in 1945.
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