Asara B'Tevet in Israel

י״א טבת, תשס״ו

As a parallel to my last post, what more relevant way to spend a fast day mourning the beginning of the Roman siege of Jerusalem than to tour the entire length of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, in a tunnel under the Muslim Quarter of the Old City? And then to visit the Machon Mikdash, an institute dedicated to illustrating and replicating Temple paraphernalia in preparation for the third iteration...











An underground portion of the kotel, and the unfinished cornerstone on the northern end of the same.

Just a shot I couldn't resist...

Oh, and another one ;-)