this gives me shivers of awesome realization…..to be able to walk on the stones that our ancestors walked on is truly awesome! Does this not give one the internal excitement of what we are longing for??
……from southern end of ancient Jerusalem to Western Wall can once again be walked by visitors Yidden!
[…] On January 20, the Ganeles family was among a group of roughly 30 people to take an inaugural walk up the road. Starting from an area where the archaeologists believe the ancient Siloam pool stood at the entrance of the ancient city, in what is today the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, the largely subterranean road runs underneath modern infrastructure for several hundred meters to the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden adjacent to the Western Wall.
Occupying a slope just to the south of the Old City, the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan sits on what archaeologists understand to be the most ancient part of the 3,000-year-old city, much of which is today part of the City of David archaeological park.
Over the years, excavations across different areas of the site have uncovered extraordinary finds spanning the history of Jerusalem, including the First Temple Period (1000-586 BCE), when a significant portion of the biblical narratives took place, and the Second Temple Period, which lasted until 70 CE.
[…] In some places, the remains of the stores lining the street are still visible. Among other things, the archaeologists uncovered a small mikveh, or Jewish ritual bath, and a podium that might have been used for announcements or ceremonies, such as the reading of a Torah scroll.
Jewish and historical sources describe how, toward the end of the Second Temple Period, millions of pilgrims would flock to Jerusalem for the annual festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot, as the city and the Temple reached the apex of their splendor after Herod renovated and expanded them. [and maybe Tu B’Shevat!
[…] Leah Cohn, a resident of the settlement of Efrat, was pleasantly surprised to learn that the tour, which she joined to celebrate her 52nd birthday, was the first to be open to the public.
“It’s my first time at the City of David, even though I have been wanting to come for a long time. It’s a miracle,” she said.
Rabbi Glatstein where are you now in Eretz Yisrael…..get over here miyad!
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