The Temple Mount administration announced this evening the reopening of the Temple Mount this coming Monday, after closing it to Jews at the end of Ramadan.

The Temple Mount will be opened to Jews Monday morning at 7:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. and in the afternoons from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Sunday through Thursday.

The Temple Mount administration is expecting a mass visit on Wednesday this week for Independence Day. Many are expected to go up to give thanks and praise, in festive ascensions with the participation of rabbis and various yeshivas. Among the expected visitors are Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, head of the Temple Institute, and Rabbi Haim Ozer Hait, head of the Migdal HaTorah yeshiva and a student of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.