The Judea and Samaria Rabbis Council called last night for \"increased public action\" on behalf of unrestricted Jewish entry to the Temple Mount. The group held a joint gathering last night with the Movement to Establish the Temple, which, according to one of the participants, \"was important if only for the voice it raised on behalf of the holy site.\"
Rabbi Daniel Shilo of Kedumim, one of a few dozen Yesha rabbis at the event, explained that he and his colleagues endorse entry only to the places that are \"without a doubt not those of the Holy Temple itself, where Halakhah [Jewish Law] forbids us to go,\" only for those who rely on Halakhic opinions permitting entry to the Mount, and only in accordance with Halakhic restrictions (such as immersion in a Mikveh, ritual bath, beforehand). The rabbis expressed their objections to the modern rabbinic opinion forbidding Jewish entry to the Mount, saying that the ruling has \"distanced Am Yisrael from the site of the Holy Temple.\" Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba urged rabbis who disagree with the Council\'s ruling to show respect for it nevertheless, arguing that public apathy toward the Temple Mount is one cause of the difficulties Israel is currently experiencing.
Rabbi Daniel Shilo of Kedumim, one of a few dozen Yesha rabbis at the event, explained that he and his colleagues endorse entry only to the places that are \"without a doubt not those of the Holy Temple itself, where Halakhah [Jewish Law] forbids us to go,\" only for those who rely on Halakhic opinions permitting entry to the Mount, and only in accordance with Halakhic restrictions (such as immersion in a Mikveh, ritual bath, beforehand). The rabbis expressed their objections to the modern rabbinic opinion forbidding Jewish entry to the Mount, saying that the ruling has \"distanced Am Yisrael from the site of the Holy Temple.\" Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba urged rabbis who disagree with the Council\'s ruling to show respect for it nevertheless, arguing that public apathy toward the Temple Mount is one cause of the difficulties Israel is currently experiencing.