Some historians believe the Ark of the Covenant was originally kept inside the Holy of Holies, the innermost chamber of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, before it disappeared during the Babylonian ...

Rabbi Zera, upon reaching Eretz Yisrael, did not find a ferry to cross the Jordan river. In his haste to enter the Land, he took the risk of crossing on a rope bridge. Question Why did Rabbi Zera ...

In doing so, the Islamists are once again focusing global attention on the Holy City. Both sides lay claim to the Temple Mount, a place of religious significance for both communities.

A ltogether awesome and holy is the small area circumferenced by the ruins of King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. A Mohammedan can enter and behold the golden urn in which repose two hairs from ...

God’s presence dwelled in the Holy of Holies. Once a year, on Yom Kippur, a high priest was allowed to enter that place of honor and glory to ask for forgiveness of sins on behalf of the Israelites.

Another effective absorber in Solomon’s Temple would have been the veil of variegated linen that was said to have been at the entrance to the innermost chamber, called the Holy of Holies, which ...

Gordon Govier It’s no wonder Israel’s own temple had a deep blue ceiling held together by gold fastenings to twinkle in the light of the lampstand (Ex. 26:1–2, 6, 31–32).

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency) Further revelation regarding the archaeological expedition which attempted to find the Ark of the Covenant on the site of Solomon’s Temple, were made by Col. Cyril ...

The Holy of Holies, the inner portion of the Temple — access to which was restricted only to purified high priests — is unknown after the Temple’s destruction, and ritual law forbids anyone ...

If you ever visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing—ancient China’s largest center for high-level rituals—you might be struck by its lack of Buddhist and Taoist idols. The design of the ...

Not long ago I asked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu why he doesn’t go up to the Temple Mount. The prime minister has never visited the holy site — not even when he was head of the ...