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The '''Temple Mount''' [[Hebrew]], ''Har haBáyit''), also called '''the Noble Sanctuary''' Arabic'''الحرم القدسي الشريف''', ''al-haram al-qudsī ash-sharīf''), is a religious site in the Old City of [[Jerusalem]] of. Due to its importance for [[Judaism]] and [[Islam]] it is one of the most contested religious sites in the world.
The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism. Jewish Midrash holds that it was from here that the world expanded into its present form, and that this was where God gathered the dust he used to create the first man, Adam . The [[Torah]] records that it was here that God chose to rest His Shekhinah, Divine Presence, and consequently two Jewish Temples were built at the site. Observant Jews believe that the Third Temple, which they hope will be the final one, will also be located here. In recent times, due to difficulties in ascertaining the precise location of the Mount's holiest spot, many Jews will not set foot on the Mount itself.
==Traditions relating to the site==
===Jewish===
According to an Aggada in the Talmud, the world was created beginning with the Foundation Stone on the Temple Mount. The Bible gives the place where [[Abraham]] passed God's test in the Binding of Isaac as Mount Moriah, which according to the Talmud is another name for the Temple Mount.
The [[Bible]] recounts that [[Jacob]] dreamt about angels ascending and descending a ladder while sleeping on a stone. The Talmud says that this too took place on the Temple Mount. Rashi also identifies the site as the place where [[Isaac]] and Rebekah prayed, asking God to grant them children.
According to the Bible, King [[King David|David]] purchased a threshing floor owned by Aravnah the Jebusite overlooking Jerusalem upon the cessation of a plague, to erect an altar. He wanted to construct a permanent temple there, but as his hands were "bloodied", he was forbidden to do so himself, so this task was left to his son [[Solomon]], who completed the task c. 950 BCE.
The Western Wall, also known as The Kotel, is a part of the Temple Mount that survived the destruction of the Second Temple and remains standing. The Western Wall is holy due to its proximity to the location on the Temple Mount of the Holy of Holies of the Temple, the Most Holy Place in Judaism. Due to Jewish religious restrictions on entering the most sacred areas of the Temple Mount, the Western Wall has become, for practical purposes, the holiest generally accessible site for Jews to pray. Many Jews often leave written prayers addressed to [[God]] in the cracks of the wall.
According to a commonly held belief in Judaism, the Temple Mount is to be the site of the final Third Temple, to be rebuilt with the coming of the Jewish Messiah.
===Christian===
The Temple is mentioned many times in the [[New Testament]] (for example, {{bibleverse||Mark|11:11}}) in addition to the Old Testament. In these scriptures, [[Jesus]] prays there ({{bibleverse||Mark|11:25-26}}) and chases away money changers and other merchants from the courtyard, turning over their tables and accusing them of desecrating a sacred place with secular ways. Jesus also predicts the destruction of the Second Temple ({{bibleverse||Matthew|24:2}}) and allegorically compares his body to a temple that will be torn down and raised up again in three days. The temple will be reconstructed before, or concurrent with, the [[The Second Coming|Second Coming]] of [[Christ]].
{{Christianity Knowledge Base|Temple Mount}}
[[Category:Judaism]]
[[Category:Old Testament]]
The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism. Jewish Midrash holds that it was from here that the world expanded into its present form, and that this was where God gathered the dust he used to create the first man, Adam . The [[Torah]] records that it was here that God chose to rest His Shekhinah, Divine Presence, and consequently two Jewish Temples were built at the site. Observant Jews believe that the Third Temple, which they hope will be the final one, will also be located here. In recent times, due to difficulties in ascertaining the precise location of the Mount's holiest spot, many Jews will not set foot on the Mount itself.
==Traditions relating to the site==
===Jewish===
According to an Aggada in the Talmud, the world was created beginning with the Foundation Stone on the Temple Mount. The Bible gives the place where [[Abraham]] passed God's test in the Binding of Isaac as Mount Moriah, which according to the Talmud is another name for the Temple Mount.
The [[Bible]] recounts that [[Jacob]] dreamt about angels ascending and descending a ladder while sleeping on a stone. The Talmud says that this too took place on the Temple Mount. Rashi also identifies the site as the place where [[Isaac]] and Rebekah prayed, asking God to grant them children.
According to the Bible, King [[King David|David]] purchased a threshing floor owned by Aravnah the Jebusite overlooking Jerusalem upon the cessation of a plague, to erect an altar. He wanted to construct a permanent temple there, but as his hands were "bloodied", he was forbidden to do so himself, so this task was left to his son [[Solomon]], who completed the task c. 950 BCE.
The Western Wall, also known as The Kotel, is a part of the Temple Mount that survived the destruction of the Second Temple and remains standing. The Western Wall is holy due to its proximity to the location on the Temple Mount of the Holy of Holies of the Temple, the Most Holy Place in Judaism. Due to Jewish religious restrictions on entering the most sacred areas of the Temple Mount, the Western Wall has become, for practical purposes, the holiest generally accessible site for Jews to pray. Many Jews often leave written prayers addressed to [[God]] in the cracks of the wall.
According to a commonly held belief in Judaism, the Temple Mount is to be the site of the final Third Temple, to be rebuilt with the coming of the Jewish Messiah.
===Christian===
The Temple is mentioned many times in the [[New Testament]] (for example, {{bibleverse||Mark|11:11}}) in addition to the Old Testament. In these scriptures, [[Jesus]] prays there ({{bibleverse||Mark|11:25-26}}) and chases away money changers and other merchants from the courtyard, turning over their tables and accusing them of desecrating a sacred place with secular ways. Jesus also predicts the destruction of the Second Temple ({{bibleverse||Matthew|24:2}}) and allegorically compares his body to a temple that will be torn down and raised up again in three days. The temple will be reconstructed before, or concurrent with, the [[The Second Coming|Second Coming]] of [[Christ]].
{{Christianity Knowledge Base|Temple Mount}}
[[Category:Judaism]]
[[Category:Old Testament]]