Comments on: 5 Things You Need to know about the Western Wall in Jerusalem

By: RR

RR — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:54:00 +0000

To Moon,

It isn’t the menorah and ark that kept the Jews from defeat–it was Hashem. The holy temples were destroyed because of the actions of the Jewish people, the first because of idolatry and the second, because of baseless hatred (hating your fellow Jew). Ultimately, we were defeated because we no longer merited to have the temple.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:47:38 +0000

They’re still around aren’t they?

By: Moon

Moon — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:09:39 +0000

Isn’t this when they smuggled the menorah and the ark of the covenant and all the other supposed “things that will never allow the Jews to be defeated in war” out of Jerusalem?

/How’d THAT work out?

By: Nathan Miller

Nathan Miller — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:31:03 +0000

Hakotel hama’aravi actually translates perfectly to “The Western Wall.”

Ma’arav is west, but ma’aravi is western (the ‘i’ sound makes it an adjective.)

And Hebrew is a noun-adjective language, unlike English, so the translation would be perfect. Not “Wall west” which would be “ma’arav kotel.”

-Nathan