Q&A: Ascending the Temple Mount
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Ascending the Temple Mount
Question
What is the Rabbi’s opinion regarding the commandment of ascending the Temple Mount? According to those who support it, one fulfills commandments such as reverence for the Temple and several others. Do you think there is substance to those claims?
Answer
I am not familiar with those claims. There is a halakhic dispute over whether it is permitted to ascend and whether it is advisable to ascend (lest one come to violate prohibitions). There is also a political dispute over whether it is worthwhile to ascend. As for the commandments—at first glance, I do not see this as fulfilling a commandment. But as I said, I have not read the arguments.