hmm I dont know if NZ receives any Israeli exports apart from the aforementioned Dead Sea salt beauty products but they didnt take off here...people prefer to buy epsom salts.
That is good they are self sufficient.
Yea Jesus was so angry at the scammers in the temple, they were preventing genuine worship.
I did her of some orthodox jews in modern times still sacrificing chickens. Or maybe it was some Hebrew sect I dont know
What was the Sabbath like for you when you were there. Does everything kind of stop or everyone just carries on as normal?
"I'll keep kosher at home" is such a common excuse that it's impossible to tell who is truly Jewish and who isn't.
A lot of the hotel staff (especially in the restaurants) work exceptionally hard to ensure that people can remain kosher and not violate any of the religious Law.
For example you can't have milk/dairy products in your table at the same time as meat. The bread table is separate from a table with butter. (And coffee creamer and milk) all of which is separate from the hot buffet table loaded with all kinds of stuff to eat. (No cheese products obviously)
But people grab rolls and butter... coffee and cream and full plates of food and carrying them around while loading them up and setting them down on the hot buffet table and bread table... even spilling dairy products everywhere.
And the young people see and notice these things. And get annoyed when they have to change table linens in the middle of a busy service because of them.
The kids noticed our accents and knew instantly that we were Christian and had no restrictions with anything BUT that we were aware and careful with how we obtained food for ourselves. (I happen to understand the Law).
The younger generation gave us every respect possible because of our obvious attitudes and behaviors. (We were respectful) but obviously just tolerated the older Jews.
The Jews sometimes will sacrifice some animals. It's not often and it isn't just chickens. I'm a goyim...not exactly going to be invited to such things. And they certainly aren't going to do it in Old City Jerusalem or anywhere near the Temple Mount. That would just about start a riot.
BTW...the Temple Mount complex is mostly empty of people. The Moslems are only interested in keeping the Jews from having it.
There are some YouTube videos on it that you might find interesting.
The Cedar beams that David set aside for Solomon to use...still there and being used. Not as originally intended but still there.
There are tunnels in the Temple Mount itself. (Herod had the Mount extended and backfilled with retaining walls.) But the entire area has small earthquakes all the time. So they are highly unstable and unsafe. The Jews refuse to go for fear of stepping on the holy of holies and the Moslems just don't care.
However....
If the day should come they can have the Mount...it's going to take time to get it ready for the temple to be built.
They first need remove and replace the fill inside the retaining walls as well as repair the retaining walls themselves. Scientists are going to want to sift every ounce of the fill for archeology...the Moslem(once obviously Christian) buildings have also used the materials used originally for the Temple. All the stuff needs to be dated and recorded.
Once they actually have the site prepped and ready then the Temple will go up fairly quickly. (Everything is prepped, numbered, and ready to put together extremely quickly)
But site prep is going to take at least a year or more.
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