Kota Tua Yerusalem: Perbedaan antara revisi

Kota Lama Yerusalem disucikan oleh orang Yahudi sejak Raja Dawud memproklamirkan kita ini sebagai ibu kota pada abad ke-10 SM. Yerusalem menjadi situs [[Kuil Solomon]] dan Kuil Solomon Kedua. Walaupun tidak disebutkan dalam [[Torah]] / [[Pentateuch]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3136760,00.html|title=Parshat Re'eh: No Jerusalem in Torah – Israel Opinion, Ynetnews|publisher=Ynetnews.com|date=20 June 1995|accessdate=17 October 2011}}</ref> namanya disebutkan di dalam Injil sebanyak 632 kali. Saat ini, Tembok Ratapan, sebuah bangunan dekat Kuil Kedua menjadi situs tersuci kedua umat Yahudi setelah Kuil Gunung itu sendiri.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.thekotel.org/content.asp?id=212|publisher=The Kotel|title=What is the Western Wall?|accessdate=6 March 2007|archive-date=2007-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202235206/http://english.thekotel.org/content.asp?id=212|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Sinagog-sinagog di seluruh dunia dibangun dengan altar menghadap ke Yerusalem,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schechter.edu/askrabbi/synagoguetemple.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131205934/http://www.schechter.edu/askrabbi/synagoguetemple.htm|archivedate=31 January 2008|title=Synagogues|publisher=Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies|work=Ask the Rabbi|last=Goldberg|first=Monique Susskind|accessdate=10 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="returning">{{Cite book |url=http://www.jewishhistory.com/jh.php?id=AdditionalReadings&content=content/segal_ch12 |publisher=Department of Education and Culture of the World Zionist Organization |title=Returning: The Land of Israel as Focus in Jewish History |last=Segal |first=Benjamin J. |location=Jerusalem, Israel |year=1987 |page=124 |accessdate=10 March 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223025133/http://www.jewishhistory.com/jh.php?id=AdditionalReadings&content=content%2Fsegal_ch12 |archivedate=2005-12-23 }}</ref><ref>The Jewish injunction to pray toward Jerusalem comes in the ''[[Orach Chayim]]'' section of ''[[Shulchan Aruch]]'' (94:1) – "When one rises to pray anywhere in the Diaspora, he should face towards the Land of Israel, directing himself also toward Jerusalem, the Temple, and the Holy of Holies."</ref>[[Berkas:Israel-Western_Wall.jpg|jmpl|267x267px|Tembok Ratapan di waktu malam|kiri]]