The Stones on Which our Ancestors Walked

V’sham naaleh v ’neira’eh , v’nishtachaveh l’fanecha, “and there (in the Beis Hamikdash), we will ascend, appear and bow before You.” With these words, we will daven over and over on Sukkos to be able once again to fulfill the mitzvah of aliyah laregel, ascending to the Beis Hamikdash, where we will have the opportunity to worship as the kohanim offer the sacrifices, the Leviyim sing the Tehillim, and we experience being in the presence of the Shechinah.

If we cannot observe Sukkos in this way this year, visitors to Yerushalayim will have the chance to appreciate a small part of what our forefathers experienced, due to the completion of an amazing archaeological excavation project.

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