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Friday, July 28, 2023
There was almost a third Temple?
BELATEDLY FOR TISHA B'AV: How the Jews almost built a Third Temple. Roman Emperor Julian, who rejected Christianity and possibly sought to oppose it, proposed the Jews rebuild the Temple, however, the construction was halted, and the dream was buried after an earthquake; Dr. Yonatan Moss explains why the Jewish canon almost completely disregards this chapter in history (Itzchak Tessler, Ynet News).
