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Ep. 44: Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City from the Bible to Bibi

The Jewish History Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

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The Theological Connection to Jerusalem

Rashi tells us that all prayers in the world, we make a prayer here in the United States. It has to travel to Israel, to Temple Mount, to enter heavens. That's the gateway that's the portal to heaven. And therefore every prayer in the world needs to travel there and has to ascend to the spiritual world from the portal from the gates to heaven. So the bottom line is that our theological religious connection to this site is very significant.

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