Timeline for What is the source that the Western Wall was built by the poor?
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| Apr 20, 2018 at 21:24 | comment | added | A L | @LN6595 Would you mind quoting/translating what exactly it says on the matter? Nobody disputes that it's ancient, but it would be interesting if the author thought it was actually built prior to Herod's time. | |
| Mar 23, 2015 at 22:53 | comment | added | LN6595 | The idea that the Kosel Hama'aravi is ancient in origin is written explicitly in the Medrash Shir Hashirim Rabba (which is both authentic and over a millennia in age), on the words "Hinei zeh omeid achar kosleinu". It does not mention the poor, so this is not an answer to your question, per se, but the Midrash does insist that the Kotel is both ancient and eternal. | |
| Jul 1, 2013 at 20:54 | history | edited | A L | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 1, 2013 at 20:48 | history | edited | A L | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 1, 2013 at 20:42 | comment | added | A L | Firstly, it cites that title but only attached to the paragraph about destruction which is separate from the one about the poor. Secondly, "Legends of the Land of Israel" does not qualify as a citation by any stretch of the imagination. If that is the title of a book or sefer that you know, please explain. Legends by themselves are not reliable, and so in any event I would hope that the book itself would base itself on something more than its title implies. | |
| Jul 1, 2013 at 20:40 | history | rollback | A L |
Rollback to Revision 2 - Thanks, but you altered their citation's location which isn't even a citation.
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| Jul 1, 2013 at 20:36 | history | edited | Gershon Gold | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 1, 2013 at 20:32 | comment | added | Gershon Gold | The Aish article brings it in the name of "Legends of the Land of Israel". | |
| Jul 1, 2013 at 20:31 | comment | added | A L | @msh210 Is the Western Wall not the Western Wall of Solomon? You tell me. The Aish document seems to imply it is the same. The Aish document speaks of the existing Western Wall, as do I, and it speaks of it being built by the poor, and I'm simply asking where Aish got that from. | |
| Jul 1, 2013 at 20:29 | comment | added | A L | @GershonGold The Aish document I linked says it was built by the poor. I've heard a tradition that since it was built by the poor it is special to God and so God promised to never let it be destroyed, but I don't know of the authenticity of that tradition. | |
| Jul 1, 2013 at 17:15 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | @gershon It's easy for rich people to contribute to the structure. | |
| Jul 1, 2013 at 17:04 | answer | added | Gershon Gold | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 1, 2013 at 16:57 | comment | added | Gershon Gold | Never heard that the Western Wall was built by the poor. And I do not see what difference it would make if it was built by the poor? | |
| Jun 30, 2013 at 19:10 | comment | added | msh210♦ | "I am speaking of the Western Wall, what confusion is there?" If the Western Wall now is not the Western Wall in the time of Solomon then the phrase "the Western Wall" is ambiguous. | |
| Jun 30, 2013 at 18:50 | comment | added | A L | @msh210 I don't follow. I am speaking of the Western Wall, what confusion is there? My source did not explicitly say it was built in Solomon's time, nor did I say it said so, rather I said I think it implies that. | |
| Jun 30, 2013 at 6:37 | comment | added | msh210♦ | A L, if your source states that the wall not only was built in Solomon's time but is extant since then (i.e. is the same wall as was built then), you should include that in your question. (Otherwise, people might think the answer to your subquestion "when it was built[]? All archeology has uncovered is that it was built after the year 20 CE" could be that two different walls are under discussion. | |
| Jun 30, 2013 at 4:16 | comment | added | A L | @Yirmeyahu I drew an inference from the sentence "Jerusalem was destroyed and rebuilt nine times. And through it all, one symbol remained intact: the Western Wall." I have heard elsewhere it was built by Solomon, but the very point of my question is that I am looking for good sources from you guys. | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 21:58 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | @Yirmeyahu Herod died in 4 BCE | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 1:55 | comment | added | Yirmeyahu | I don't see where the link cited suggests that this was done during the time of Solomon. Although the wording may be a bit imprecise I don't see anything which would preclude it from being part of Herod's renovation. | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 0:09 | history | edited | A L | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 28, 2013 at 23:46 | history | asked | A L | CC BY-SA 3.0 |