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Sign up to join this communityThe azara of the second bes hamikdash, not including the ezras nashim, totaled 187 cubits in length. Source: mishnayos Midos 5:1.
On Wednesday the 20th October, 2010 the National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) and the International Young Israel Movement - Israel Region (IYIM) will proudly donate a Sefer Torah to the I.D.F for the 187th time, over the past twelve years.