הַר הַבַּיִת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The Mount of the House

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The mountain on which the First and Second Temples are located. The mountain is located in the center of the Old City above the Western Wall.

("Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become a lake, and the mountain of the house will become the heights of a forest" - Micah 3:12, and so on: "A man from the mountain of the house would return to every watch, with burning incense before him, and every watch that was not standing would say to him: "Man from the mountain of the house, peace be upon you!" - Masachet Tamid 27:2, and so on: "All night long my days were boiling "The flames and tongues of fire burned from the mountain of the house" - H.N. Bialik / The Revelation of Fire, and also: "We returned to the wells of water / To the market and to the winepress / A shofar calls on the mountain of the house / In the ancient city" - Naomi Shemer / Jerusalem of gold, and also: "She said to me: "Zion, the mountain of the house" / She was silent to me: "The redemption and the righteousness" - Yossi Gimzo / The Wall)