How oddly appropriate just before Chanuakh…..
May the Lord answer you on a day of distress; may the Name of the G-d of Jacob fortify you. May He send your help from the Sanctuary, and support you from Zion. But for heaven’s sake; don’t get caught praying on the Temple Mound. Ynet News:
Jerusalem police detained a Jewish father and daughter in suspicion the two tried to pray in the Temple Mount complex in violation of the law. The two were taken in for investigation.
And if I have any Christian readers left – don’t get too smug as even a mouthed ‘Our Father’ could see you a stint in the Israeli hoosegow via the oh-so-politically-correct-secular Israeli police.
Update: It hardly seems possible but the incident grows more ridiculous – a father and a bride-to-be were not even openly praying but possibly only ‘mouthing’ silently words…..
