Seraphic Secret

Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.

Kotel

Jerusalem the Eternal Undivided Capital of the Jewish State

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President Trump in Jerusalem, at the Kotel, the Western Wall, remnant of the Second Temple which was destroyed by the Romans in 70 ACE.

There is a great deal of hand wringing now that President Trump is officially recognizing reality: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, and that the U.S. embassy will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The Jew-hating Arabs warn that this recognition will cause violence.

The gutless EU warns that this move will derail the so-called peace process.

The fact is, the Arabs are always threatening violence if they don’t get what they want. Like children they pull temper tantrums in order to intimidate.

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Seraphic Secret in Israel, 2017

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Fearlessly, Karen makes her way through the Arab souk towards the Kotel.

Karen and I spent the last days of Succos in Israel. Mostly we stayed in Efrat with Karen’s brother David and his lovely family. But we did manage to spend one day in Jerusalem where we headed straight to the holy Kotel, the Western Wall, the remnants of the Second Temple.

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Roman Theater Uncovered at Base of Jerusalem’s Western Wall

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Israel’s Antiquities Authority’s Tehillah Lieberman stands in an ancient Roman theater-like structure at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem’s old city, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. Israeli archaeologists have announced the discovery of the first known Roman-era theater in Jerusalem’s Old City, a unique 1,800-year-old structure abutting the Western Wall that is believed to have been built during Roman Emperor Hadrian’s reign. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists on Monday announced the discovery of the first known Roman-era theater in Jerusalem’s Old City, a unique structure around 1,800 years old that abuts the Western Wall and may have been built during Roman Emperor Hadrian’s reign.

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Yom Kippur 2015

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“Kotel” by Robert J. Avrech
“Kotel” by Robert J. Avrech

…In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall not do any work … For on that day he shall provide atonement for you to cleanse you from all your sins before the L-RD.

—Leviticus 16:29-30

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Seraphic Secret In the Land of Israel, Part I

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No matter how many times we see the Old City of Jerusalem, we are overcome with emotion.
No matter how many times we visit the eternal, undivided city of Jerusalem, we are overcome with emotion.

 

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