[Avodah] [Areivim] Greater sanctity of Jerusalem than other cities in Israel

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Thu Nov 16 12:20:39 PST 2006


On Thu, November 16, 2006 2:06am, R Moshe Feldman wrote to Areivim (current
events references scrubbed):
:> The following statement was released by Tzohar:
:> JERUSALEM'S SANCTITY IS GREATER THAN ANY OTHER PLACE
...
:> According to Jewish tradition, there are 10 levels of sanctity, and
:> the sanctity of Jerusalem is greater than the sanctity of other
:> places. ....

: Of course, this applies just to the Old City, as the Sanhedrin has not
: (yet) enlarged the borders of Jerusalem to include the parts outside
: the old city walls (circa the time of the churban--the walls then
: followed a somewhat different route)....

WRT Shushan Purim, being a suburb from which Y-m can be seen counts for
something. Are you sure it doesn't here too? Not on the level of Y-m itself,
but still, not the same as the rest of EY?

Tir'u baTov!
-mi




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