[Avodah] western wall

[Eli Turkel]

Israel intends to fix parts of the western wall added by Montiofore
JPOST
<<Just how to repair the damaged stones at the holy site is, however,
another issue altogether, as engineering gets mixed in with religion.

Citing Biblical interdiction, Rabinovitch said that Jewish law or
halacha forbids removing any of the stones of the Wall, even to repair
them.

In the past, Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar has said that
repair work at the Western Wall should only be done by Jews after they
had gone through a mikve, and that the work could only be carried out
during the day. >>

1. Do these recent sections have kedusha?
2. Do these laws of building the bet hamikdash apply today?
3. This is an outer restraining wall
4. I have doubts that when Herod did this wall e employed only Jews
who went to the mikveh each day

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Eli Turkel