Holy Land 2018 day 8

Temple mount
No holding hands of the opposite sex. No Bible, Christian signs. Quiet. Jews must be escorted by soldiers on the mount, secretly praying on the pretext of sightseeing. Al Aqsa mosque, "furthest mosque", Mohammed made this the second direction of praying to lure Jews to convert

Dome of the Rock, may be which the holy of holies was, rock on which Abraham sacrifice Isaac. Dome of the chain.

Western Wall, men and women sections. Bar Mitzvah boy turn 12, girls 13. Procession, huge event, photographer boy praying at the wall, carrying the Torah around. Every Monday and Thursday. Wore kippah.

Married women shave part of hair, wear wigs

Mt Zion (may mean 1 high place, 2 spring in the desert, 3 oasis)

David's tomb not biblical. Upper Room on top (not true, last supper, Thomas, Pentecostal) was crusader church, converted to a mosque with a niche.  David's statue poured with mortar damage nose (not fixed), string (fixed)

Hezekiah tunnel and pool of Siloam

Waded 40 minutes, 533m. Very narrow, Max water depth 2-3 feet to the hip. Height of tunnel 1.5m to 5xman height. Not very cold.

Gethsemane