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    According to the Bible, Boaz (Hebrew: בֹּעַז‎ Bōʿaz) and Jachin (יָכִין‎ Yāḵīn) were two copper, brass or bronze pillars which stood on the porch of Solomon's...
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  • Jachin may refer to: Jachin (biblical figure), a minor biblical figure The right pillar in front of Solomon's Temple named after Jachin; see Boaz and...
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    at the time of Eli. "Boaz" was the name of the left one of the two frontal columns of Solomon's Temple, the other being "Jachin". Its meaning is a subject...
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    The High Priestess (category Fictional priests and priestesses)
    about the past, present and future, named Akasha. She is seated between the white and black pillars—'J' and 'B' for Jachin and Boaz—of the mystic Temple...
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    be portable. Among the most prominent are replicas of the pillars Boaz and Jachin through which every initiate has to pass. Historically, Freemasons...
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    Solomon's Temple (category 10th-century BC religious buildings and structures)
    The Boaz and Jachin pillars at the entrance of the temple represent the active and passive elements of the world of Atziluth. The original menorah and its...
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    Asherah pole (category Ancient Israel and Judah)
    stone or wooden slab erected as a monument Trees in mythology Maqam Boaz and Jachin Judean pillar figures Portals: Mythology Asia Sarah Iles Johnston,...
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    dynasties constructed additions to the mosque and its precincts, such as its dome, façade, minarets, and minbar and interior structure. Upon its capture by...
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    Red heifer (category Judaism and death)
    priests to Hashem that is mentioned in the Torah, and the Bible. Its ashes after being sacrificed and burned were used for the ritual purification as a...
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    Ark of the Covenant (category Hebrew Bible words and phrases)
    Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is a purported religious storage and relic held to be the most sacred object by the Israelites. Religious tradition...
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    the Temple Mount, a term usually applied to an artificial platform built and expanded over many centuries at the top of Jerusalem's southern hill. The...
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    even the minutest trifle, and showed us the places where Solomon prayed, and also David, and where Abraham and Elijah and Mohammed met on the occasion...
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    including the Dome of the Rock, many mosques and prayer halls, madrasas, zawiyas, khalwas and other domes and religious structures, as well as the four encircling...
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    Holy of Holies (category Tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem)
    traditions viewed the Holy of Holies as the spiritual junction of Heaven and Earth, the "axis mundi". As a part of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, the...
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    primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem. Tisha B'Av precedes the...
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  • (girdles). Two were silver mounted, and one of these had the letters B and I in the middle, indicating Boaz and Jachin, the twin pillars of Solomon's Temple...
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    Tabernacle (category Tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem)
    Anders, Johanna (2014). Neue Kirchen in der Diaspora (in German). Kassel University Press. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-3-86-219682-1. Secunda, Shai, and Steven...
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    Dome of the Rock (category Castles and fortifications of the Knights Templar)
    collapsed in 1015 and was rebuilt in 1022–23.[citation needed] Its architecture and mosaics were patterned after nearby Byzantine churches and palaces. Its...
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    Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) (category Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire)
    third and thickest wall. According to Josephus, a contemporary historian and the main source for the war, the city was ravaged by murder, famine, and cannibalism...
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    Temple Mount entry restrictions (category Jewish law and rituals)
    East Jerusalem's Old City, which is a holy place for Muslims, Jews, and Christians and an Islamic religious endowment under the management of the Jordan-based...
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    Jerusalem Waqf (category Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Jordan))
    The Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, also known as the Jerusalem Waqf, the Jordanian Waqf or simply the Waqf, is the Jordanian-appointed...
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    Tree of life (Kabbalah) (category Kabbalistic words and phrases)
    crown) and ends at Malkuth (the kingdom), where the physical world manifests, and symbolizes "the logos which unifies them." Atziluth Boaz and Jachin Flower...
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    High Priest of Israel (category Hebrew Bible words and phrases)
    priesthood. He played a unique role in the worship conducted in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple in Jerusalem, as well as in some non-ritual matters....
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    respect to nine shared religious sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Other holy places in Israel and Palestine were not deemed subject to the Status Quo...
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    Temple menorah (category Hebrew words and phrases in the Hebrew Bible)
    candelabrum that is described in the Hebrew Bible and in later ancient sources as having been used in the Tabernacle and in the Temple in Jerusalem. Since ancient...
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    Western Wall (category Buildings and structures completed in the 1st century BC)
    western wall', is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known...
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  • Third Temple (category Tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem)
    Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple, the former having been destroyed during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in c. 587 BCE and the latter having...
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    Golden Gate (Jerusalem) (category Buildings and structures completed in the 6th century)
    al-Zahabi, lit. 'Golden Gate') is the only eastern gate of the Temple Mount, and one of only two Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem that used to offer access...
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    2023 Al-Aqsa clashes (category Attacks on buildings and structures in 2023)
    A series of violent confrontations occurred between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in April 2023. After the...
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    name refers to the Twelve Tribes of Israel ("Bani Isra'il") who left Egypt and came to the Holy Land/Bayt al-Maqdis to find the Promised Land. Bab al-Asbāt...
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