Born and raised in the U.S. Rabbi Spiro has lived in Israel since 1982.
He served in the IDF. A father of five, he currently lives in Jerusalem.
Diagrams
Mount Moriah
City of David
Temple Mount Herodian Period
Photos
Herodian Stone
Notice the recessed frame around the margin of the stone
Narrow Area in front of the Wall pre-1967
Early 1900s – JewishVirtualLibrary.org
Mughrabi Quarter in Front of the Wall Before it was Razed
Mughrabi Quarter 1929 – JewishVirtualLibrary.org
Aerial photo of Jerusalem’s Mughrabi quarter taken by the Graf Zeppelin, 1931. Yellow outline (added) shows the Western Wall prayer area. Note the labyrinth Jewish worshippers had to traverse to get to the small alleyway for prayer at the Western Wall. (Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen) – JewishVirtualLibrary.org
Southern Wall
View of the Southern retaining wall of the Temple Mount. On the left is the Western Wall Plaza. On the Right, you can see the length of the Eastern Wall
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