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The Rambam noted the 6th of Cheshvan, which falls on a Shabbat this year; we hope we will merit to mark it as the day of entry on Shabbatot, yes. >> We wanted to mark the previous Shabbat, but we did not enter. So we hope that this coming Shabbat we will merit, that together with the day the Rambam mentioned as the day he ascended to the Great and Holy House, we too will merit to mark the coming Shabbat as the day we enter the Temple Mount for the first time on Shabbatot. So, A, it doesn't mean that on Friday it won't be open; I mean, yes, we want to mark the Shabbat as the first Shabbat, so, uh...we are marking it. And there are arguments there, yes, the Rambam, the Great and Holy House, did he enter the Courtyard? Did he enter the Temple Mount? Perhaps the intention at all is that there are those who say he entered a synagogue in Jerusalem. It doesn't matter, I am not getting into that now, it is a historical question, but you are arguing—what does it matter? It interests us historically regarding the Rambam. After all, if someone appreciates the Rambam and thinks that the history, whether the Rambam entered or not, interests him—then let's check what the Rambam says. So the Rambam says in his book that it is permitted to enter the Temple Mount, truly permitted to enter the Temple Mount, so therefore the historical question of whether he entered or not doesn't matter at all. And the 6th of Cheshvan is a good day to mark this, to commemorate it, because the Rambam did enter some place here after all, so it is worth mentioning. The Rambam says and rules as law, and there is no doubt about it, no doubt about it, even in the Talmudic discussions it has no... there is no dispute about it, not in the Mishnah, not in the Talmuds, not that. So the Rambam rules as law that it is permitted, indeed, to enter the Temple Mount, and therefore it is permitted to enter, and it is a commandment to enter. May the Holy One, Blessed be He, help us that this coming Shabbat, the 6th of Cheshvan, we will ascend here to commemorate this, to ascend to fulfill "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another , and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me." May it be His will and let us say Amen.