הרה״ג שמואל אליהו שליט״א משיב לרב יצחק יוסף: האם באמת העולים להר הבית בטהרה עוברים איסור?

Hello, I heard the important words said by Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the Rishon LeZion, about how it is forbidden to enter the Temple Mount because there is a problem of the prohibition of Karet there, and with your permission, I would like to clarify the exact locations where this prohibition of Karet applies. The Radbaz, who was the greatest of the adjudicators and head of the rabbinical court for Rabbi Yosef Karo in Safed, writes clearly and beyond any doubt: beneath the Dome of the Rock lies the Foundation Stone, and here is the Holy of Holies. The Temple faced eastward, so we know its size— 187 cubits. Around here the Holy area ends, the Court of Israel, and the Court of Priests, with a width of 135 cubits. Here is already the Women's Court; in this area, there is a prohibition of Karet, while in this other area, there is no prohibition of Karet. All around is the Temple Mount. The current Temple Mount within these boundaries is twice the size of the boundaries written in the Mishna, which is 500 by 500 cubits. The Radbaz says: The eastern wall of the current Temple Mount is the eastern wall of the original Temple Mount; from here, 500 cubits to the west is this yellow line. Between the two, between the wall and the yellow line, is the Temple Mount. On the Temple Mount, the Halacha states that it is permitted to enter, true, but it is forbidden for people who have impurity emanating from their bodies to enter. Everything surrounding the Temple Mount, meaning this southern area, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Solomon's Stables, is outside the original Temple Mount—this is what Herod added to it. Those who ascend to the Temple Mount today ascend to a place that is indeed the original Temple Mount, after immersion, and therefore they do not violate the prohibition of Karet. We do not ascend to the Temple Mount yet, because our father, the Rabbi, said not to ascend the Temple Mount until we are privileged to have a synagogue there with arranged fences, so that we will know not to cross from the permitted area to the forbidden area. May it be His will, soon in our days, for a synagogue and the Holy Temple. Amen and amen.