הרה״ג שמואל אליהו שליט״א - העולים להר הבית בטהרה לא עוברים על שום איסור!!

Hello. I heard the important words said by Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the Rishon LeZion, about the prohibition of entering the Temple Mount due to the issue of karet, and I would like, with your permission, to clarify the exact locations where this prohibition of karet applies. The Radbaz, who was a great decisor and head of the rabbinical court for Rabbi Yosef Karo in Safed, writes clearly and beyond any doubt: underneath the Dome of the Rock is the Foundation Stone, and here is the Holy of Holies. The Temple faced east, so we know its size—187 cubits in length. Around here is where the Sanctuary, the Courtyard of Israel, and the Priests 'Courtyard end. At 135 cubits is already the Women's Courtyard . In this area, there is a prohibition of karet; in this area, it is no longer a prohibition of karet. Surrounding it 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 westward is this yellow line between the two. Between the wall and the yellow line is the Temple Mount. On the Temple Mount, Jewish law says it is permitted to enter, but it is forbidden for people who have ritual impurity emanating from their body. Everything surrounding the Temple Mount, meaning this southern area—the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Solomon's Stables—is outside the original Temple Mount; this is what Herod added to it. Those who go up to the Temple Mount today go up to a place that is the original Temple Mount after immersion, and therefore they do not violate the prohibition of karet. We do not go up to the Temple Mount yet, because Rabbi Abba Shaul said not to go up to the Temple Mount until we are privileged to have a synagogue there with arranged fences so that we know not to cross from a permitted place to a forbidden one. May it be His will that we see a synagogue and the Holy Temple in our days, Amen and Amen.