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Sukkot (Tabernacles) is a unique festival in the Jewish calendar. During
the Temple times, all the nations of the world were able to participate. Our
verse describes the mass ingathering of non-Jews who came to the Temple in
Jerusalem on the festive days of Sukkot to pray to God. Today, Sukkot is still a
magnificant time to visit the Land of Israel. Though the Temple is no longer
standing, Jews come on "pilgrimage" to the Western Wall, with tens of thousands
of people gathering there to perform Biblical commandments such as "Birkat
HaKohanim", when Jews of the priestly class bless the Israelite congregation.
Meanwhile, on the Temple Mount, violent agitators who wish to stop non-Muslim
prayer are stockpiling weapons, starting fires, throwing rocks, and barricading
themselves inside their mosques in order to attack the Israeli police and Jewish
and Christian visitors who come to the site. Temple Mount advocacy organizations
such as the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation are campaining every day in the
Knesset and the streets of Jerusalem for safety, equality and access for all on
the Temple Mount.
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