Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Prayer at David's Tomb

On Mount Zion in Jerusalem there is a historic mistake. The Bible tells us King David was buried in David's city - the lower part of the old Jerusalem tel. Crusaders mistakenly thought it was on Mt Zion and built a memorial site to him there. That mistake continues today, with some Hasidim Jewish groups venerating the spot by making it a synagogue and a place of prayer. They usually pray with a rhythmic swaying, but this group really had it going when we visited.

This video starts out pointed at the floor since sometimes they don't want to be photographed and I was trying to be a bit sneaky.   But it does not seem like they cared.