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Must one tear his clothing when he visits Har Habayit?

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Must one tear his clothing when he visits Har Habayit?

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According to Jewish Law, one who sees the cities of Judea in their destruction is obligated to tear when those cities are under the rule of other nations (even if Jews live there). Most poskim say that now, even though there is Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem, one is obligated to tear, since as long as we can’t eat kodshim kalim and maaser sheni there, it’s still considered “in its destruction” (see Sefer Har Hakodesh pp. 25-6). Seeing Jerusalem begins from the surrounding hills, and includes any area from which you can see Jerusalem well (accroding to the Baalei Tosafot). And when you see the area where the Temple stood, you should tear again, such that each tear is greater than a tefach (about 4 inches). All this only applies if you haven’t seen the place in 30 days. The Radvaz rules (chelek 2 siman 646) than one who lives in Jerusalem and has not seen Har Habayit in 30 days must tear; although, in the “Birkei Yosef” (Orach Chaim siman 561), it says that among the inhabitants of J

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