A House of Prayer For All People?

A House of Prayer For All People?

MY RESPONSE:

It boils down to respect for HaShem and respect for one's fellow creatures, because HaShem is the ALL within the ALL of the Creation.

Why wear a mini-skirt or a bikini whilst walking down the streets of the Mea Sharim neighborhood of Jerusalem? To show everyone the beauty of HaShem's Creation? Give me a break....

People tend to do things just to tick other people off and not because they're standing up for some professed principle or some just cause. If HaShem wants to ruffle feathers, then let HIM do the ruffling!

Want to truly worship HaShem? Then turn to HaKodesh Baruch Hu and respect His Guardians! Do a mitzvah and repair your soul and the world! Perform a genuine act of loving-kindness! Joyfully and secretly donate to a charity that doesn't spend 90% on overhead costs. How hard is that?

No, I'm not a Jew, so just let me comment on the non-Jewish followers of JC.

Save for a relative few, the vast majority believe that the man is HaShem Himself or that he's part of some incomprehensible 3-in-1 Deity combo-pack.

If such people are going to the Kotel to worship JC, then they might just as well be praying to any number of pagan deities. In short, their avodah zarah should be eschewed and done in their own "sacred space."

As for Jews who believe in either of the aforementioned versions of JC, I don't understand them and never will - may their fellow Jews educate them away from such avodah zarah.

Bottom line? Jew or Gentile, man or woman, if you're going to the Kotel or any other place that's been sanctified for the service of OUR Heavenly Father, HaKodesh Baruch Hu, then follow the customs and instructions and even the strict measures of the Guardians of that place. How hard is that?

Recommended Reading:

Secrets of the Future Temple - Mishkney Elyon (Dwellings of the Supreme) by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto as translated by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum