הרובע ההרודיאני - The Wohl Archaeological Museum — Attraction in Jerusalem

This is from Israel's most impactful sites and it is currently being conserved with help from the Samis Foundation and others, with Israel Museum and Israel Antiquities Authority conservators, with audiovisuals being installed, slated to re-open by March 2023. I have given over 2000 tours there in the course of about 40 years so trust me - do not miss it- you are actually walking through a neighborhood from over 1950 years ago when the Second Temple was standing. You see the lifestyle of purity with ritual baths and stoneware which is impervious to ritual defilement. You see and feel the grandeur that was. Jews must make the blessing of "Baruch Dayan Haemet" Blessed be the True Judge, with or without God's Name, over seeing this beauty destroyed (see OH 224:10). When an Alitalia flight captain exclaimed, "Who destroyed such beauty!?!", I said, "The Romans"– and the crew apologized.Literally enter the world of Second Temple period Jerusalem before the Roman destruction of 68 CE. The lifestyle of elegance and of ritual purity fused together becomes clear as you walk through home after home. There is a brief glimpse at First Temple period remains in the first hallway's display cases. Allow 40 minutes. ...

Fantastic. When I saw the sign for an archeological museum, I figured it would be an array of potsherds, like I've seen before, even in the Tupperware Museum, But the stairs lead down to a residential neighborhood, probably lived in by Kohamim, Temple priests, who wanted to live close to their job. Because they went to the Temple every day, they needed to immerse in a mikvah every day, and some or all had their own mikvah, built to the same dimensions still used today.

I wasn't looking for it, so I found it, but you may have to ask someone for directions. It's just a block east of Churba Square and the Churba Synagogue on the less busy street. You can see it in 15 minutes, or you can spend an hour, imagining you're on your way to visit friends.

Edit: It's been enlarged by further digging since I first saw it so add...

We visited our Holy Land, The State of Israel, during a journey of faith, visiting rather important historical places.

The Wohl Archeological Museum is not to be missed...

Located in the Jewish Quarter, 1 of the 4 quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem.

The 116,000 Sq. meter area lies in the SE sector of the walled city, stretching from the Zion Gate in the S, along the Armenian Quarter on the W, up to the Street of the Chain in the N & extends to the Western Wall & Temple Mount in the E. It is inhabited by 2,000 residents, home to yeshivas & synagogues, most notably the...