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 Today
is Yom Yerushalayim where we celebrate the unification of Jerusalem and the
miracles of the Six Day War. Following the War of Independence in 1948 when the
Arab countries surrounding Israel rejected the partition plan and sought to
annihilate the 600,000 Jewish residents of the new State, the Jewish people won
a resounding victory, but Jordan took possession of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Those who had been living in the Old City, lost their homes. Synagogues and
Yeshivot were destroyed and the area around the Wall was stripped of Jews who
had been living there for decades and centuries. We could no longer worship at
the Kotel.  

19
years later the voice of Motta Gur, commander of the paratrooper’s brigade,
rings in our ears and we can all hear his historical announcement: “Har Ha-bayit
be-yadeinu!” “The Temple Mount is in our hands!” ... It is this we celebrate
with Hallel and praise for Hashem’s miracles.  

We
read each day in the Amida:  

תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּתוֹךְ יְרוּשָׁלַֽיִם עִֽירְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר
דִּבַּֽרְתָּ, וְכִסֵּא דָוִד עַבְדְּךָ מְהֵרָה בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּכִין, וּבְנֵה
אוֹתָהּ בִּנְיַן עוֹלָם בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵֽינוּ 

Dwell
within Jerusalem Your city, as You spoke about, & the throne of David, Your
servant, speedily prepare it within it, & build it an eternal structure
speedily in our days. 

We
mention the throne of David. Some compare the throne below with the throne
above and just as we long for the throne below to be re-established, we realize
that in some ways, the throne above is not whole.  

We
read each Friday morning, Friday afternoon, evening and Shabbat:  

נָכ֣וֹן כִּסְאֲךָ֣ מֵאָ֑ז מֵעוֹלָ֣ם אָֽתָּה׃ 

Your
throne stands firm from of old; from eternity You have existed. Again the
throne!  

When
Amalek attacks Benai Yisrael after leaving Egypt, Moshe sends Joshua to fight
them. It is there we are commanded never to forget what Amalek does and Moses
builds an alter and says  

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־יָד֙ עַל־כֵּ֣ס כַּהּ מִלְחָמָ֥ה לַהֹ’
בַּֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק מִדֹּ֖ר דֹּֽר׃ 

He
said, “It means, ‘Hand upon the throne of Hashem, Hashem will be at war with
Amalek throughout the ages.” 

Rashi
asks: And what is the force of כס —
why does it not say as usual (throne or
chair) כסא? And the Divine Name, also, is divided into
half (Kah