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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 is only the half of the
Tetragrammaton)!