Podcast: Meir Soloveichik on Jerusalem’s Enduring Symbols

Jerusalem is perhaps the most interesting and spiritually important city in the world. For the Jewish people, it is the most treasured city in their long history. It is mentioned over 600 times in the Hebrew Bible; every time a Jew prays he or she faces Jerusalem; at the end of every Passover seder, Jews sing out l’shanah haba’ah bi-Yrushaliym, “next year in Jerusalem.”