873 CE
Jewish Pilgrim Amitai ben Shefatya
Cited in his book, "The Story of Jerusalem", Beno Rothenberg mentions the yearnings of Amitai ben Shefatya, a Jewish Pilgrim from Italy, after visiting Jerusalem in the year 873 CE.
He wrote:
I shall pray to G-d and remind Him
Having seen every city standing on its foundations
While the City of G-d lay humble unto the nether depths.
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Amitai ben Shefatya was a Jewish Pilgrim from Italy, who after visiting Jerusalem, wrote of his yearnings for the city:
I shall pray to God and remind Him
Having seen every city standing on its foundations
While the City of God lay humble unto the nether depths.
Source: Rothenberg, Beno. The Story of Jerusalem, 1967.
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