From our correspondent in Jerusalem
the key date to the crusader period. She was entrusted to his family by the egyptian sultan al-Salih Ayyub in 1244. As long as heavy, the piece of bronze has the shape of an arrow with its tip a ring. The sesame, opens every morning from 4 am and closes every evening on the shots of 19 hours, the holy of holies of christianity. Adeeb Joudeh is the keeper of the keys of the Holy Sepulchre, which houses the site of the crucifixion and the alleged tomb of Jesus Christ. An honour that he shares with Wajeeh Nuseibeh, the man in charge of lock the large door in the wood of the building. In this universe codified, where each detail has its importance, Adeeb Joudeh does not fail to notice that the ritual governing for centuries the relations between the two muslim families in charge of the keys and the door of the Holy Sepulchre has been amended in 1967. “Before, a member of the family Nuseibeh came to find the key to the home of my grandfather. Now, it is …
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