Warren's Gate

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Temple Mount cistern No. 30, actually an ancient entrance into the Temple platform known as "Warren's gate", lies about 150 feet into the Western Wall Tunnel. This sealed off entrance has been turned into a small synagogue by Rabbi Yehuda Getz since it is the closest point a Jew can get to the temple assuming the temples were located at the traditional site, under the Dome of the Rock.

Warren's gate, with its vaulted 18 foot tunnel behind, has been walled on at the Rabbinical tunnel face. It seems an underground dispute broke out a few years ago between Jewish explorers inside Warren's gate, and Arab guards who came down to meet them through surface cistern entries. A small underground riot ensued which was only stopped when the Jerusalem police came in to restore the fragile peace of the temple mount. It's assumed that this gate is the gate through which the Jewish Temple priests set out in order to immerse themselves on their way to the Holy of Holies.