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The Tadi Gate
The
northern gate, one of the five gates of the Temple Mount. This gate did not serve as an entrance or exit for the pilgrims. It was used exclusively by priests who had become impure and therefore it was situated in the north, next to the Place of the Hearth and
the Priests' Immersion Chamber. From there the priests would exit through a special tunnel directly to this
gate, (alternate view). There are those who claim
that the name is not Tadi but tari, which indicates the gate's special lintel built from two stones, one leaning on the other, together
forming a triangle - "tri" in Greek. (Source : Tractate Midot 2:3).
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