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How is the rock beneath the Dome of the Rock connected to the Jewish Foundation Stone tradition?

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The rock located beneath the Dome of the Rock is identified by Jewish tradition as the Foundation Stone, a site of profound religious significance. According to this tradition, the world was created from this stone, and it is believed to be the location upon which the Temple of Jerusalem was built.12

Historical accounts, such as a 4th-century description by the Christian Pilgrim of Bordeaux, refer to a "pierced stone" on the Temple Mount that Jews visited annually in lament, which is widely considered a reference to this same Foundation Stone. Because the Dome of the Rock was constructed over this stone during the Umayyad dynasty, the shrine and the rock it protects remain central to the complex history and religious identity of the site for both Jews and Muslims.21