Holy of Holies

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concept in Judaism religious site sacred chamber

The Holy of Holies was the innermost and most sacred chamber of the ancient Jewish Temple, believed to be the earthly dwelling place of God's presence and entered only by the High Priest once a year on Yom Kippur.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Holy of Holies (Temple) in Christian tradition	1
Kodesh HaKodashim	1
“The Holy of Holies”	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concept in Judaism ⓘ religious site ⓘ sacred chamber ⓘ
accessRestrictedTo	High Priest ⓘ
associatedConcept	Shekhinah ⓘ
associatedLawCode	Holiness code ⓘ Priestly code ⓘ
associatedRitual	Yom Kippur incense offering ⓘ sprinkling of sacrificial blood ⓘ
biblicalLanguageName	Holy of Holies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kodesh HaKodashim
containedObject	Ark of the Covenant ⓘ cherubim over the Ark ⓘ mercy seat ⓘ
currentPhysicalStatus	no longer standing ⓘ
describedIn	1 Kings ⓘ surface form: Book of 1 Kings 2 Chronicles ⓘ surface form: Book of 2 Chronicles Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
destroyedWith	First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: First Temple Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Second Temple
entryFrequency	once a year ⓘ
entryOccasion	Yom Kippur ⓘ
entryProhibition	forbidden to all except High Priest on Yom Kippur ⓘ
firstTempleDestructionDate	586 BCE ⓘ
holinessRank	highest degree of holiness in Jewish law ⓘ most sacred place in the Temple ⓘ
influencedConcept	Christian idea of sanctuary ⓘ metaphor for ultimate holiness ⓘ
language	English name ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ surface form: Land of Israel Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
partOf	Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Second Temple Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Temple of Solomon
positionInTemple	innermost chamber ⓘ
primaryFunction	housing the Ark of the Covenant (First Temple period) ⓘ
relativeLocation	west end of the Temple ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousSignificance	earthly dwelling place of God's presence ⓘ
ritualFunction	place of atonement ⓘ
secondTempleDestructionDate	70 CE ⓘ
separatedBy	veil ⓘ
separatedFrom	Holy Place ⓘ
statusInSecondTemple	stood empty of Ark of the Covenant ⓘ
symbolism	God's kingship and covenant with Israel ⓘ separation between divine and human ⓘ
traditionalSiteNear	Foundation Stone ⓘ Temple Mount ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple → associatedPlace → Holy of Holies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy of Holies (Temple) in Christian tradition

Holy of Holies → biblicalLanguageName → Holy of Holies self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kodesh HaKodashim

Jewish Temple → hasPart → Holy of Holies ⓘ

Ark of the Covenant → locatedIn → Holy of Holies ⓘ

Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → translationOfName → Holy of Holies ⓘ

this entity surface form: “The Holy of Holies”