Exhibit 16a- The Portico. In the BaisHaMikdash, surrounding the inner wall of HarHaBayis,
and surrounding the inside and outside walls of the "Azarah"
courtyard, was a roofed colonnade, called a portico or stoa. The
roof was made of wood and it was this roof that was first set afire during
the "churban." Later invaders rebuilt the portico
