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Light to the Nations: January 18, 2007/ Tevet 28, 5767

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:07:11 +0200

Holy Temple Studies 16:
Measurements of the Altar, Part I
Chapter 2 of Maimonides' Beit HaBechira, (The Chosen House): An explanation of the height of the three sections of the altar, and the application of the system of measurements described in last week's show.

Controversal New Temple Mount Approach Ramp

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:56:12 +0200

The newly proposed ramp leading to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Temple Mount, which will replace the present, structurally damaged ramp, is criticized by archeologists.

Temple Talk: Tevet 25, 5767/January 15, 2007

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:05:54 +0200

A Heart of Justice

"Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the farthest end of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of G-d, unto Horeb. And the angel of HaShem appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.'"
Exodus 3:1-3)

This is the fifth "outing" of Moshe (Moses) that we are privy to. The first time we are told that Moshe "went out" (ibid 2:11), he sees the Egyptian hitting a fellow Hebrew, and seeking to impose justice, Moshe strikes the Egyptian, and kills him.
The following day, Moshe again sallies forth, this time to witness two Hebrews fighting. Moshe inquires as to their dispute, and is promptly rebuked for interfering: "'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?'" (ibid 2:14)

Moshe leaves Pharoah's palace a third and last time, after, having discovered what Moshe has done, Pharoah seeks to kill him. (ibid 2:15)

Having escaped to Midian, Moshe steps forth a fourth time: "Moses stood up and helped" the daughters of Yitro (Jethro), who were being harassed by the local shepherds. (ibid 2:17)

And now, Moshe is described leading the flock of Yitro. Yet this time he is confronted not by an Egyptian, nor by a Hebrew; not by Pharoah, and not by Midianite shepherds. This time he is met by G-d Himself, through the agency of an angel, in the form of the burning bush. Why did G-d choose this occasion to reveal Himself to Moshe? How was this moment different from the others described?

In each of Moshe's earlier outings, he is an active pursuer of justice. Whether fighting, interjecting, fleeing, or coming to someone's rescue, Moshe is intent upon achieving justice. This time is different: "And Moshe said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.'" (ibid 3:1-3) Rather than leaping forward to achieve a goal, Moshe is stepping back, turning aside. He has, for the moment, retreated from his activist role, and has become contemplative, introspective: "why [is] the bush... not burnt[?]'" (ibid 3:1-3) This affords G-d His opportunity. Yes, Moshe is a sincere and relentless pursuer of justice, but having been brought up in the house of Pharoah, he was imbued with the notion that justice itself emanates from his own perception of it. Now, for the first time, he is being granted an insight into the truth that justice, G-d's justice, is transcendent, and as unattached to the will of man, as the flame of the angel is unattached to the burning bush. The heart of Moshe, burning with the flame of G-d's justice, will not burn out and become extinguished. Having now witnessed the Divine source of his own inexhaustible pursuit of justice, Moshe is ready to be called upon to lead G-d's children.

Join Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven on this week's TEMPLE TALK, as they discuss Pharoah's attempt to annihilate the Jews, and the spiritual growth of Moshe Rabeinu - Moses our master - the one man who spoke "face to face" with G-d.

Google Spreads Arab Lies

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:56:12 +0200

Google Earth, the popular Google satellite software, features descriptions of Jewish sites in Israel, the Temple Mount among them, which are nothing more than Arab hate propaganda towards the nation of Israel and the G-d of Israel.

In-depth Study Series : Bereshith #3

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:39:58 +0200

For advanced learners:
Where do we begin to learn about creation? What knowledge are we allowed to pursue? What was created and what was revealed? A careful study of the very opening letters and words of the Hebrew text of Bereishit can unlock for us many secrets. Lesson #3 is now available online.

Parashat Hashavua: Shmot

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:43:57 +0200

Stay in touch with Torah: Listen each week to Rabbi Chaim Richman's two-minute teaching of parashat hashavua - the weekly Torah reading. This week: Shmot (Exodus 1:1-6:1)
Parashat Shmot is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 23, 5767/January 13, 2007

Closing in on the Temple Mount

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:56:12 +0200

Rediscovering The Holy Temple, Spade by Spade: A major section of the aqueduct which carried water to the Holy Temple has been uncovered by archeologists, adjacent to the Temple Mount. (two articles)

Light to the Nations: January 11, 2007/ Tevet 21, 5767

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:07:11 +0200

Holy Temple Studies 15:
The Names of the Altar
Chapter 2 of Maimonides' Beit HaBechira, (The Chosen House): An explanation of the five names of the altar, and an introduction of the biblical measuring system.

Temple Talk: Tevet 18, 5767/January 8, 2007

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:05:54 +0200

Revealing the End

"And Jacob called unto his sons, and said:
'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days."
(Genesis 49:1)

Jacob - Yaakov - gathers his children together, intending, through ruach hakodesh - Divine inspiration - to reveal to them "the end of days." Yet what follows is not a revelation of the end of days at all. Yaakov, in fact, proceeds to give each of his sons a blessing. What happened? Our sages teach us that Yaakov's ruach hakodesh left him, as G-d did not want the end of days revealed. We can accept that at face value, but still, it strikes us odd that Yaakov, who spent a lifetime serving G-d, should so casually overstep his bounds. Wouldn't he, of all people, know that "revealing the end of days" is a non-starter?

What, in fact, separates us from the end of days? Is it an expanse of time? Days, years, millennia? We are taught: "Repent one day before you die." (Chapters of the Fathers 2:10) At first glance, this is a very comforting teaching. We don't need to be accountable for our thoughts and actions: we will simply repent before we leave this world. On second glance, however, the challenge of this teaching becomes clear: No one knows the day of his death. Therefore we should regard every day as our last, at least in terms of our need to do teshuva - repent and draw nearer to G-d. Knowing that every day is the last day, the end of days, informs us that mending our ways, and clinging to G-d is an imperative.

When Yaakov announced to his children that he was about to reveal to each of them the end of days, and then proceeds to relate to each son, one after the other, his Divinely inspired insight into the very core of their spiritual nature, perhaps he was really asking them: Are you ready? Are you ready for the end of days? Are you where you ought to be? If you're still thinking in terms of tomorrow, then you will never be ready. Only when you come to realize that we're not waiting for the time to arrive, for the time has arrived. Time is waiting for us to put our inner house in order and seize the day. This is the secret of the end of days that Yaakov was revealing to his children, and this is his challenge to them: This is where you are today, but this is where you need to be - will you take the necessary steps - today!

And how did the children of Israel respond? Torah provides us with two answers. The written Torah concludes the book of Bereshith with the death of Yaakov, followed by the death of his sons and their generation. The next book of Torah, Shmot - Exodus - begins to tell the story of the enslavement of the children of Israel in Egypt. Torah is telling us that the challenge that Yaakov set out for his children will be met through the redemptive process of history.

The oral Torah, by way of a Midrash, furnishes us with another answer: "Yaakov Avinu assembled his sons before his death and wished to reveal to them the end of days, when suddenly the Shechina (divine presence) left him. Yaakov feared that perhaps one of his sons was unworthy. After all, Avraham bore an unworthy son, Yishmael, and Yitzchak bore Yaakov's brother Esau. Sensing their father's despair, the boys in unison declared, "Shema Yisrael, Hashem Elokenu Hashem Echad" - "Hear, O Israel - Hashem our G-d, Hashem is one!", announcing to Yaakov that they were all believers in the one G-d. Yaakov, overjoyed to hear this expression of his sons' conviction, responded by exclaiming, "Baruch Shem Kevod Malchuto Le'olam Va'ed" - "Blessed is the Name of the Glory of His Kingship, forever!"." (Pesachim 56:a) The Midrash is teaching us that the sons of Yaakov, by declaring the unity of G-d's name, were indeed worthy of the end of days.

So which answer is correct? They both are. By maintaining their faith in G-d they are answering Yaakov's question in the affirmative: Are you where you ought to be? Nevertheless, only through the fullness of time will that positive answer be ultimately realized. This same dynamic informs our basic understanding of the Holy Temple: Only by being completely ready and prepared to build the Holy Temple today, will we merit building it at the historically propitious moment.

Join Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven, as they discuss the final words of Yaakov avinu - our forefather Jacob, the enslavement of the Jews in Egypt, the towering figure of the Rambam, and more, on this week's TEMPLE TALK.

Parashat Hashavua: Vayechi

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:43:57 +0200

Stay in touch with Torah: Listen each week to Rabbi Chaim Richman's two-minute teaching of parashat hashavua - the weekly Torah reading. This week: Vayechi (Genesi 47:28-50:26)
Parashat Vayechi is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 16, 5767/January 6, 2007

Light to the Nations: January 4, 2007/ Tevet 14, 5767

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:07:11 +0200

Holy Temple Studies 13:
Insights into the Korbanot (Temple offerings) Part II

Before we proceed with the continuation of Chapter Two and details concerning the altar, we present an in-depth two part special dealing with spiritual insights and a novel approach to understanding the significance and inner meaning of the offerings that are brought to the altar in the Holy Temple.

Temple Talk: Tevet 11, 5767/January 1, 2007

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:05:54 +0200

The Language of Truth

"And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the translator was between them."
(Genesis 42:23)

Normally, we understand the use of a translator as being a means of clearly conveying a message spoken, (or written), in one language, into another. Yet ever since the confusion of tongues which G-d caused in order to confound the imperialistic machinations of the tyrant Nimrod, the megalomaniacal genius behind the building of the tower of Bavel, (Babylon), what is spoken in one language, is incomprehensible in another. The great sage Rashi, commenting on the "confusion of tongues" (Genesis 11:7), describes how one worker would ask for a new brick, another would hand him mortar, and yet a third would hit him over the head with a hammer. This wasn't a simple linguistic impasse which could be readily overcome by some hand gestures or facial expressions. A great gulf had been created between how peoples conceived of and described their worlds. To this day, we must concede that even the finest translation of words from one language to another is at best, a distant approximation. Imagine what must be lost when reading Hamlet in Chinese, or War and Peace in English.

Bearing all this in mind, one must question the motives of the Greek-Egyptian emperor Ptolemy, who, in the year 246 BCE, brought together 72 Torah sages, sent each one of them to his own separate chamber in order to work in total isolation, and ordered each one to translate the Torah from Hebrew to Greek. Was Ptolemy merely trying to fulfill the words of the prophet, by helping to spread the light of Torah to the nations? Or was he deliberately setting up a situation in which seventy two Torah sages would simultaneously produce seventy two different and conflicting translations, thereby confounding G-d's words, just as He had confounded the words of man so many generations before. So when the seventy two sages, through Divine inspiration. each produced the identical translation, it should have been a cause for great rejoicing. Yet the day that the translation was completed, the eighth of Tevet, was marked by the pious for many generations as a fast day. For even though the translation itself was Divinely inspired, the appearance in the world of the Torah exposed to the various cultural predilections of people, wise and great, perhaps, yet hostile to the divine truth of Torah, was, and remains, a great cause for trepidation. The Hebrew Torah, anchored in the very shapes and sounds of the Hebrew letters, is resilient, and ultimately repels all who would attempt to hijack its meaning for the sake of supporting their own intellectual or political agendas. But the Torah translated to a foreign tongue has been cut off from its source of Divine light, and is rendered vulnerable in the hands of the dissemblers.

Yosef - Joseph - also made use of a translator, not to convey truth, but as part of his ruse before his brothers. The mere presence of a translator led the brothers to assume that Yosef did not understand their Hebrew tongue: "And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the translator was between them." (Genesis 42:23) The very wording of the verse seems to imply that the translator himself was the cause of their deception. The verse serves to confirm that translations are not to be taken at face value. And no one better understood the importance of language than Yosef. After all, he was the captive slave that described himself to Pharaoh as being a Hebrew. Underlining this is Rashi's comment that the translator referred to in the above verse was none other than Yosef's son Menasheh. Yosef, who never lost the knowledge of his own true identity, made certain to teach his children the Hebrew tongue.

In this past week's Torah reading, Vayigash, Yosef finally does away with all pretenses, and reveals to his brothers that he is Yosef. The ensuing emotional scene of reunion provides that answer to the question that begs to be asked: If the Torah cannot be adequately translated, then how can we encourage all those who are not knowledgeable in Hebrew to study Torah and to attach themselves to the G-d of Israel? When Yosef revealed his identity to his brothers, the interpreter disappeared. When Yosef came clean, the brothers remained speechless. The ultimate unity of brothers in true light of Torah is not achieved through a mixing of tongues, but a unity of hearts.

Join Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven on this week's TEMPLE TALK, as they discuss the Torah reading of Vayigash, the three days of sorrow in the month of Tevet, and the enduring challenge of remaining true to the truth of Torah.

Parashat Hashavua: Vayigash

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:43:57 +0200

Stay in touch with Torah: Listen each week to Rabbi Chaim Richman's two-minute teaching of parashat hashavua - the weekly Torah reading. This week: Vayigash (Genesis 44:18 - 47:27)
Parashat Vayigash is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 9, 5767/December 30, 2006

Light to the Nations: December 28, 2006/ Tevet 7, 5767

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:07:11 +0200

Holy Temple Studies 13:
Insights into the Korbanot (Temple offerings) Part I

Before we proceed with the continuation of Chapter Two and details concerning the altar, we present an in-depth two part special dealing with spiritual insights and a novel approach to understanding the significance and inner meaning of the offerings that are brought to the altar in the Holy Temple.

Temple Talk: Kislev 27, 5767/December 17, 2006

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:05:54 +0200

"And Yaakov was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day."
(Genesis 32:25)

Rekindling the Menorah, Revealing Our Inner Lights

Each year we light the chanukiah, adding once candle each of the eight days of Chanukah. As the holiday progresses and the light intensifies, our spirits revive, our commitment to HaShem is renewed, and our windows of Torah perception are swung open, allowing us to deepen our our knowledge.

Our sages teach us that the source of the light of Chanukah is from the original supernal light of creation. This light, known as the ohr ganuz, was hidden away by G-d shortly after creation, and kept for the righteous to enjoy in the world to come. When we kindle the Chanukah lights, and enjoying their glow, as we are commanded to, we are re-seeing the world through enlightened eyes.

If we are re-seeing the world, then where have we seen the world in this light before? Again, our sages teach us that before we are born, while still in the womb, we are given access to this hidden light - this ohr ganuz - and, in fact, learn the entire Torah, down to its deepest depths, for the first nine months of our lives! Only upon leaving the womb and coming forth into the world, are we struck with "amnesia" and our profound Torah knowledge is lost to our conscious minds. We spend a lifetime relearning and rediscovering this Torah. We spend a lifetime of remembering and recalling the knowledge that has been within us from the start. We spend a lifetime returning to ourselves.

Being true to ourselves by rediscovering our Torah origins is a lifetime celebration, each day rekindling another flame, each day burning brighter as we draw ever closer to G-d. On Chanukah the life process is laid out before us as for eight days we celebrate the miracle of of the kindling of the light. May each of us shine yet brighter, as we each day increase our depth of Torah knowledge, rediscovering our original selves along the way.

Tune in to this week's TEMPLE TALK, as Rabbi Chaim Richman and his special guest, Yishai Fleisher, discuss the hidden light of Chanukah, the Torah reading of Miketz, and much more.

All New Online Feature: Mikdash Kids

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:08:00 +0200

We are pleased to announce the inauguration of an entirely new feature on our web site: Mikdash Kids - The Temple Institute's Spot for Kids on the Web, featuring puzzles and contests, kid-friendly articles, and places for kids to ask questions and also to express themselves on the web. All, of course, about the Holy Temple - Beit HaMikdash. We hope to see this section grow, both in content, and in popularity, over the coming weeks and months. And it's not just for kids. We urge all to pay a visit to Mikdash Kids.

Light to the Nations: December 14, 2006/ Kislev 23, 5767

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:07:11 +0200

A Two-part Chanukah Special: Part I: Inner Dimensions of Chanukah:

Spiritual insights into the battle against the Greeks, the light of the Menorah and the Holy Temple, fundamental principles of Jewish faith, and other secrets of Chanukah.

Temple Talk: Kislev 20, 5767/December 10, 2006

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:05:54 +0200

In Search of Our Brothers

One week ago we sent out an urgent news bulletin to all the subscribers on our list. The breaking news was that Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, the Founder and Head of The Temple Institute had been arrested and was being interrogated concerning an opinion of halacha - Jewish law - that he had expressed in response to a question posed by private citizens. The issue was of absolutely no concern to the Israel police, but the arrest and investigation were certainly part of a deliberate program of harassment directed toward all citizens who have dared to make known their objection to the government's "disengagement" expulsion of thousands of Jews from their homes and communities two summers ago. It does seem extraordinary that in this day and age, (the year 5767 - 2006), and with the nation of Israel being surrounded by enemies bent on her annihilation, the democratic government of Israel would find the time and desire to be involved in the suppression of free thought and Torah scholarship. What is even more remarkable is that this is transpiring on the background of the approaching Chanukah festival.

Chanukah, of course, commemorates the miracle of the sealed cruse of pure olive oil which contained enough oil to kindle the menorah for a single day, but which remained burning for eight full days. But Chanukah also commemorates the heroism and determination of an initially small number of Jews who refused to bow to the tyrant Antiochus and abandon the faith of their forefathers for the Hellenistic culture sweeping society at that time. Thankfully, that same spark of faith and resilient commitment to the Torah of Israel continues to burn in the hearts of not a few individuals today, both within the people of Israel, and without. The true face of the Jewish people is today a minority within the official Israeli establishment, which, steeped in its secular dogma and adherence to the politically-correct, continues to hold the G-d of Israel in contempt. But the Jewish people in the land of Israel, who have returned from their exile in the far-flung corners of the earth, remain steadfast and unshakable in their commitment to the teachings of the Torah and the future that G-d has laid out before us. And this is the true majority of the nation of Israel. Leaders of Rabbi Ariel's Torah stature and moral conviction are not great in number, but those whose thoughts and beliefs his words express, are many.

But the defenders of Torah against the Hellenizing detractors are not found just within the land of Israel, nor within the people of Israel alone. In our news bulletin of last week we also including a call to "all our friends and supporters, and all to whom the future of the Jewish nation in the land of Israel is dear to their hearts, to express your outrage. Please send a fax of protest to Public Security Minister Avi Dichter: 972-(0)2-530-8039." Your response was tremendous, both in the volume of faxed messages that the Israeli police did, indeed receive, even while Rabbi Ariel was still being interrogated, but, judging by sample messages that were also forwarded to us, also in the indignation and clarity of protest expressed in your words. The sudden surfeit of faxed messages received to the great astonishment and admonishment of the police, proved heartening to Rabbi Ariel, who was informed of the protest by the very police who were questioning him! The spirit of the Maccabees lives and flourishes today, and will continue to spread and take root. The day will certainly be not long in coming when today's Hellenizers will be routed once and for all, and the Holy Temple, spreading forth the pure light of the rekindled menorah, will be rebuilt.

The Torah parashot that we read each Shabbat during this season of Chanukah are imbued with special significance when seen in the light of the holiday. Like our forefather Yaakov, the Maccabees, and, indeed, we today, "have struggled with man and G-d, and have prevailed." (Genesis 32:29) But perhaps the greatest lesson to bear in mind is, that while our struggle today to remain true to the life and the promise of the Torah leads us at times to conflict with our own brethren, that of the following words spoken by Yosef, when he was sent by his father to join his brothers: "And he [Yosef] said: 'I seek my brothers. Tell me, I pray you, where they are feeding the flock.'" (ibid 37:16) Our history teaches us that only in unity and brotherly love will the Holy Temple again become the the dwelling-place of G-d and "a house of prayer for all nations." (Isaiah 57:6)

Join Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven on this week's TEMPLE TALK, as they discuss the Torah readings of Vayishlach and Vayeshev, the meeting between Simon the Just and Alexander the Great, the indomitable Maccabbees of yesterday and today, and much, much more.

Breaking News Bulletin: Kislev 17, 5767/ December 7, 2006

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:57:21 +0200

Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, founder and head of The Temple Institute was arrested by police this morning, (December 7), and taken into custody for investigation on the background of the outspoken stand the rabbi has taken against the government actions in regards to the "disengagement" of two summers ago, and those who actively participated in it. This outrageous abuse of Rabbi Ariel's basic right to express himself in accordance with his Torah beliefs is no more than the fruit of relentless political harassment against all citizens of the State of Israel who speak forthrightly against government policies directed toward the uprooting of Jews in the land of Israel. As of this writing, Rabbi Ariel is currently being questioned by police.
We encourage all our friends and supporters, and all to whom the future of the Jewish nation in the land of Israel is dear to their hearts, to express your outrage. Please send a fax of protest to Public Security Minister Avi Dichter: 972-(0)2-530-8039

Rabbi Ariel has since been released from police custody. We thank all those who have faxed the office of the Ministry of Public Security in Israel, and encourage others to continue to send faxes.

The Temple Institute is Pleased to Announce: Two New Projects in Progress

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:57:21 +0200

"Blessed are you, O L-rd, our G-d, King of the universe, who wrought miracles for our fathers, in those days, in this time."
(prayer recited each night, upon kindling the Chanukah candles)

In these days leading up to the celebration of Chanukah - the rededication of the Holy Temple in the days of the Maccabees, The Temple Institute is pleased to unveil two new exciting projects: the construction of a new, state-of-the-art kior - brass laver, and the building of King David's Lyre. To learn more about these two exciting projects, please click here. (PDF)

Photos from the Temple Mount

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:11:42 +0200

In October 2006, during the intermediary days of Sukkot - chol hamoed - over one thousand Jews ascended the Temple Mount, in strict accordance with Jewish halachic law. Hundreds went up each day, in groups of fifty or more. Even these modest numbers were great enough to "overwhelm" the police, plainsclothesmen, and Moslem Wakf stalkers, enabling the visitors to elude their watchful gaze, and offer up prayers on this the holiest spot on earth. View pictures.

The Holy Temple Calendar

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:46:12 +0200

A Year in the Light of the Holy Temple

In the time of the Holy Temple, the observance of the sacred seasons of G-d took on a dimension of meaning, the depth, the fullness, the power and the grandeur of which is simply not accessible in the Holy Temple's absence. With the intention of trying to convey a measure of understanding and appreciation for what it was like to live our lives, day by day, season by season, in the light of the Holy Temple, we present the latest of our study tools: The Holy Temple Calendar. Please see this online and highly interactive calendar.

Currently available: the months of Tishrei & Cheshvan

The Priestly Garments

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:46:10 +0300

Visit the latest addition to our Study Tools section, The Priestly Garments, in which the priestly garments for the High Priest, as well as the ordinary priests, are described in detail. This in-depth article is accompanied by many illustrations and photographs, some never before seen.

Beautiful New Close-up Photographs of the Me'il Techelet - The Blue Robe of the High Priest

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:05:56 +0300

Good friends have sent us photographs they took of the Me'il Techelet on its recent debut in The United States. Preview these pictures which will soon be included in a new online study of the Priestly Garments of the High Priest and the Ordinary Priests.

Temple Institute Founder Rabbi Yisrael Ariel Meets with The Admor of Machnubka

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:54:26 +0300

Just days before Passover Rabbi Yisrael Ariel met with The Admor of Machnubka, in the Admor's chambers. Pictures & text within.

Online Tour of The Temple Mount

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:09:31 +0200

Exclusive Video Footage Taken This Past Summer From The Temple Mount

In August, 2005, the latter half of the month of Av, Rabbi Chaim Richman, accompanied by several friends, ascended the Temple Mount. This visit was documented on camera. In this classic visit to the Mount, in strict accordance with Jewish halachic law, Rabbi Richman takes the viewer on a complete tour of the holiest site on earth. You will learn the history of the Mount and where the Sanctuary and its courtyards were located, and you will also see stark evidence of the illegal Moslem destruction on the Mount presently taking place. You will witness the difficulties experienced by all Jews who visit the Temple Mount today. You will stand literally meters away from where the Holy of Holies once stood and will stand again. Footage of this nature has never before been presented for public viewing. Now it can be viewed online.