ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT:
ASCENDING THE TEMPLE MOUNT ON THE 855TH ANNIVERSARY OF RAMBAM'S HISTORIC ASCENT
Today I ascended the Temple Mount to mark the 855th anniversary of the Rambam's (Maimonides) historic ascent to the Temple Mount on the 6th of Marcheshvan, where he prayed, in "the great and holy house." The Rambam's personal ascent to the Mount plus his teachings concerning the proper way to ascend the Temple Mount for the purpose of performing the positive commandment of Mora Mikdash (giving honor to G-d in the place of the Holy Temple) are of crucial importance to this day, as more and more Jews are following the Rambam's footsteps and ascending the Temple Mount in purity.
TEMPLE TALK RADIO: CHANUKAH - FIGHTING FOR TRUTH AND AGAINST A GLOBAL MONO-SOCIETY
"IT IS MY BROTHERS THAT I SEEK" - CREATING BROTHERLY LOVE WHERE THERE WAS NONE
THE MACCABEAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS - FANATIC EXTREMISTS BY TODAY'S PC STANDARDS
This Shabbat we read about Yosef looking for his brothers, but when Chanukah begins Thursday evening, we will be thinking about the kohen Matityahu and his sons who were looking to rescue Truth, Torah and the children of Israel from the evil grip of the mega globalist Antiochus, who sought to tear out Torah consciousness from the very fabric of our earthly existence. The fight to worship G-d as our truth guides us is a battle raging throughout the world today!
POSITIVITY & THE HOLY TEMPLE: 8 DAYS CHANUKAH: WHY?
Why do we celebrate Chanukah for eight days? Because of the miracle of the single cruse of pure olive oil which burned for eight whole days, of course! But there may be another reason why we celebrate Chanukah for eight days. That is how long it took for the Maccabean kohanim (priests) to rid the Temple of the Greek idolatries, to purify the Temple and to reconstruct the vessels stolen by the Greek occupiers.
mizbeach (מזבח) altar
WEEKLY TORAH STUDY: VAYESHEV
"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances." Thus said William Shakespeare. Albeit far from a traditional Torah commentator, these words describe perfectly the drama being recounted in parashat Vayeshev. G-d, in order to fulfill His own word to Avraham, had to get the sons of Yaakov down into Egypt by hook or by crook. While every actor in this plot employs their free will, making their own decisions and bearing the consequences, G-d, the Master Director, is relentlessly moving things along to His preordained conclusion.
Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1 - 40:23)
Parashat Vayeshev is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 26, 5781/December 12, 2020
THE WATER LIBATION REENACTMENT: A PHOTO-RETROSPECTIVE
For the past 12 years the Temple Institute, in cooperation with other Temple organizations, has been conducting a Water Libation Ceremony reenactment during the week of Sukkot. The reenactment, which attracts 100s of participants, begins with a march down to the Shiloach spring in the heart of the City of David. There, kohanim draw pure waters from the Shiloach spring, which they carry in a silver flask back to Jerusalem’s Old City, outside the Temple Mount. On a model altar the kohanim reenact the Nisuch HaMayim - Water Libation Ceremony - which took place each day of Sukkot on the great stone altar which stood in the Temple Courtyard.
This year, due to Covid 19, we are not able to conduct the reenactment. The following photos, taken in past years, will have to hold us over until next year, when, G-d willing, we will be performing the real Water Libation Ceremony, in the rebuilt Holy Temple!
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