Our Sages expound the word ‘Saying’ in the first pasuk in several ways, feeling that it is superfluous, as immediately after it - in the second pasuk - the Torah again says:’Speak to Bnei Israel, and say to them.’
Why did the Israelites connect the Red Sea with the Temple?
How and when was the site of the Holy Temple finally revealed?
The service in the Beit Hamikdash is the prototype of all the mitzvot.
There have been countless artistic representations of the Beit Hamikdash since its destruction, but what did it really look like?
Join Rabbi Avi Berman, Director of OU Israel, for a special feature in honor of Tisha B’Av.
Israel's first Chief Rabbi:'The nation as a whole needs God’s house standing...every detail declaring awe and reverence for God.'
An email advertisement is the shock that motivated the writer to ask readers to think again about what they are being enticed to do.Op-ed.
Young religious Zionist scholars on the Holy Land in the parasha and in our prayers.
Let's put the real meaning back into Hanukkah. Op-ed.
How is it that there are such vengeful verses in the Book of Psalms?
When you rejoice before Hashem, you must rejoice with those who are needy and dependent.
Napoleon:'If the Jews are still crying after so many hundreds of years, I am certain the Temple will one day be rebuilt.' And it will be.
The Kotel is just a small fraction of the Beit Hamikdash just as those in crisis have oceans of hurt beneath the surface. Help them. Op-ed.
Mourning and yearning for the house built for His people and eventually for the world.
How a well-intentioned organization became an infamous bloc of nations that blames Israel for all the world's ills.
The symbolism of the well in Chukat and the tent of Bilaam's prophecy complement one another in Jewish life.
There are levels of dedication to Am Yisrael that only Moshe reached. His hitting the rock, say these commentators, is an example.
Young Rel. Zionist scholars: When Am Yisrael reaches perfection by developing its Land and building the Temple, G-d’s Name is complete.
Young religious Zionist Torah scholars explain:They were the same on the surface, except for one crucial concept.
Young Israelii Relgious Zionist Torah scholars write on Eretz Yisrael, Am Yisrael and Torah Yisrael in the spirit of HaRav Kook.
If you stand in front of a mirror.you see the human structure. A closer look reveals that you are a miniature Beit Hamikdash.
The Jewish people are commanded in the Torah to build the Beit Hamikdash, not to strengthen the Dome of the Rock.
When the Holy Temple was destroyed, the loss was of a whole way of life.
Temple Institute releases video challenging belief that Jewish law mandates Third Temple must be built by Moshiach (Messiah).
Special annual Temple Mount Awareness Day broadcast carried live here for 3 hours from 6:00 p.m. Israel time.
