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The Passover offering in the days of the Holy Temple.
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News and updates about Temple Talk
Man & Beast: Time, space & transcendence
Trying to wrap our brains around the breadth and beauty of the Temple offerings.
All together now: Build for me a sanctuary!
Making a house for G-d with wisdom, with insight, and with knowledge.
The Red Heifer, Purity & Passover
Tablets engraved by the finger of G-d and a man-made disaster called the Golden Calf.
Putting our faith to the test on Purim
Do the clothes make the man or does the man make the clothes?
Why does G-d need man to make for Him a home in the world?
The great privilege and responsibility of making a place for G-d in our lives.
This is how the basis for the Israeli nation was built
Why civil law is the first thing G-d teaches Moshe at Sinai.
G-d proposes a long-term relationship with Israel
The unifying joy of Yitro at the oneness of G-d.
When Israel takes its first baby steps as a nation
An important lesson in how to understand making a livelihood and trusting in Hashem.
The keys for Israel's future
The self-inflicted folly of Pharaoh, the king of ancient Egypt, and the connection to our reality.
True leader - the right man for the job
A leading leader never looks back and never gives up. This is how Moshe Rabbeinu behaved.
The midwives who gave birth to a nation
From the Nile to the burning bush and back again: Loving brothers of one another.
The European Union is killing Jewish life in Europe
Europe's ancient hatred of the Jews takes a new twist as the EU bans kosher slaughter.
Taking the oath of being our brother's keeper
What does mutual responsibility for one another's well being mean today in Israel?
Take in the great light of Hanukkah & share it with the world
Zot Hanukkah - Lighting up the night.
Fighting for truth and against a global mono-society
"It is my brothers that I seek": Creating brotherly love where there was none.
Preparing for war, reconciliation and praying to G-d
Wrestling with an angel: Yaakov all alone and the hidden lights of Hanukkah.
Deep in love and searching for unique qualities
From birthrights to blessings: Who wants them and who deserves them?
The Middle East legacy of President Trump
Plus the holiday of Sigd - a sign that the Temple will soon be rebuilt?
America chose a President? in G-d we trust
A friendship built on unfaltering trust, relentless faith & pure love.
An exciting time to be on the Temple Mount
The game changer in G-d's world.
Are we our brother's keepers? A question for the ages
Noach, righteous & pure, built an ark and built an altar.
The reason for creation that science will never know
Man is G-d's chosen partner to share the blessing of creation.
No time to sleep on the busiest holiday of the year
Concluding and starting all over again on Simchat Torah.
Our slate wiped clean and way beyond time
Transitioning from Yom Kippur to the joy of Sukkot, despite the coronavirus.
A new dawn awaits us on the Temple Mount
Countdown to the birth of man & the opportunity for renewal.
Rosh Hashanah is the annual spiritual reboot
The primordial of the Shofar: Standing upright before G-d, our King & creator.
Facing life's challenges with gratitude and joy
The Holy Temple, Rosh Hashanah, and the chance to replant ourselves in the Garden of Eden.
Conquering our inner foes and freeing our spirits
Fighting Amalek to the end of days.
Justice & Jewish rights on the Temple Mount
Israel shakes hands with the United Arab Emirates.
God looks at us as His children
Seeing eye-to-eye with G-d in His chosen place: We are the children of HaShem.
What a great day for rebuilding the Holy Temple
Every commandment, just like every soul, is important to HaShem.
Is our heart into mourning, or is our heart into building?
Truth, love and peace are the gifts of the Holy Temple for all mankind.
Time to focus on & build the Holy Temple
The message of the month of Av: Our potential for good.
Focusing on the Holy Temple and getting ready to rebuild
The peril of lingering outside the Land of Israel
Societal meltdown and the need for a shake up call
Finding the right man, in the right place at the right time.
Modesty & respect are a nation's true first line of defense
Heathen prophet, gun for hire, and the origin of the anti-Israel crowd.
Exploring the mystery of the Red Heifer
What can we learn from the Red Heifer about life and death, and our place in God's world?
How evil talk corrodes one's own being
Swinging wildly from a lack of nerve to a whole lotta nerve.
When the deadly pandemic hit the people of Israel
From grapes to grasshoppers: What the 12 Spies saw.
As Jews ascend to Temple Mount, America descends into chaos
Israel begins its journey to the Promised Land: What became of Jethro, Moshe's father-in-law, and who are his children today?
Jerusalem of Gold and the unmitigated nerve of Israel's Judges
What did the olim on Operation Solomon know that our judges ignore?
Longing to return to the Temple Mount
53 years since the liberation and reunification of Jerusalem.
The strength of the Land of Israel against the coronavirus
The living, breathing land of Israel is part of serving G-d and bringing His presence into our world.
The uniqueness of the Jew: When bigotry becomes positive
The additional responsibilities of being Kohanim to a nation tasked with holiness.
How do we need to behave in order to make the land our own?
From Zikaron to Atzmaut - Days of Remembrance & Celebration.
The art of memory: Knowing where we came from and where we go
What goes in is what comes out: Life lessons from the heart of Leviticus.
Passover in the time of coronavirus: Stay behind closed doors
Jerusalem's pre-Passover hustle & bustle hushed as we wage war against coronavirus.
Coronavirus: An opportunity for reflection and a new beginning
The first and finest month of Nisan: The best is yet to come.
Is there a message behind the coronavirus pandemic?
Coronavirus and the need to bring HaShem into our world.
The art of Purim: Being intoxicated on G-d's presence
From the copper laver to the golden calf: A cosmic disconnect.
Election Day in Israel and remembering Amalek
The essential ingredients of brotherhood and unity in building a Tabernacle.
Build for me a sanctuary: The sweetest words ever spoken
An offering from every person whose heart inspires him to generosity.
Tsunami of commandments: how to connect to G-d?
A vision at the foot of Mount Sinai: Eat, drink, and be humble.
The deal of eternity of the Jewish nation
Making it to Sinai, united in heart, ready and willing to hear and do G-d's word.
What does the Deal of the Century mean to the eternal people?
Crossing the Sea of Reeds, yesterday and today.
How is the Exodus from Egypt an experience for all generations?
Life lessons of the Egyptian exile and exodus for our time.
The roots of Auschwitz in the killing fields of Pharaoh’s Egypt
The Ten Plagues and G-d’s message to the world: Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
Egypt, Brooklyn, and understanding the Jewish experience
Exiles past and present: Time to remember the Holy Temple.
Anti-Semitism: The historical template of Exile and Redemption
Joseph’s reunion with Benjamin: Gazing into the future.
