5th Annual TEMPLE MOUNT AWARENESS day video

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Shalom, Shavuah Tov,

I hope everyone has had a good Shabbat, and a relaxing weekend...

Last Sunday I spent the entire day watching, and participating, in the 5th Annual Temple Mount Awareness day event. It was a 4 1/2 hour program put on by the Temple Institute, and its English spokesman Rabbi Chaim Richman.

I am a supporter of the Temple Institute and I was so happy today over Shabbat lunch that one of our congregation just returned from Eretz Yisrael and he mentioned (without my asking him) that he visited the Temple Institutes center in Jerusalem. The Temple Institute is a noble organization, creating media, videos, and radio programs expanding the Jewish peoples awareness of the centrality of the Holy Temple to the Jewish faith (along with the Moshiach, but not specifically relating to the Moshiach).

While in the chatroom during the event I had the pleasure and honor of chatting with Rabbi Richman, and several other great figures who I also respect... When some of the other people in the chatroom started asking about why the Temple Institutes representation of the Temple was not Ezekiels Temple, and had more elements from Solomons Temple I suggested (correctly I may add) that it was because the Temple of Ezekiels vision was the Temple we call the 'Temple which will descend from heaven'... While Solomons Temple was built by the labor of the Jewish people... The Rabbi pointed out that the 'Temple from Heaven' is not the Jewish belief, and Ezekiels vision is only one way (of many) that the Temple can be restored.

The entire broadcast has now been posted on YouTube...

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GABRIEL BARKAY IS ONE OF ISRAEL'S SENIOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS, and currently an external lecturer at Bar Ilan University. In 2005, together with archaeologist Zachi Zweig, Barkay established the Temple Mount Sifting Project, dedicated to recovering archaeological artifacts from 400 truckloads of earth illegally removed from the Temple Mount by the Waqf during 1996 - 2001. Prof. Barkay is also a member of the Committee for the Prevention of the Destruction of Antiquities. He is one of Israel's foremost experts on the archaeology and history of the Temple Mount.

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ZVIA SAVIR IS A MEMBER OF WOMEN FOR THE HOLY TEMPLE & THE TEMPLE MOUNT, an organization of Torah-observant women which encourages and organizes women and children to ascend the Temple Mount in accordance with Jewish law. In addition, the Women for the Holy Temple conducts seminars and workshops throughout Israel, teaching about the Holy Temple with an emphasis on the historical and spiritual role of women in the Holy Temple and in the struggle and preparation for its rebuilding, and the renewal of the Divine service.

PS: You have to see Yitzak Rueven dressed in the Holy Koheins garments toward the end of this video! It is incredible..

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YALE AND HARVARD-TRAINED HISTORIAN JEFFREY WOOLF IS A SENIOR LECTURER AT BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY. Among his fields of expertise is the history of the unbroken Jewish connection to the Temple Mount throughout 2000 years of exile.

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Here is the interview with MK Moshe Feiglen on the topic of Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount..



ONE YEAR INTO HIS FIRST TERM AS KNESSET MEMBER, KNESSET DEPUTY SPEAKER MOSHE FEIGLIN is shaking up the Israel establishment and the entire Muslim Middle East with his steadfast and principled insistence on Israeli sovereignty on the Temple Mount.

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This guy is another Jewish hero who is an activist for Jewish rights on the Temple Mount. He has been arrested for praying as a Jew on the mount, and has fought in court against his being banned.

I chatted with Aryeh in the chatroom during the rebroadcast...



AMERICAN IMMIGRANT ARYEH SONENBERG IS A TEMPLE MOUNT ACTIVIST WHO HAS PLACED HIMSELF ON THE FRONT LINE in the struggle for the Jewish right of freedom of access and prayer on the Temple Mount. At great personal sacrifice, Aryeh has taken an uncompromising stand for justice.

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Rabbi Richman takes us on a tour of the Temple Mount, making sure to steer clear of areas he is not allowed to enter.



RABBI CHAIM RICHMAN takes us on an exciting and enlightening visit to the Temple Mount, the holiest place in the world. An unforgettable experience!

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DEAR FRIENDS OF THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE inspire us with their passion.

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I really like this musician, Yitzak Meir Malek, for his simple but heartfelt style...



YITZCHOK MEIR MALEK IS A YOUNG SINGER-SONGWRITER who captures the spirit of our generation’s quest for unity and the rebuilding of the Temple. Yitzchok is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Jewish Unity Project, whose stated goal is to "unify the diverse Nation of Israel through interactive concerts with the goal of rebuilding the House of Prayer for all Nations."

"Through interactive concerts, the Jewish Unity Project brings together tens of thousands of IDF soldiers, busloads of Taglit birthrighters and has toured over a dozen schools abroad."

Yitzchok's passion for the Holy Temple comes through loud and clear in his performance for this year's Temple Mount Awareness Day.

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The Temple Institutes visitor center in Jerusalem is a great destination to visit. They are preparing the vessels and garments for when the Temple service is re-instituted.



A BEAUTIFUL GLIMPSE INTO THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE'S NEWLY OPENED HOLY TEMPLE VISITORS CENTER in Jerusalem, opened to the public a little less than one year ago. Already 70,000 guests from all over the world have been inspired and amazed!

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It is awesome how the issue of the Temple is returning to the Jewish conscience, and with the help of Hashem and others like Rabbi Richman and media people like Arnon Segal, we just may be in the generation which sees it rebuilt.



ARNON SEGAL IS THE EDITOR AND WRITER OF DAF HABAYIT - THE HOLY TEMPLE PAGE - a weekly feature which appears each Friday in the first section of Makor Rishon, one of Israel's most respected Hebrew language newspapers. This weekly feature includes current news of the Temple Mount, research, and history, and reports regularly on current efforts on behalf of Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount and toward the building of the Holy Temple. Arnon has helped to place the Temple Mount and the Holy Temple back into the national consciousness and dialogue. His work has influenced other journalists to take note and begin reporting on the Temple Mount, creating a revolution in Israeli consciousness. Arnon's work is an important parallel to the Temple Institute's successful efforts to place the Temple Mount and the Holy Temple on the "agenda" of major international print and electronic media throughout the world.

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Here is a touching video produced by the Temple Institute for Tish B'Av (one of the most sad days we mourn the destruction of the Temple)...

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And the equally touching 'The Children Are Ready', the original...