Parshat Terumah

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Detailed instructions for building the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, the menorah, and the altar. Exodus 25:1-27:19.

God Builds The Heavenly Temple

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Jewish tradition offers some breathtaking glimpses beyond the veil, and one of the most stunning involves God Himself, building a Temple…in Heaven. Imagine Moses, nearing the end o...

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How Mount Moriah Was Created

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It’s a question that has captivated sages and storytellers for millennia, and the answer, like so many things in Jewish tradition, is layered with meaning. Imagine a world freshly ...

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The Creation Of The Temple

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According to Jewish tradition, the very concept of the Temple in Jerusalem, that sacred place, was envisioned at the dawn of creation itself. As Howard Schwartz recounts in Tree of...

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The Hand Of God

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The Temple, the very center of Jewish life, engulfed in flames. What happens when the unthinkable becomes reality? The Talmud (B. Ta'anit 29a) recounts a powerful image: the High P...

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The Invisible Temple

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We're talking about the Temple in Jerusalem, the Beit Hamikdash. For centuries, it stood as the center of Jewish life, a place of pilgrimage, prayer, and sacrifice. Then, in 70 CE,...

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The Descent Of The Heavenly Temple

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A world where the divide between heaven and earth blurs, and the sacred becomes tangibly real. What if I told you that in Jewish tradition, there's a vision of the future where the...

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The Creation Of The Third Temple

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And at the heart of it all lies the mystery of the Third Temple. The tradition tells us that in the End of Days, a great Ingathering of the Exiles will occur, and we'll hear the fo...

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Rebuilding The Temple

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A world where sorrow turns to song, and ruins give way to radiant hope. What does that world look like? For many Jewish traditions, the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem is cen...

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The First Things Created

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It’s a question that’s captivated mystics and theologians for centuries. Our tradition offers some pretty wild and wondrous answers! According to Legends of the Jews, that incredib...

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