What Did the Beit Hamikdash Look Like?
There have been countless artistic representations of the Beit Hamikdash in the nearly 2,000 years since its destruction.
What’s the Truth about . . . the Legend of Two Brothers and the Temple Mount?
Misconception: God’s choice of Mount Moriah as the site for the Beit Hamikdash is based on a midrash involving two brothers who expressed their mutual devotion to each other by each surreptitiously giving of his grain to the other. Fact: This beautiful and widespread fable has no basis in traditional Jewish literature. Background: The holiest […]
What’s the Truth About…Har HaBayit?
MISCONCEPTION: Many religious Jews do not visit Har HaBayit (the Temple Mount) today. This is because we are all presumed to be in a state of tumat met (ritual impurity due to “contact” with the dead), and a tamei met is prohibited from ascending Har HaBayit. (Since the removal of tumat met requires the use […]