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| (Can you find the source for this pic? I can't.) |
by Rabbi Ephraim Sprecher | first posted here
One
of the 13 Principles of Faith listed by the Rambam is the belief that Mashiach
will come and build the Final Temple. Why is the belief in the rebuilding of
the Holy Temple an Essential of Judaism?
The
Bet Hamikdash was much more than just a magnificent physical building in which
G-d’s Holy Divine Presence dwelt. The Bet Hamikdash was the place where every
human being, not just a Jewish person, could connect with G-d, and form a
unique, special bond of love and closeness with Him.
The
concentration of Holiness that was contained in the abode of G-d’s Glory
enabled EVERY person to develop a special closeness and love that nourishes one’s
G-dly soul and spiritual existence. The Holy Temple was the spiritual center of
the ENTIRE world, which served as a conduit through which every human being’s
prayers ascended to G-d in Heaven. And through which an abundance of Divine
Grace and bounty descended to the physical world. The Holy Temple was truly the
Stairway to Heaven for ALL mankind.
This
is why G-d tells Yeshayahu in ch. 56 “…for My House will be called a House of
Prayer for ALL the (United) Nations.” G-d is not just the G-d of Israel but He
is the G-d of ALL mankind, and He calls all peoples to acknowledge and worship
Him.
The
Talmud in Menachot 53 states that the Bet Hamikdash has to be built by a person
who is called a YEDID, which means a lover of G-d. That is why King Solomon,
who built the First Temple, was called Yedidiyah by G-d, which means G-d’s Lover.
And
that is why the first two Temples and the Final Temple are all located in the
territory of the Tribe of Binyamin, because Binyamin is the only son of Yaacov
who is called The Yedid Hashem, the Lover of G-d (Devarim 33). Why is Binyamin
so special? After all, he is the youngest of Yaacov’s 12 sons. The Ramban
answers that he is the only son of Yaacov who was born in the Holy Land.
Therefore all the Holy Temples are located only in his territory.
The
message to us is to appreciate and cherish the merit of dwelling in G-d’s Holy
Palace!
“Orthodox Jews make aliyah in far greater
ReplyDeletenumbers than those of other denominations.”
SOURCE: Article by Amy Spiro,
2008 July 4, The Jewish Week, page 12
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Mr. Dennis Prager said:
“...as a rule, religious Jews are more committed
to Jewish survival. One recent example:
During the height of the Palestinian terror,
while secular Jewish organizations cancelled
their youth trips to Israel, the Orthodox did not.
SOURCE: Ignoring G-d by Dennis Prager
Kosher Spirit magazine, Fall 2003 edition
www.ok.org/kosherspirit/fall-2003/ignoring-g-d/
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Tuvia Tenenbom [a secular Israeli author] said:
“Outside of the Orthodox community,
where Jews are proud to be Jews,
and are observing Jewish Law...
In state-after-state, temple-after-temple,
what I saw and what I witnessed was a nightmare:
You see [non-Orthodox] Rabbis, so-called Rabbis,
leaders, supposedly leaders, standing at a podium,
and all they can tell to their listeners, is that Israel
is an apartheid state, and that Judaism is racist.
That is what they preach,
over and over and over and over again...”
SOURCE:
Shocking Tuvia Tenenbom
Interview Tells Truth about
Reform & Conservative Jews
a YouTube video/published on 2017 July 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkT19Gyf5DM
Bs''d
ReplyDeleteThis could be the painting of BARUH NAHSHON Havale.
We received one of his works as a matana fromDoron Shefer amd it looks very similar style. There is a GALERY in Tsfat with more of his works.