CHAG SAMEACH - HAPPY PASSOVER!Nisan 14, 5784/April 22, 2024 The festival of Passover is the birthday of the nation of Israel. By their courage to put their faith in HaShem and to perform the Passover offering on this day while still in Egypt, an enslaved people earned their own liberation. By the grace of G-d, Who, with His outstretched arm and mighty hand brought Israel out of Egypt, Israel became a nation, a free people in charge of its own destiny, walking hand in hand with HaShem. The fifteenth of Nisan was the beginning of a long march that took Israel through the Sea of Reeds to Mount Sinai, where they received Torah, their Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, and onward to the land promised their forefathers, the land of Israel. Four thousand years later our march to freedom continues as the people of Israel, newly reborn in the land of Israel, spreads her wings and takes to the skies. Today Israel is in a fight for our very lives in the land of our forefathers, a fight that with the faith and courage our ancestors displayed in Egypt, we will win. Nevertheless, today, when we celebrate with family and friends our festival of freedom, we will remember those who are still in captivity, held by an evil and barbaric enemy in Gaza. We will also remember all those who lost their lives on October 7th and all those who willingly gave their lives to vanquish our enemies and bring our captives home. Freedom is a great and precious gift never to be taken for granted. The Temple Institute wishes a very happy and peaceful Passover to the people of Israel all throughout the world, and to all who love the people, land and G-d of Israel. May we soon hear glad tidings as we continue our journey together. Chag Sameach - Happy Passover! . |
Passover in the Holy Temple! Discover how Passover was celebrated in the Holy Temple through the eyes of Shlomo ben Ezra, a young Galilean boy who accompanies his family on the pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the festival of Passover! Beautifully illustrated and chock full of information! |
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Tune in to this week's Temple Talk, as Yitzchak Reuven talks about Saturday night's Iranian missile attack & the outstretched arm of HaShem, and how in every generation... and the duties of a kohen! Early Sunday morning Israel repelled, with the help of HaShem an aerial bombardment by Iran consisting of more than 350 cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and suicide drones. What will Israel's response be? Parashat Metzora is one of the most difficult sections of Torah for us moderns to wrap our minds around, and Passover, the Festival of Freedom is just around the corner! |
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Passover Special Israel always seems to be in the thick of it, a target for the world's opprobrium. Even today, despite her sovereign territory being twice violated, once on October 7th, by barbaric savages from Gaza, and only this past week, by 350 heavily armed projectiles fired from Iran, Israel is being told to stand down and let it pass. But once upon a time, if just for a brief moment, the Israelites escaping from Egyptian slavery found grace in the eyes of their Egyptian neighbors. Metzora (Leviticus 14:1 - 15:33)
Parashat Metzora is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 12, 5784/April 20, 2024 |
The Journey Of Passover Pilgrims via Modi’in on the 14th Of Nisan Modi’in is a city situated in central Israel. In Temple times it was a major station of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Passover. At times the crowding became so great in Modi'in in the days leading up to Passover that progress toward Jerusalem became very slow. Any pilgrim who couldn't make it to Jerusalem by the fourteenth with their Passover offering would have to wait one month and perform their offering on Pesach Sheni (Second Passover). |
"The Place Which Hashem, Your G-d, Will Choose To Establish His Name - There You Shall Slaughter The Passover Offering" "Keep the month of spring, and make the Passover offering to HaShem, your G-d, for in the month of spring, HaShem, your G-d, brought you out of Egypt at night. You shall slaughter the Passover sacrifice to HaShem, your G-d, of the flock, and the Festival offerings of the cattle, in the place which HaShem will choose to establish His Name therein..." |
Haftarah For Shabbat HaGadol The Shabbat which precedes Passover is known as Shabbat HaGadol - the Great Shabbat. The following reading from Malachi 3:4-24 is read: "And then the offerings of Yehudah and Yerushalaim shall be pleasant to HaShem, as in the days of old and former years. And I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely; and also against those who withhold the wages of the day laborers, of the widow and fatherless, and those who pervert the rights of the stranger, and those who fear Me not, says HaShem of Hosts...'' |
"Sing To Him A New Song; Play Well With Joyful Shouting!" The public is invited to attend a performance of the Temple Institute's Levitical Choir in Jerusalem's old city Jewish Quarter's central plaza, on Chol Hamoed Pesach, Thursday, April 25, at 12:30 PM. Admission is free! Please join us! |
Chieftains' Gifts To The Tabernacle, Day 10 On the tenth day of Nisan, the tenth of the twelve tribal leaders of Israel, Achiezer ben Ammishaddai, the chieftain of the tribe of Dan, brought his gifts and offerings to the newly established desert Tabernacle. |
"On The Tenth Of This Month, Let Each One Take A Lamb For Each Parental Home, A Lamb For Each Household!" "Speak to the entire community of Israel, saying, "On the tenth of this month, let each one take a lamb for each parental home, a lamb for each household." (Exodus 12:3) |
Passover Offering Reenactment! Today, (Thursday) a reenactment of the Korban Pesach - the Passover Offering - will take place in Mitzpe Yericho, at 4:00 PM. The reenactment will be conducted by kohanim in their priestly garments. It will include the kindling of the Temple menorah, the reciting of Hallel and Levitical song, and, of course, the performance of the Passover offering. Among the rabbinical participants will be the Temple Institute's Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, along with esteemed colleagues. |
The Mikdash: The Ulam Tables & Knives Dispensary Two tables stood inside the Ulam. One was made of marble (others say of silver) and the other of gold. Before the Sabbath, the new Showbread loaves were baked in the Place of the Hearth placed on the marble table. The next day, on the Sabbath day, the kohanim arranged the Showbread loaves on the Table of the Showbread within the Kodesh area. The outgoing loaves that were removed, were placed on the golden table in the Ulam. The loaves remained there until the frankincense from the censers on the Showbread table were offered on the mizbeach. After this, the loaves were distributed to the kohanim for consumption. (Source: Menahot 11:7). |
The Passover Pilgrimage: Purchasing Earthen Vessels In Modi'in Many pilgrims heading for Jerusalem for the Passover Festival would purchase earthen vessels when passing through the city of Modi'in. Modi'in had a large population of kohanim whose scrupulous allegiance to purity was a guarantee to the pilgrims that the vessels they purchased would be pure and suitable for use during the festival. |
Chieftains' Gifts To The Tabernacle, Day 9 On the ninth day of Nisan, the ninth of the twelve tribal leaders of Israel, Avidan ben Gideoni, the chieftain of the tribe of Binyamin, brought his gifts and offerings to the newly established desert Tabernacle... |
'There's Been Progress Made Here' Rabbi Lior Visits Temple Mount Before Grandson's Wedding Rabbi Dov Lior was moved by the fulfillment of the prayers on the Temple Mount and was pleased to see a religious police officer who is a graduate of Elon Moreh Yeshiva. Rabbi Dov Lior, one of the leading Rabbis of Religious Zionism, ascended the Temple Mount with Rabbi Israel Ariel, the head of the Temple Institute Yeshiva, and the head of the Temple Mount administration Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz. Rabbi Lior went up to the Temple Mount on the occasion of his grandson Menachem Israel, the son of Rabbi Uriah Shachor's wedding. |
The Mikdash: The Entrance And The Ulam 12 stairs were located at the front of the Ulam and each stair was one half a cubit high. The kohanim stood on these stairs at the conclusion of the daily Tamid service - the burnt offering - and bestowed the Priestly Blessing upon the people. (Source: Tamid 7:2). |
Chieftains' Gifts To The Tabernacle, Day 8 On the eighth day of Nisan, the eighth of the twelve tribal leaders of Israel, Elishama ben Ammihud, the chieftain of the tribe of Menasheh, brought his gifts and offerings to the newly established desert Tabernacle |
“Arise And Let Us Go Up To Zion!” All along the well traveled routes to Jerusalem, Passover pilgrims would gather together for the night in towns or villages. The pilgrims would sleep outside in the town square; they would not enter houses, so as not to become impure. Every morning, Beit Din emissaries would awaken the pilgrims and call, “Arise and let us go up to Zion!” (Bikkurim 3:2). The convoys would thus continue from town to town, gathering more pilgrims along the way, until they arrived at the gates of Jerusalem in large numbers. (Passover begins next Monday evening!) |
Chieftains' Gifts To The Tabernacle, Day 7 On the seventh day of Nisan, the seventh of the twelve tribal leaders of Israel, Elishama ben Ammihud, the chieftain of the tribe of Ephraim, brought his gifts and offerings to the newly established desert Tabernacle... |
This Week: Parashat Metzora & The Purification Of The Metzora This week's Torah portion, Metzora, (Leviticus 14:1 - 15:33), picks up where last week's reading, Tazria, left off, discussing the issue of tzar'at, and the final steps needed to be taken by the metzora, (one who has tzar'at), conducted by a kohen, in order to return to ritual purity |
Mikdash Monday - Pesach (Part 3) "Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread 'thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Aviv (Spring); for in it thou didst come out from Egypt and none shall appear before me empty'." (Shemot 23:15) |
Chieftains' Gifts To The Tabernacle, Day 6 On the sixth day of Nisan, the sixth of the twelve tribal leaders of Israel, Eliasaph ben De'uel, the chieftain of the tribe of Gad, brought his gifts and offerings to the newly established desert Tabernacle... |
"The Angel Of Hashem... With A Drawn Sword In His Hand, Extended Over Jerusalem!" Last night Israel received a timely reminder from Iran, our generation's Amalek: In the book of I Chronicles we read of that fantastic occurrences that led to the building of the first Holy Temple by King Solomon. These were troubled times for Israel as HaShem was displeased with King David, but the troubled times ultimately led to the building of the Holy Temple, the House of the G-d of Israel. |
Shavua Tov From The Temple Mount! In Temple times the Temple Mount on the eve of Passover would be busy with last minute preparations to receive the thousands of holiday pilgrims who will be ascending the Mount with their Passover offerings tomorrow afternoon, just hours before the start of Pesach (Passover). Today the Temple Mount is quiet except for the Jews that are ascending in purity to show HaShem that we have not forgotten and to pray for the well-being of the nation of Israel and the release of the Israeli captives still being held in Gaza on the eve of the Festival of Freedom. |
Build a House for HaShem! "Be strong and have courage! Build a House for HaShem!" In this scene from a film soon to become an integral part of the Temple Institute's Jerusalem based Visitors Center experience, the prophet Samuel charges King David with the task of building the Holy Temple! |
The Glory of this Last House Shall be Greater than the First! "The Glory of this Last House Shall be Greater than the First!" In this scene from a film soon to become an integral part of the Temple Institute's Jerusalem based Visitors Center experience, Zerubavel from the house of David and Kohen Gadol (High Priest) Yehoshua consult with the prophet Haggai who instructs them to waste no time in rebuilding the Holy Temple! |
Red Heifers Arrive In Israel! On Thursday, September 15, 2022, 5 PM, 5 perfect, unblemished red heifers arrived in Israel from the USA. A modest ceremony was held at the unloading bay of the cargo terminal at Ben Gurion airport, where the new arrivals were greeted and speeches were made by the incredible people who have put their hearts and souls and means into making this historic/prophetic day become a reality. |
Biblical Red Heifer Could Bring Million Visitors To Samaria The Ancient Shiloh heritage site will soon host a Red Heifer research center. Hundreds of visitors flocked to Shiloh in Samaria’s Binyamin region on Thursday to welcome a biblically pure red heifer. The 22-month-old cow, which was brought to Israel from the United States, found a new home at the Ancient Shiloh heritage site, where the biblical Tabernacle once stood. |
Chag Pesach Kasher veSameach from the holy city of Jerusalem!
Yitzchak Reuven
The Temple Institute |
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