Holy Temple, The

What was the Holy Temple? Why was it destroyed? Do we have anything like it today? Do we really want to see it rebuilt and bring back those animal sacrifices? Seventeen essays, articles and stories on the holiest place on earth

An illustrated tour of the Holy Temple along with an in depth study section delving into the Temple's construction and its vessels.

Kabbalah teaches that the Future Temple is a hidden beginning that has yet to be revealed.

The Construction, Description of the Temple, The Dedication

A corner of the universe that is utterly, exclusively, one’s own.

13 chapters are filled with the details of the Sanctuary's construction, from the dimensions of its pillars to the colors of its tapestries. In contrast, the Torah devotes one chapter to its account of the creation and three chapters to the revelation at ...

By law, the menorah stood in a chamber into which only kohanim ("priests") were permitted entry. But the law also states that an ordinary person may light the menorah. What is the point -- and lesson -- of this legal paradox?

To an ecologist, nothing is as interesting as the foothills, where two ecosystems meet

Is it a self-improvement thing, like a woodworking class or a therapy session? Is it a duty, like obeying the law of the land and going to work in the morning?

We philosophized our way to science, and then science led us through the doorway into mysticism. But we still don't know how to live our lives.