Videos about the Holy Temple

Study the daily lesson of Sefer HaMitzvos for day 147 with Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, where he teaches the mitzvah in-depth with added insight and detail.

Study the daily lesson of Sefer HaMitzvos for day 149 with Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, where he teaches the mitzvah in-depth with added insight and detail.

Study the daily lesson of Sefer HaMitzvos for day 150 with Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, where he teaches the mitzvah in-depth with added insight and detail.

The Holy Temple: A story in three acts that captures the spectrum of the Jewish spiritual journey.

Analysis of two different sources brought in the Rambam, and understanding the three steps to inviting Hashem into your life.

It is customary to study about the Beis Hamikdash and the details of its construction during the Three Weeks. Discover how this is a way to actually fulfill the mitzvah nowadays of building the Beis Hamikdash. We see this in the passing of Aharon in this week’s parsha and its connection to this time-period of destruction and rebuilding.

Is the Beis HaMikdash holy because Hashem chose to make it holy, or do we add any value?

The Rambam calls the laws of the Holy Temple, Hilchos Beis HeBechira, which means the laws of the chosen home. This teaches us something significant about the nature of the Beis HaMikdash, in contrast to the Mishkan in Shiloh.

The Rambam details how the area of the Beis Hamikdash was not flat; rather it was built on the elevation of the mountain, consisting of different levels of elevation (unlike the Mishkan, which was one flat level). This speaks to the heart of what it’s all about—elevating the world.

Maimonides in his code refers to the section of laws related to the Holy Temple as the laws of the ‘Chosen Home’. What is the message hidden therein? (From “Messages”—Season 2, Episode 3)

Every year during the “three week” we mourn the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash. But what are we truly missing without the Temple?

Learn about the essential role of the Holy Ark in the Beit HaMikdash and the golden faced Keruvim stationed above the ark. We also examine the competing views of Hillel and Shammai: abnegation vs. cultivation.

King Solomon, wisest of all men, succeeds his father as king at the young age of twelve. King Solomon builds the Temple in Jerusalem, and reigns over Israel in an age of exceptional prosperity and peace.

Maimonides codifies the laws governing the construction of the Holy Temple. In this class, we learn about the history of the Holy Temple and the purpose for which it was built.