Holy Temple, The

Was the location of the future Temple not yet chosen, or did G-d choose to deliberately keep it hidden?

The Tabernacle with which the Israelites sojourned through the desert was entirely level, why would the Temple in Jerusalem need to be different?

Moses spent 40 years teaching Torah and passing on the mitzvot with intricate detail. He transmitted the highly detailed laws of the sacrifices, including everything from which types of animals may be used to the location on the Temple where the animals s...

You should not do any [act of sacrificial worship] to G-d your G-d other than at the site which G-d your G-d will choose, to place His Name there, from amongst all your tribes. You should seek out His dwelling [place in the Tabernacle at Shiloh] and come ...

Jerusalem belongs to the holy geography of the Land of Israel. Jerusalem is also to be found outside the Land of Israel, outside geography.

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

The Third Temple is not a building, but a state of harmony between G-d, humanity, and nature.

Before G‑d chose the place for the Temple, anyone could have an altar in his backyard and bring offerings there whenever he wanted to.

From man I expect good and bad. From G-d I expected only good. Until I learned about the animal sacrifices. Apparently G-d actually wants them. Imagine, a place set aside for slaughter -- in a temple!