The Temple and the Temple Mount
Hello!
It seems to be fairly agreed that the Temple occupies a very important place in the Torah and throughout the Tanakh, in the Gemara, the Midrashim, in prayers, in the Poskim, etc.
If I diagnose correctly, the rabbi is relatively "indifferent" to this issue, and perhaps as a result also to activities related to its promotion and strengthening of Temple consciousness, such as ascending to the Temple Mount, the Temple Institute, turning the gates, various exercises, and the like.
A. I would love to understand your approach.
on. Specifically regarding the ascent to the Temple Mount – do you not accept the additional reasons for ascent, besides promoting the Temple, such as sovereignty over the place, entering the place with the presence of the Divine Presence, fulfilling the commandment of prayer in a dignified manner, fulfilling the commandment of reverence for the Temple, preventing the desecration of God, and strengthening Jewish historical consciousness?
I intentionally marked the question in the 'halakha' category because I don't think it's just an ideological question (even before the question of identifying the place and the various concerns). And by the way, after 400 posts, maybe the Temple/Temple Mount deserves a post too 🙂
Thank you very much.
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- I personally connect less with this issue, and a person deals with what his heart desires. At least on a psychological (and also moral) level, it is very difficult for me to desire the return of the situation in which priests walk up to their stirrups in blood and slaughter hundreds of animals there. That does not mean that it will not return and that it has no value. I assume that if and when it returns, we will be able to see the value of this and then I will understand more. In the meantime, in my current situation, I do not desire it at all.
- The political goals don't speak to me (because the general public is not ready for it and doesn't want it. These increases don't improve the situation or bring the results closer. Therefore, none of this really applies right now). Although I completely agree that freedom of worship should be allowed to Jews as well, and it's a scandal that they don't do this. I've written about this more than once.
- I am not sure that in the future the Temple will return to the way it was. The Lord has already spoken about animal sacrifices, but it is possible that this should be expanded upon further. There is a process of simplification that the Torah in general is undergoing (and perhaps this is the essence of the rule of nullity of commandments in the future), and it is possible that the Temple will also undergo simplification and will not be dependent on the place and will not return to functioning as it was in the past. But we will wait and see about that.
- Regarding the post, maybe you're right (and not on your own behalf). Here's the gist of it. 🙂
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