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In a remarkable discovery, archaeologists excavating Jerusalem’s City of David uncovered rare charred wooden beams believed to date back to the Babylonian destruction of the First Beis Hamikdash nearly 2,600 years ago. Researchers say the exceptionally well-preserved timbers offer rare physical evidence of the destruction of Yerushalayim in 586 BCE • Read More
In keeping with the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach’s directive to study the laws of the Beis Hamikdash and topics relating to the construction of the Third Beis Hamikdash during this time of year, a special Shiur was held on Tuesday evening, Erev Tisha B’Av, in 770 • Read More, Photos
Beginning on 17 Tammuz and continuing through Tisha B’Av, Gemara Academy founder Chananya Hoffinger is launching a daily Hilchos Beis HaBechirah video series to strengthen awareness of the Beis Hamikdash during the Three Weeks. Each day’s lesson is accompanied by a quiz, with two daily raffle winners receiving Judaica World gift cards. Encouraging participants to study the laws of the Beis Hamikdash throughout this period of mourning and anticipation for the Geulah • Watch
This week’s reading begins with the ‘opening day’ of the “Mishkan’: the portable Holy Temple that accompanied the Jews for forty years in the desert. The Lubavitcher Rebbe says that this should make us remember the Two destroyed Temples, regret their loss, and yearn for the Moshiach who will build the third and final Temple. But it probably doesn’t. And paradoxically our section gives us a good reason why not. It tells us that on this auspicious ‘opening’ day, Nadav and Avihu, the two eldest sons of Aaron the High Priest, became so filled with this yearning that they rushed into the Holy of Holies and killed; punished by Divine Fire (!!); Not very encouraging • Read More
The Beis Hamikdash Daily Video Series continues with Class #13, offering a deep dive into the exact dimensions and structure of the Heichal and the Kodesh Hakedoshim. Following previous episodes that explored the Mizbeach, Azarah, and Ezras Yisrael, this class zooms in on the physical details of walls of the Beis Hamikdash • Read More, Watch
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Chaim Begun (S. Paulo, Brazil) to Estee Katz (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim: tonight (Wednesday) in The Arches, 1349 s. Johns Pl.
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Baby girl to Yossi and Chaya Lebovic – Crown Heights
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