Beis Hamikdash Topics

Why would anyone need a life-size replica of the Outer Altar from the Second Temple? Beside the obvious bragging rights, it makes it much ea...

To mark my father's yahrtzeit on 29 Shevat I delivered a new slideshow titled Running a Regel: The Logistics of Hosting Klal Yisrael f...

It is pretty well-known that Jewish people free themselves from  tumah by immersing their bodies in water. It is less-known that even peopl...

On Succos in the Beis Hamikdash they famously offered 70 bulls corresponding to the seventy nations of the world. Along with each bull ca...

The Shot Tooting Their Own Horns The  Kohanim  sound the trumpets upon the Table of the Fats

The Shot Blessed for Success The Kohanim deliver the Birkas Kohanim .

The Shot Holy Smokes The Kohanim prepare to offer the ketores .

The Shot Good Vibrations The  magrepha  hits the floor with a resounding clang.

The Shot The Spice of Life The Memuneh consults with the head of the Avtinas family in his chamber.

The Shot The Robe Makes the Man Pinchas the Clothier outfits the  Kohanim  with their  bigdei Kehunah .

  The Shot Walk the Walk The  Kohanim  bring the  Tamid  offering to the Mizbeyach .

The Shot Bordeaux, Monsieur? The Memuneh looks on as Yonasan the Levi collects the wine for the nesachim of the Tamid offering.

  The Shot Try Not to Breathe In The  Kohanim  rinse out the intestines of the  Tamid  offering.

The Shot Mopping Up A  Kohen  throws the blood of the  Tamid  offering onto the northeastern corner of the Mizbeyach .

The Shot Night Light A  Kohen  prepares the lamps of the  Menorah  for the evening lighting.