Beis Hamikdash Topics

  The Shot Time to Make the Doughnuts The flour offering of the Kohen Gadol is prepared early in the morning.

The Shot Parts Check The  Memuneh  leads a contingent of Kohanim around the perimeter of the Azarah .

The Shot The Key Chain The  Memuneh retrieves a key from beneath a floor tile.

  The Shot All In The  Kohanim  gather to conduct a lottery.

Most people are familiar with counting the Omer,  but back in the days of the Beis Hamikdash they would also cut the Omer .

The Shot Down Below The  Memuneh , along with Yonasan the  Levi , make their way through the labyrinth of passageways beneath the Beis Hami...

The Shot Knock Knock The  Memuneh , along with Yonasan the  Levi , are admitted through a small door to the side of the Nitzotz Gate.

The Shot Greeting the Guards The Memuneh , along with Yonasan the Levi , greet the guards stationed outside one of the Courtyard gates.

On Erev Pesach , as the multitudes offered their pascal lambs in the Azarah of the Beis HaMikdash , a group of Leviim stood upon the du...

Once upon a time, a long time ago... Bedtime stories in the Elan house would often feature vignettes of the Beis Hamikdash , and Shabbos a...

To mark my father's yahrtzeit on 29 Shevat I delivered a new slideshow titled Music of the Mikdash: Reconstructing the musical instrum...

On Sunday, March 2, 2025, I will be delivering a lecture in memory of my father IYH. The title is Music of the Mikdash: Reconstructing the m...

Mishnah Yomi will be learning  Sotah  9:10  today. There we read about Yochanan Kohen Gadol and one of the changes he instituted in the  Be...

On Bava Metzia 33a Rashi gives a description of the route taken by the Kohen as he opens the doors of the main Heychal gateway. I get th...

The Gemara states that the kerashim (wall beams) of the Mishkan will remain “standing forever.” This fits nicely with the account in Sotah 9...