Beis Hamikdash Topics

This is a test animation which runs quickly through the main parts of the Temple. Many of the models in this animation are unfinished. The...

Gates of the Courtyard The Nikanor Gate, as viewed from the Women's Courtyard The Main Courtyard was surrounded by walls 40 cub...

Chambers of the Women's Courtyard Chamber of the Wood In each of the four corners of the Women's Courtyard were chambers me...

The Women's Courtyard Interior of the Women's Courtyard To the east of the Main Courtyard stood a large enclosed area calle...

The Cheil and the Soreg The  Cheil  and  Soreg  outside of the Women's Courtyard Standing at a distance of 10 cubits from the w...

On Monday, May 14, I will be giving a slideshow highlighting the Schottenstein Talmud Temple Floorplan. It is designed to give those learn...

Gates of the Temple Mount A five-sided gateway of the Temple    In each wall of the Temple Mount were one or more gateways, all ...

[Video has been removed. See this post for an updated version.] This is a test animation of the Muchni (the wooden structure which rais...

Walls of the Temple Mount King Darius (wikimedia)    Both the Temple Mount and the courtyards within it were surrounded by tall wall...

Preparing the Temple Mount    One of the first steps taken in the construction of the Second Temple was a massive earth-moving operati...

Starting after Pesach I will be giving a 15-part email class called Tour of the Temple on the basic structure of the Beis Hamikdash. This c...

In the Mah Nishtanah at the Pesach Seder one of the questions asked is why on this night we eat only matzah whereas on other nights we ea...

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to bring my Lego ®  brick models of the Mizbeach to my son's fourth grade class at the Talmudical...

   The Kiyor [Laver] was a copper vessel which held the water used by the Kohanim to sanctify their hands and feet in preparation for the s...

This is the interior of the Goolah Chamber located near the northeast corner of the Courtyard. A bucket was lowered via a pulley into a ...