Beis Hamikdash Topics

The Butchering Area The Butchering Area north of the Altar At a distance of 8 cubits (12 feet) from the northern edge of the Altar ...

The Altar The Outer Altar of the Temple The Outer Altar served as the focal point of the sacrificial service. [The smaller, Inner A...

Chambers of the Courtyard Chamber of Hewn Stone The Courtyard contained a large number of chambers which served a multitude of diff...

The Courtyard The Courtyard of the Temple is called Azarah , from the Hebrew word ezrah , meaning aid , a reference to the fact th...

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...