גדול יהי’ כבוד הבית הזה האחרון מן הראשון ה’תשכ”בPDF Class One. If creation was from שם הוי’ה only. Incredibly far and incredibly Bottul. Space and time would not exist at all. Class Two. The world as it is created by the combination of שמות הוי’ ואלקים where the הוי’ה shines through. That is how Godliness…

The first Beis HaMikdash and the second Beis HaMikdash were both destroyed because of a specific weakness. The first was “top heavy”. It was dominated by G-dliness and did not incorporate enough worldliness. The second had an excess of worldliness and was therefore “bottom-heavy”. It was a proper seat for the presence of the Shechinah…

The class revolves around a debate between Rambam and Ramban regarding the primary purpose of the Beis HaMikdash. The Mizbeach is representative of the Jewish people meeting Hashem in that location and the Aron is representative of Hashem meeting the Jewish people in that location. What is the higher priority, us meeting Hashem or Hashem…

Rabbi Paltiel describes the Beis HaMikdash in terms of three fundamentally different categories of space and compares them to a human home. The shiur builds on this analogy using concepts from philosophy, Kabbala, and Chassidus to provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between G-d and the Jewish people as well as between each Jew…

This class given at Machon Chana overviews the Beis HaMikdash in an inspired way. It is a beginners class.

The Beis HaMikdash is designed to reflect how we live, and Human habitation is divided into three basic areas. The Beis HaMikdash reflected this.

The third Temple won’t be the third but “of three” encompassing the virtues of the first and the second in addition to its own distinction.

What is the Beis HaMikdash for? G-d meeting us (the Holy Ark; Torah) or us meeting Him (Korbonos, The Mizbeach)? Both are true as represented by Rambam and Ramban.

A Class given at Yagdil Torah describing what was involved in preparing to go to the beis HaMikdash.

A Class given at Yagdil Torah describing the intense standard of Halacha maintained in the Beis HaMikdash. In the Beis HaMikdash food is holy; We don’t sit.