Beis Hamikdosh Archives

אם לא מצא חיטים לשני הלחם, האם מותר להביא מכוסמין?

שאלה: מה הדין אם לא מצא חיטים לשני הלחם, האם יהא מותר להביא מכוסמין, דכוסמין מין חיטין הוא, וכמבואר בדברי חז"ל בכמה מקומות. וכן בריש מסכת חלה דחיטין מצטרפין…

Is there any point in a Kohen or a Bechor growing his thumbnail for the purpose of the Melika Avoda in the Beis HaMikdash?

Indeed, every effort should be made to prepare for the Yemos HaMoshiach. But in this specific case, this is the wrong approach. Holy sefarim present serious matters about growing…

Can Bechor (firstborn son) who was born through C section serve in the Beis HaMikdash?

Question: Hi, All my life I grew up thinking I was a Bechor of my family, but recently I found out I'm not. As I studied halacha a lot…

Is there anything wrong with a picture of the two Luchos not touching each other?

Question: I was once in a shul where the Luchos were divided. One on one side of the Aron and the other on the other side. A Lubavitcher Rov…

תרומות לבית המקדש בזמן הזה

שאלה: רציתי לשאול בנוגע לתרומות לביהמ"ק בזה"ז: יש כאלו שאומרים שהפשט בשיחת ש"פ תרומה תשנ"ב (סי"ב) הוא לתרום כעת לביהמ"ק הג' ש"הכל חייבין לבנות ולסעד וכו'". והנה, על אף…

Can we build models of the Beis HaMikdash vessels for an educational exhibit?

Question: With the will of fulfilling the Rebbe's wish, about teaching עניני גאולה and more specifically about the Beis Hamikdash, we came up with an idea to create an…

Article: Building the Beis Hamikdash

There is a mitzvah of “Ve’asu Li mikdash” (to build a Beis Hamikdash for Hashem). When Am Yisroel (the Jewish nation) was in the midbar (desert), they fulfilled this mitzvah by constructing the Mishkan, and years…

Were the Rabbeim pro religious Zionism?

Question: Were the Rabbeim pro Zionism? Or more specifically religious Zionism? Someone from Anash just told me that there is a Chiyuv to rebuild the Beis Hamikdosh when the…

Is it permissible to mix essential oils of the Ketores ingredients (Myrr, galbanum, etc.) in an inexact way? I want to smell what the Ketores smells like as a way to “live with the Geula”.

Even if one makes a very little amount of Ketores but with the same proportions as prescribed in Chazal, he is violating a Torah prohibition and is punished with…

Kriah in Jerusalem and the Kosel

Question: I am living in Beersheva and I will be going to Jerusalem for the first time since arriving in Israel tomorrow. What are the important things I should…

Is it OK to make heated floors in the Beis HaMikdosh when Moshiach comes so that the Kohanim don’t get cold feet?

AskTheRav cannot give a definitive answer on this. The following are issues to consider: 1. Is it OK to make a change to the structure of the Beis Hamikdosh? There is…