Great Summer Learning
The Holy Temple in Jerusalem:
Purpose, History, Construction
Part I:
Sunday, July 5
10:00-11:30am
Part II:
Sunday, July 12
10:00-11:30am
Part III:
Sunday, July 19
10:00-11:30am
Why is a ruins holy? What is the magnetic attraction that has drawn Jews to the Western Wall to cry, to pray, to connect for two thousand years?
The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute presents Heaven on Earth, a three-week interactive course that will study the physical and spiritual structure of the Holy Temples as well as the future third Temple from the ground up.
This course will look past the history and politics to see the magnificent structure that once was. The Holy Temple played, and continues to play a crucial and central role in the Jew's mission throughout history.
Heaven on Earth employs an interactive virtual tour that will allow students to "walk through" the Temple's ancient corridors, throng with the crowds through Jerusalem's gates, and discover the marvels of architecture and design that were integral to this sacred site.
Chabad Outreach of Houston
11000 Fondren Rd Ste B104
Houston TX 77096
Suggested Donation: $54
Sponsorships: $1800
Registration above or call 713-774-0300. For all Jewish adults and high school students who would like to learn from the original texts. Hebrew reading is not a prerequisite.
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The timing of this class
Holy Temple Class will be taught during the Three Weeks , powerfully charged days that can change the past! Thousands of years ago, the prophet Isaiah (1:27) proclaimed: " Zion (The Jewish people and the Temple) shall be redeemed by law (Torah Study), and her returnees by charity." The antidote to the Holy Temple destruction and exile of the Jews and all the consequent catastrophes is through Torah Study and tzedaka says Isaiah. If his prophesy of the destruction certainly came true, why shouldn't the redemption come via his antidote?!
The Three Weeks are a particularly auspicious time to learn about the Holy Temple construction. Why? It says in the Midrash (Tanchuma Lev. 14), that after G‑d told the Prophet Ezekiel to instruct the the exiled Jewish people (after destruction of the first Temple) about the measurements and design of the third Holy Temple:
"Master of the world," Ezekiel replied, "why are You telling me to go and tell Israel the form of the House; they are now in exile in the land of our enemies—is there anything they can do about it? Let them be until they return from the exile. Then, I will go and inform them."
G‑d answered: "Should the construction of My House be ignored because My children are in exile? The study of the design of the Holy Temple as detailed in the Torah can be equated to its actual construction. Go tell them to study the form of the Holy Temple. As a reward for their study and their occupation with it, I will consider it as if they actually built the Holy Temple."