For the first time in thousands of years, the shofar sounds on the Temple Mount
Hundreds of Jews stood on the Temple Mount before dawn on the second day of Rosh Hashanah this year, and something had happened there that Rabbi Josh Wander believes had not happened in thousands of years: the shofar sounded on the Mount together with the silver Temple trumpets.
“The nations will help Israel build the Third Temple and the Arabs will voluntarily vacate the Temple Mount”
What happens to the mosque on the Temple Mount when the Third Temple rises? Speaking to supporters this week, Zehut chairman Moshe Feiglin answered without flinching.
The blueprint and the boundary
For centuries, Temple-related commandments remained mostly theoretical, studied in detail but rarely translated into practical preparation. In recent decades, that has begun to change, with much of the momentum for real-world planning and readiness coming from outside the people of Israel.
Jewish Men Pray From Prayer Books on the Temple Mount: The Quiet Revolution Bringing the Third Temple
Jewish worshipers were allowed to carry and read from full siddurim (prayer books) on the Temple Mount on Sunday, the latest and most significant challenge to a decades-old policy barring non-Muslim prayer at Judaism’s holiest site.
Where is the Ark of the Covenant today? A Torah scholar weighs in on the leading theories
The Ark of the Covenant remains one of the oldest open questions in Jewish tradition, and one with real stakes: Jewish sources tie the Ark’s return directly to the Third Temple and to the return of prophecy itself.
After October 7, majority of Israelis support rebuilding the Temple, up from 30% in 2013
The shift did not happen gradually or quietly. It happened on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists massacred 1,200 Israelis and shattered whatever remained of the Israeli public’s assumptions about security, sovereignty, and the spiritual stakes of this conflict.
While left-wing got a court order to protest, priestly blessing at Kotel was cancelled
It was announced that due to the ongoing war with Iran and security directives, the Birkat Kohanim ceremony this Sunday will be restricted to just 50 men. While this restriction of Jewish religious practice seems reasonable, this restriction was lifted to allow left-wing protests to take place.
“Secret Israeli air base under Temple Mount?” Viral AI image sparks Palestinian Authority outrage
Right-wing activist Baruch Marzel shared an AI-generated image portraying Israeli fighter jets parked beneath the golden dome that sits atop the Temple Mount, implying the existence of a secret Israeli Air Force base hidden under the structure.
What would Tucker Carlson learn at my Passover seder table?
Every Jewish prayer service contains liturgy that consistently speaks about Jerusalem and the Holy Temple.
Temple tradition meets modern reality: shoe rack approved on Mount
At the entrance to the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, shoes once lay in tangled heaps on the ground. The result was disorder, a tripping hazard, and a scene unbefitting the site where the Beit HaMikdash, the Holy Temple, once stood.