I received the following email from the 3rd Temple Team and wanted to share it with you. Time is closing in, folks!
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This coming Passover, the Red Heifer Visitor Center will be opened to the general public at Tel Shiloh in Israel, where five red heifer cows that arrived six months ago from the USA will be on display. Next year, one of them will reach two years of age, and in theory she will be kosher and pure to slaughter and burn on the Mount of Olives to produce ashes for use in the Temple service.
The ashes enable us to fulfill mitzvot that have been withheld from us for 1,700 years! This is a big step towards redemption and the building of the Third Temple.
In 2023, 5527 Israeli Jews and 76,220 tourists ascended the Temple Mount.
What about you?
The month of Nissan is called the "beginning of months", the first month of the ecclesiastical year but the main thing is that during Nissan the Tabernacle(Mishkan)was inaugurated for the first time and when the Shekhinah (Divine Spirit) dwelled amongst Israel. The Israelites who came out of Egypt were already rushing to volunteer to make gold and silver vessels and more for the sake of the Tabernacle. "And let every man come who carried his heart". The people stood in front of Moses as they felt that this was the mission of their lives. We learn from this that when a person has an inner will and faith, he is stronger than anything else. After the establishment of the Tabernacle, the presence of the Shekhinah was in the house and heart of each and every one in Israel. This is the day when the illumination of Mount Sinai began to descend on the people of Israel and accompany us all the way to the Land of Israel. The month of Nissan is the month in which Israel was redeemed from Egypt and the month in which they will be redeemed in the future with the construction of the 3rd Temple.
Ben Azzai would say: "Do not scorn any man, and do not discount any thing. For there is no man who has not his hour, and no thing that has not its place"
(Ethics of the fathers chapter 4 Mishna 3).
Happy and kosher Passover!
Best regards,
The 3rd Temple Team