One Step Closer ...

to the building of the third temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Of course it will take a miracle for the temple to be built there, as there is a mosque of the satanic cult of Islam currently occupying the place. Still, G-d is in the miracle business, and this is the place where He placed His Name! (1 Kings 9:3)

The Temple Institute <opt-in@templeinstitute.org> wrote:

Date: 23 Dec 2005 02:10:02 -0000
Subject: The Blue Robe of the High Priest
From: The Temple Institute <opt-in@templeinstitute.org>

The Me'il Techelet- The Blue Robe of the High Priest Kislev 21, 5766/December 22, 2005 The Temple Institute is pleased to announce the completion of the me'il techelet - the Blue Robe - of the High Priest. This robe is the culmination of over three years of research and painstaking labor. But much more so, it is the fulfillment of a positive commandment - one that until now has stood unfulfilled since the destruction of the Second Holy Temple. This is the first time in nearly two thousand years that such a garment has been created. The blue robe is now on display at the Temple Institute's headquarters in Jerusalem, joining the completed ephod and breastplate of the High Priest. These garments can be viewed by the public until such time as they are called into service for the resumption of the priestly duties in the Holy Temple. New pictures of the robe can be seen by clicking here. "And you shall make the robe of the ephod entirely out of blue wool. Its head-opening shall be folded over within it, its opening shall have a border all around of weaver's work - it shall be for it like the opening of a coat of mail, that it should not be torn. And you shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, on its hem all around, and gold bells between them, all around; a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, all around. It must be on Aaron in order to minister. Its sound shall be heard when he enters the Sanctuary before G-d and when he leaves, so that he not die" (Exodus 28:31-35). This last verse quoted above is difficult to understand: "Its sound shall be heard when he enters the Sanctuary before G-d and when he leaves, so that he not die." For it can be demonstrated that pure gold produces no sound. How can these golden bells be "heard when he enters the Sanctuary?" But in reality the meaning of the Hebrew word kolo is "his voice." The verse actually refers to the voice of the High Priest himself, who prays on behalf of himself and the nation of Israel within the Sanctuary. It is forbidden for the High Priest to enter the Sanctuary unless he is garbed completely in the full set of priestly garments. Any lacking of completeness in the High Priest's garments would render him liable in the eyes of Heaven, G-d forbid! His service in the holy place is actually invalid without the garments, which must be precisely as prescribed by the Torah, down to the last detail. Thus this verse actually conveys the thought that the blue robe, with its seventy two pomegranates and seventy two bells along its lower hem, completes the prescribed vestments and grants the High priest license to enter the Sanctuary, stand before the G-d of Israel, and address the Almighty, as a representative of the entire nation of Israel. Our prayer at the Temple Institute is that the completion of the blue robe will bring the rebuilding of the Holy Temple and the renewal of the Divine service one day closer. Meanwhile, we will press on with our efforts to fulfill G-d's commandments, continuing to prepare all of the garments and vessels for the time that they will be needed. ...snipped extraneous material... With blessings from Jerusalem, Rabbi Chaim Richman - Yitzchak Reuven The Temple Institute PO Box 31876 Jerusalem, Israel 97500 http://www.templeinstitute.org/

tags: Temple, eschatology