tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post1050724890241602432..comments2023-10-06T11:13:20.836-04:00Comments on Izgad: Mourning the Destruction of the TempleIzgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-43323731970890110172020-07-29T01:40:15.743-04:002020-07-29T01:40:15.743-04:00@David, I do not think that building the BH requir...@David, I do not think that building the BH requires a halachic state. I recall that the very secular Theodore Herzl, in his 1902 utopian novel Altneuland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_New_Land), includes a rebuilt temple. But I agree with your comment that this is not practical today from a political point of view - both within Israel and without.<br /><br />As to the conditions:<br />1Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01988744374615258168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-15798036949443408012007-07-26T16:43:00.000-04:002007-07-26T16:43:00.000-04:00There are plenty of people talking about building ...There are plenty of people talking about building the temple over here in Israel, which scares me for a lot of reasons. I am worried about enraging a billion Muslims.<BR/><BR/>Also, a BHM goes along with a halachic state. How would that be run? Heavy handed actions of such a state would be a pretense (say, removing churches) for Anti-Semitism the world over.<BR/><BR/>Most Jews would not want to Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17816788570827837678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-50803204165391079682007-07-25T08:20:00.000-04:002007-07-25T08:20:00.000-04:00My point is not that we have not built the Temple ...My point is not that we have not built the Temple but that mainstream Orthodoxy has not made sort of attempt. Where are the symposiums devoted to discussing the issues involved. Step one to doing anything is talking about how to do something. That is a conversation we have not had.Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-30264141234702346432007-07-25T03:30:00.000-04:002007-07-25T03:30:00.000-04:00A few points, specifically on the subject of sacri...A few points, specifically on the subject of sacrifices:<BR/><BR/>1) I think you're looking at animal sacrifices from a very physical perspective, and that's where a lot of people get turned off, and rightfully so. Take the korban Pesach. Every single lamb had to be slaughtered roughly between the hours of 12 and 4 PM. Let's say there were 100,000 olei regel (a very conservative estimate). Ruler of the Interwebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534833374365966417noreply@blogger.com