Posted on 06/11/2005 1:45:05 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
New 'Sanhedrin' Calls For Architectural Blueprint To Rebuild Jewish Temple
The Israeli rabbinical council involved with re-establishing the Sanhedrin, is calling upon all groups involved in Temple Mount research to prepare detailed architectural plans for the reconstruction of the Jewish Holy Temple.
The Sanhedrin was a 71-man assembly of rabbis that convened adjacent to the Holy Temple before its destruction in 70 AD and outside Jerusalem until about 400 AD.
The move followed the election earlier this week of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz as temporary president of a group aspiring to become Judaism's highest-ranking legal-religious tribunal.
However, although Steinsaltz's involvement with the endeavor adds important rabbinic legitimacy, other major halachic authorities, including Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the leading haredi Ashkenazi spiritual leader, and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the premier Sephardi halachic opinion, have refused repeated requests to offer their support.
Nevertheless, the group will establish a forum of architects and engineers to begin plans for rebuilding the Temple – a move fraught with religious and political volatility.
The group, which calls itself the Sanhedrin, is calling on the Jewish people to contribute toward the acquisition of materials for the purpose of rebuilding the Temple – including the gathering and preparation of prefabricated, disassembled portions to be stored and ready for rapid assembly, "in the manner of King David."
Rabbi Hillel Weiss, spokesman for the burgeoning Sanhedrin, said in an official statement that because of "concerns that external pressure would be brought to bear upon individuals not to take part in the establishment of a Sanhedrin, the names of most participants have been withheld up to this point."
"The increasingly anti-Jewish decisions handed down by the Supreme Court prove the need for an alternative legal system based on Jewish sources," said Weiss. "More and more people, including Torah scholars, are beginning to understand this."
The Sanhedrin was reestablished last October in Tiberias, the place of its last meeting 1,600 years ago. Since then, it has met in Jerusalem on a monthly basis.
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According to some, the rebuilding of the Temple is the sign of the last times.
They're moving along pretty quickly, it seems.
I'm sure we would have no trouble finding willing hands right here at FR to help demolish that monument to a moon rock currently in the Temple's spot.
It's gonna happen, get ready.
Time to Rebuild the Temple! PING!
A.A.C.
America for Israel, and Israel for America.
Are they intent on calling down the lightning?
We gots that nowadays
Gonna make a whole lot of Muslims hopping mad.
Breathing makes Muslims hopping mad.
Thats what I've heard in church as a kid
Right. Whether or not the prophecy is reality, things are going to be done by various bad actors. Who really knows what will happen, but something is almost sure to happen and it won't be pleasant for everyone and maybe for anyone.
My understanding is that the Temple is not to be rebuilt until Moshiach comes.
Do you mean the one in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, or something else.
Your constant reference to it is a total mystery.
That's what my church teaches as well. I wish a Jew would post his or her beliefs, as they pertain to the rebuilding and how that is perceived by Jews.
As for me, I'm delighted with the news!
Demolish?
I think a few dozen "Hellfire" missiles fired from unmarked, unmanned drones flying low and fast in the dead of night would do the trick.
I herby volunteer my services to control one joystick for one of the aforementioned video game exercises...
A.A.C.
An avowed Infidel enemy of allah-uzza, the false god of islam, and his false prophet, the ArabianArchPaedophiliac, moo-ham-mad {so named because he died of "mad pig" disease}
Look up "Mecca".
So, which Jewish point of view do you want, and we'll try to find someone who can provide it for your consideration.
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