Temple Institute
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| Established | 1987 |
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| Location | Jerusalem |
| Type | archaeology and history |
| Website | www |
| Temple Institute – ritual objects | |
| Item | Purpose |
| Copper laver | For Kohanim to wash at start of day |
| Mizrak | Holds blood from sacrificial animals |
| Large mizrak | Holds blood from larger animals |
| Three-pronged fork | To arrange offerings on the altar |
| Measuring cup | To measure meal offerings |
| Copper vessel for meal offerings | To prepare meal offerings |
| Silver shovel | To remove ashes from the altar |
| Silver vessel for wine libation | For wine accompanying offerings |
| Lottery box | For Yom Kippur |
| Silver altar cup for water libation | For Sukkot |
| Silver libation vessels | For Sukkot |
| Sickle | To reap the Omer barley |
| Other offering implements | To offer the Omer barley |
| Abuv | To roast the Omer barley |
| Menorah cleansing vessel | To clean the Menorah |
| Oil pitcher | For replenishing the Menorah |
| Small golden flask | For replenishing individual Menorah lamps |
| Frankincense censer | |
| Incense chalice | For Ketoret or incense offering |
| Incense shovel | For Ketoret or incense offering |
| Menorah | See Menorah. |
| Table of the Showbread | See Showbread. |
| Incense altar | For Ketoret or incense offering |
| Ark of the Covenant (mock up) | See Ark of the Covenant. |
| Crown | Crown worn by the High Priest |
| Garments of the High Priest | See High Priest. |
| Silver trumpets | Announce special occasions and offerings |
| Gold-plated shofar | For Rosh Hashanah. See Shofar. |
| Silver-plated shofar | For fast days. See Shofar. |
| Harp | Used by the choir of Levites singing psalms |
| Lyre | Used by the choir of Levites singing psalms |
The Temple Institute, known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash (Hebrew: מכון המקדש), is an organization in Israel focusing on the endeavor of establishing the Third Temple. Its long-term aims are to build the third Jewish temple on the Temple Mount, on the site currently occupied by the Dome of the Rock, and to reinstate sacrificial worship. It aspires to reach this goal through the study of Temple construction and ritual and through the development of actual Temple ritual objects, garments, and building plans suitable for immediate use in the event conditions permit its reconstruction. It runs a museum in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel. It was founded and is headed by Rabbi Yisrael Ariel. Its current Director General is Dovid Shvartz, and the International Department is headed by Rabbi Chaim Richman. New York billionaire Henry Swieca has supported the institute. The Israeli government has also provided funding.
As part of its ongoing effort to prepare for a future rebuilt Temple, the Temple Institute has been preparing ritual objects suitable for Temple use. Many of the over ninety ritual items to be used in the Temple have been made by the Temple Institute.
As of June 2008, a major current project of the institute is the creation of the sacred uniform of the Kohen Gadol, the High Priest, and the ordinary priests. This project, the culmination of years of study and research, has been underway for several years. The High Priest's Hoshen (breastplate) and Ephod have already been completed. The Tzitz, the golden crown of the High Priest, was completed in 2007. [1] The Temple Institute is designing the garments for the lay priests intended for purchase by Kohanim.
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