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The Odyssey Of The Temple,
Where Mamie Got Her Gown
And The Story Of A Swinger
ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR
T
en miracles were said to
be in effect at all times
during the days of the
Temple:
Among them: The altar fire
burned continuously, even in
rain; the smoke from the altar
rose in a straight line to heaven;
no flies could be seen near the
sacrifices; and, despite the fact
that the Temple area was filled,
everyone found room when it was
time to bow prostrate before God.
Now a California-based group
has produced a minor miracle of
its own by publishing a large book
that details life in the Temple.
With impressive drawings, com-
puterized images and photos of
reconstructed objects from the
Temple (all based on talmudic
sources), The Odyssey of the
Third Temple (G. Israel Publi-
cations & Productions Ltd., the
Temple Institute) is an almost en-
cyclopedic version of everything
you ever wanted to know about
the Temple.
The book includes chapters on
the First Temple, the Second
Temple, holidays, the altar and
sacred vessels. It offers not only
technical details (a drawing
showing the Second Temple is
"based on halachic, historical and
archaeological data") but a de-
scription of such mystical con-
cepts as "the Seven Secrets
Hidden in the Blueprints of Cre-
ation." These are Torah; repen-
tance; the Garden of Eden;
Gehinnom (punishment for
transgressing God's will); the
Holy Temple; a heavenly (as op-
posed to the earthly) Jerusalem;
and the identity of the Messiah.
One especially interesting il-
lustration in the book shows how
the Holy Ark, which held the Ten
Commandments, likely looked
(with two, large gold pillars and
gold crowns at the top). Also in-
cluded are a drawing of how
Jerusalem appeared during the
reign of Herod, a photo of cups
that date back to the time of the
First Temple, and paintings of
sacrifices at the Temple and the
priests' mikvah, located under-
neath the Temple.
As unusual as the book is ex-
actly who produced it. It was
written by Rabbi Yisrael Ariel,
founder and head of the Temple
Institute, a group dedicated not
only to educating the Jewish com-
munity about the First and Sec-
ond temples, but to building a
third.
"The Temple Institute of
Jerusalem was founded on the
principle of action," the author
writes. "Its goal is to provide a ba-
sis in research, planning and in-
frastructure for the Third
Temple...The efforts which the
Temple Institute must accept
upon itself in our time can be
compared to the preparations
that were done in the days of the
Tabernacle and later, by King
David."
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A model of the Second Temple, from the Museum of the History of Jerusalem.
The book's last chapter de-
scribes the work of the Temple
Institute, which includes a list of
its upcoming projects. Among
these are the reconstruction of
the High Priest's breastplate (es-
timated cost: $750,000) and a set
of utensils for the barley offering
(about $12,000).
Z
ev Tsukerman moved with
his family to the United
States because "we wanted
our religious freedom." The
U.S. Constitution, he says, gives
that freedom, as well as the right
to "dress the way you want, eat
the food you want, and celebrate
any holidays you want...We didn't
have these rights when we lived
in the Soviet Union."
Zev's story — a life of soccer
and computers, studying Hebrew
and giving tzedakah — is told for
children in pictures and brief text
in the new L'Chaim: The Sto-
ry of a Russian Emigre Boy
(Henry Holt) by Tricia Brown and
Kenneth Kobre.
Zev and his family settle in
San Francisco, where Zev stud-
ies with Rabbi Levy at the Beth
Aharon Jewish Day School. His
best friend is named Schneur.
After school, Zev plays with his
baby brother or goes to his kung
fu classes. Sometimes, he ac-
companies his grandfather to the
store to buy a Russian newspa-
per.
L'Chaim also follows Zev as he