Jerusalem and The Holy Temple

We all know that the Levi'im (Levites) have a special status & had unique roles in the Beit HaMikdash, but what is it? What's the common denominator between their singing, guarding, opening the gates & their role as the Torah teachers of Israel? Levi means "accompany" & they escort both the aristocratic Kohanim & the "lay" Israelite farmers. They are the visible & "hear-able" go-between at the entrance of the Temple, & the Torah educators who go around the country. They are not the super-stars, but rather represent the functional & necessary, which often go "unsung". A review of all of the details of the Levite laws beautifully show this point, & explain the Talmudic connection between them & Lashon Hara (negative speech).

Shuir by Rabbi Zalman Melamed about The Sanctity of Temple Mount

While the Mishkan/Bet HaMikdash may be (temporarily) absent, each of us can ourselves become one.

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Torah directs man to confine himself to an abstract spiritual world

In the Holy Temple, between the women's courtyard and the Israelites' courtyard, there was a gate called the Gate of Nikanor

we shall see how the entire Jewish life order was bound up with the concept of rain in Israel.

we believe that every realistic reason is coupled with a halachic one.