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Temple Mount Update | THE TEN CROWNS OF THE MONTH OF NISAN
The month of Adar is a magical month topped off with the Purim celebration on the 14th and 15th, the reading of the four special Torah readings of Shkolim, Zachor, Para and HaChodesh, the collecting of the half shekel offering, (not too late!) and the preparations to be made in anticipation of Passover. But we are just getting started! Monday evening begins the month of Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew year! The first day of Nisan was the day of the dedication of the desert Tabernacle, which we read about this Shabbat, (parashat Shemini), a day which earned Nisan ten crowns!
Crown #1: The dedication of the Tabernacle took place on the first day of the week!
Crown #2: The first of the twelve tribal leaders brought gifts and offerings to the Tabernacle!
Crown #3: the first day of Aharon's official service in the Tabernacle, beginning a priestly heritage that continues to this day!
Crown #4: The first day of the Tabernacle/Temple offerings!
Crown #5: The first time fire descends from heaven consuming the offerings placed upon the altar!
Crown #6: The first time that sacred foods were eaten by the kohanim in the Tabernacle!
Crown #7: The first time that the Divine Presence (Shechinah) rested amidst the people!
Crown #8: The first day the kohanim blessed the people with the priestly blessing!
Crown #9: The first day it became forbidden to perform offerings to HaShem outside of the Tabernacle/Temple!
Crown #10: It was the first month of the new year!
Nisan is known as the month of our ge'ula - the month of our redemption! Not just our redemption from Egypt on the 15th of Nisan, but our future redemption, may it be soon!
The verse from Psalms 96:11, "The heavens will rejoice and the earth will exult" is related to Nisan, as the first letters of each of the four Hebrew words in the verse spell out the ineffable name of HaShem!
The name Nisan is related to the Hebrew word nes - which means miracle. And no wonder - Nisan, the month of firsts, the month of ten crowns, the month of the exodus and the Passover festival and the pilgrimage of all Israel to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and the month of our past and future ge'ula, is truly a month of miracles! May we merit witnessing many miracles this Nisan. Many miracles and glad tidings!
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Temple Mount Update | MORE THAN 4,000 JEWISH PILGRIMS STREAM TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT OVER PASSOVER!
4,151 Jewish pilgrims visited the Temple Mount over the intermediate days of Passover, fulfilling the commandment, "Three times in the year, every one of your males shall appear before HaShem, your G-d, in the place He will choose: on the Festival of Matzot and on the Festival of Weeks, and on the Festival of Sukkoth, and he shall not appear before HaShem empty-handed." (Deuteronomy 16:16)