Jerusalem – A 60-day international crowdfunding campaign to finance the construction of a modern Third Temple on the Temple Mount garnered $105,000 worth of donations from over 900 donors around the globe by Rosh Hashana, the Temple Institute said Sunday.
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According to a statement from the right-wing organization – dedicated to educating world Jewry about the centrality of the Temple Mount to Jewish life and “recreating every aspect of the Holy Temple” – its crowdfunding campaign received the donations from 30 countries.
“The funds raised from the campaign will be used to continue the research of the Institute and to commission additional architectural plans,” the statement said. “The architects will fuse Jewish law with modern technology to prepare for a fully modern Third Temple, Kosher to the letter of the law…”
Featuring a website with a three-minute promotional video depicting a digital incarnation of the planned Third Temple, the institute said the site was viewed by over 160,000 people and received over 10,000 shares on Facebook.
Rabbi Chaim Richman, the international director of the institute, said the organization utilized the crowdfunding campaign after initially finding success with YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
“We are constantly looking for ways to include as many people as possible in our mission to rebuild the Holy Temple,” said Richman. “This is not about one group or organization – it’s about bringing about a spiritual reunification of mankind. Today, with the help of the Internet, our message is resonating across the globe.”
Richman said the Temple Institute’s plan to design, fund and build a new temple began three years ago.
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Now that he raised enough to live on for the next year, what will he do for this crazy project? What a waste of good money.
Who gets to be HaKohen HaGadol? Seriously, we can’t agree on anything, let alone something this important. Two Satmarer Rebbes, two Chief Rabbis of Israel, can you eat green beans on Pesach….. does anyone really believe that we can choose a High Priest (assuming Israel survives the onslaught from 1.5 Billion angry Muslims….)
Isn’t the third Bais Hamikdosh only going to be built after Moshiach comes and it will come from Shomayim, so why are people giving money to a hopeless cause?
isarusa d’l’tata, isarusa d’l’MA’ALEH!
My confidence is not boosted by the person collecting the money bearing the name of rich-man.
We need the Shamir worm to cut the stones used to form the holy temple as the gemara relates that no metal was used to build the temple. Perhaps a laser tool could do the job.
#7 … And what’s the return policy…?
It is sad with all the above comments it sounds like everyone has given up the hope for the 3rd Temple. One has to remember all the things that go into the Temple have to be made by man, such as the Alter, the clothes for the priests, the Lavar, etc. What is a house without its furniture?
Overall, not a well-reasoned argument for giving money…seems like a scam of sorts or simply a way to part simple yidden from their money and help support a rav who has found the “holy grail”….how to make money from the comfort of your home computer l’shem mitzvah.
something tells me when hashem brings moshiah he will provide the money to money for the bais hmikdash we dont need the help of some right wing nut jobs