Mount Moriah

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  1. "Which I Will Tell You" – When?

    Rabbi Amnon Bazak

  2. Yom Yerushalayim - The Akeida and God’s Choice of Jerusalem

    Rabbi Mordechai Breuer

    Jerusalem is revealed to Avraham at two different periods in his life. First, in the encounter with Malki-Tzedek, king of Shalem, it is revealed in its dimension of tzedek and shalom. Later, at the akeida on Mount Moriah, it is revealed in its dimensions of re’iya and yira.

    The building of Jerusalem by David and Shlomo is likewise accomplished in two stages. King David conquers the city and sanctifies Mount Moriah, but it is his son, Shlomo, who merits to build the Temple. These two kings represent the two aspects of Yerushalayim. David represents re’iya, while Shlomo represents shalom. Jerusalem could only be whole through the combination.

     

    Translated by Kaeren Fish

  3. Jerusalem's Dual Election by Avraham and David

    Rabbi Dr. Avraham Walfish

    תאריך פרסום: 5777 | | Hour and 10 minutes

    This shiur focuses on the four-fold process of Jerusalem's election, examining the two different narratives within the Avraham story, as well as the two narratives within the David saga. While we do so, we consider the concepts of sacred time and sacred space and their importance in the description of the Mikdash. There are two main Jewish positions as to the nature of the Temple's original sanctity - historical (as a moment within the history of the Jewish people), and primordial (that the site of the Temple's holiness was already built into creation.

    As we look at the (dual) biblical view, while examine the stories of David's relationship with Jerusalem and Avraham's Akeida ordeal, difficult and disturbing questions arise about God's demands of humanity. How could God ask Avraham to sacrifice his son? Why was the punishment so harsh after David's census? 

    These stories are meant to disturb - and meant to tell us something about the place that God is going to select. The values of human autonomy and Divine will are intertwined in the Mikdash. Though free will is an important value, we must also remember that  human will is ultimately subordinate to the Divine will.