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Here you'll find Torah thoughts on the weekly portions written by Rabbi Richman over the years, insights and teachings on the subject of the Holy Temple, archaeological research by archaeologist Hillel Richman, lessons focused on the festivals, special times and sacred seasons of the Hebrew calendar, guest writers, and more...new articles are being uploaded as time allows so check back often.

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Hillel Richman

13 min

The Tombs of the House of David, Part I

One of the Greatest Unsolved Archaeological Mysteries in Jerusalem In the early 1930’s archeologist E. L. Sukenik had been conducting...

Hillel Richman

18 min

The True Location of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Part Six

PART 6: The Temple Mount is The Temple Mount, After All Now that we have refuted the key claims on which the TLT’s base their argument,...

Hillel Richman

10 min

The True Location of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Part Five

Could Fort Antonia Be the Temple Mount? Fort Antonia was a structure located in the north-western corner of King Herod’s Temple Mount....

Hillel Richman

6 min

The True Location of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Part Four

What About a Live Water Source for the Temple? One of the key arguments used to claim that the Temple had to have been in the City of...

Hillel Richman

12 min

The True Location of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Part Three

Part 3: Has The Temple Mount been wrongly identified since the Crusader Period? Another notion propagated by some of the TLT’s, is that...

Hillel Richman

9 min

The True Location of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Part Two

Part ll: Have the Jews Forgotten the Place of the Temple? “If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill May my tongue...

Hillel Richman

14 min

The True Location of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Part One

The Holy Temple of Jerusalem is once again under attack. Unlike the physical devastation perpetrated by the Babylonians and Romans...