National priorities

Hi,

"After the Six-Day War, when a Torah scholar and professor came to Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Kook and asked him why he did not begin to build the Temple, he responded, 'The mitzvah of building the Kingdom of Israel takes precedence, according to the ruling of the Rambam at the beginning of the Laws of Kings.'" 

(Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, Sichot HaRav Tzvi Yehudah, Chapters of Messiah 4:Talmud Torah 1 addendum 2)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Jerusalem without a Temple

Hi,

"Yerushalayim is in the category of ‘degraded’ and ‘desolate’ as long as the Beit haMikdash is not built; the essence of Yerushalayim is the Beit haMikdash."

(Rav Tzvi Yehudah Kook, cited by Rav Shlomo Aviner, שלהבתיה pg. 5)

המצפה לישועה,
Mordechai