The bold print below is from Wilson’s Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem concerning the underground chambers of the Temple Mount. He calls them “cisterns.” A few years later, Charles Warren checked Wilson’s measurements and made many additional ones of his own.…
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Room 50 – History of the Temple Mount
Exhibit 50a- Bais HaMikdash. The Bais Hamikdash as it looked 2,000 years ago. The various doorways and entrances have been displayed and discussed in other rooms of the Museum. Based on drawing by L. Ritmeyer. Exhibit 50b- Bais HaMikdash. The…
Room 49 – Virtual Mishnah, a Translation, Commentary, Visual Aids to Tractate Midoth – Chapter 5 of 5
CHAPTER 5 MISHNAH 1: THE WHOLE AZARAH(48) COURTYARD WAS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN [CUBITS] LONG BY A HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE WIDE. FROM EAST TO WEST IT WAS A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN. THE SPACE IN WHICH THE ISRAELITES STEPPED(17) WAS ELEVEN CUBITS. THE SPACE…
Room 49 – Virtual Mishnah, a Translation, Commentary, Visual Aids to Tractate Midoth – Chapter 4 of 5
CHAPTER 4 MISHNAH 1: THE DOORWAY OF THE SANCTUARY(34) WAS TWENTY CUBITS HIGH AND TEN WIDE. IT HAD FOUR DOORS, TWO ON THE INNER SIDE [OF THE DOORPOST], AND TWO ON THE OUTER SIDE. AS IT SAYS, THE SANCTUARY AND TEMPLE…
Room 49 – Virtual Mishnah, a Translation, Commentary, Visual Aids to Tractate Midoth – Chapter 3 of 5
CHAPTER 3 MISHNAH 1: THE ALTAR(30) [CONSISTED OF THREE [STONE] PLATFORMS BUILT ONE ATOP THE OTHER. THE BASE] WAS THIRTY-TWO [CUBITS] BY THIRTY-TWO [CUBITS]. IT ROSE UP ONE CUBIT AND WENT IN A CUBIT. THIS [FORMED] THE “YESOD”-FOUNDATION”. WE FIND [THAT THE SECOND…
Room 49 – Virtual Mishnah, a Translation, Commentary, Visual Aids to Tractate Midoth – Chapter 2 of 5
CHAPTER 2 MISHNAH 1: THE TEMPLE MOUNT(1) WAS BY FIVE HUNDRED. THE GREATER PART OF [THE OPEN AREA] WAS TO THE SOUTH. THE SECOND [GREATEST OPEN AREA] WAS TO THE EAST. THE THIRD [GREATEST OPEN AREA] WAS TO THE NORTH. THE LEAST [OPEN AREA] WAS…
Room 49 – Virtual Mishnah, a Translation, Commentary, Visual Aids to Tractate Midoth – Chapter 1 of 5
This is a translation and a brief commentary on the tractate Midoth which deals with the physical dimensions of the Holy Temple. All words in the text that are underlined can be clicked on to see a visual image. All words italicized…