The Third Temple: A Vision of Peace and Unity
There is an old Chassidisher Yiddish tune that says, “Master of the world, I know that the Third Temple is not built with stones; it’s built with tears. So if all you need is just one more tear, please let it be my tear.I heard from a soldier, one of those holy of holiest soldiers who conquered the Holy Wall, that he had a dream at night that all this was all just a nightmare, we never left the Holy Land, the Holy Temple was never destroyed. Suddenly, he thought to himself, maybe the Levites are still singing in the Holy Temple. Maybe all of Israel is still there dancing in the courtyard of the Holy Temple. He ran out from hus house and ran over hills and over mountains until he reached the hills of Jerusalem and yes, it was true, the Holy Temple was still there, all of Israel was still dancing and the singing of the Levites was sweeter and deeper than Paradise. He could not believe such a thing existed in the world — and then he woke up.When G-d will rebuild the Third Temple then we shall know that the Exile was just a bad dream. All the pain, all the suffering never really existed — the Six Million never died — the Holy Temple was always there.Let it be tonight, that instead of dreaming, let’s wake up and find the Holy Temple. Let’s meet at this place on the hills of Jerusalem where the holy soldier heard the singing of the Levites. Let’s meet the whole world on that hill. Connections Magazine Menachem Av, 5748 Copyright (C) 1988 by the Inner FoundationReprinted with permission.Commercial redistribution prohibited without written consent of copyright holder and the Estate of Shlomo Carlebach
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