From Campbell's 3rd link
Among the Biblically mandated tasks of the priests are offering sacrifices, inquiring of God concerning His will, handing down judicial and ritual rulings, accompanying the holy Ark, and teaching the Divine commandments to the people. The regulations for the sanctified work of the Temple priests were codified in rabbinical writings many years ago. “A man who wants to serve as a priest in the Temple must be extremely responsible,” explained Rabbi Kreuser. “It is not a job for everyone. The Temple priests are the ambassadors of the Almighty on earth.”
Seeing the ark is missing it kinda puts a damper on that
he Sanhedrin - Great Court of 71
Special Court for Matters Concerning the Nation and the State
(Operating autonomously) 'Let animals live' organization appeals against the Symposium on Korban Pesach On Thursday evening, 28th of Adar II, Yehudah Glick, General Manager of the Temple Institute, and Yehoshua Friedman, one of the rabbis of the institute, prepared an halachic question for the court, as follows:
The institute will host a symposium on Sunday, Rosh Chodesh Nisah, 5768 in Yeshivat HaKotel.
The day is dedicated to studying the laws related to the Temple, and the laws connected with the Korban Pesach (passover sacrifice).
The Temple Institute is registered with the interior ministry of the State of Israel and regulated by the office of non-profit organizations.
The full name of the institute: The Institute for Study, Research and the Building of the Temple.
The institute holds lectures in all parts of the country, and is well known in many countries. Approximately one hundred thousand people visit the institute and its exhibitions, and they come to learn about the commandments and laws connected with the Temple, with the hope that one day the government of Israel will allow the building of the Temple, and reinstitute the sacrificial system as it was in days past.
It turns out that an organization called 'Let the animals live' has made an appeal against a symposium on this subject. In particular, [the protest] against an instructional sacrifice as part of the gathering.
In light of the above, we turn to the Special Court for Matters Concerning the Nation and the State, to clarify how we should act in response to the attempt by Jews who have disowned the Torah of Israel. Their purpose is dissuade observant Jews from studying the Torah of Israel and keep its commandments as they were given by the mouth of the Almighty at Sinai.
Also given that the organization turned to the secular court, that does not recognize the Torah of Israel, how should we act in response to the possible judgment of the secular court - a judgment that comes to prevent observant Jews from observing the Torah of Israel according to their faith?
Link:Psak 5768 Adar II 28 - The Sanhedrin - en
Seems what I said earlier stands. It appears this "massive" plan to "rebuild" the temple are a bunch of fringe loons as I suspected.
Nothing like blowing up unsubstantiated "facts" to reflect your POV.
with the hope that one day the government of Israel will allow the building of the Temple, and reinstitute the sacrificial system as it was in days past.
Hope is far from a fact that it is in the pipeline.
W/o the support of the US Christian right, these folk would be irrelevant in Israel.
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Stopped at 3rd link