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Israeli rabbinical body calls for architectural blueprint
(New 'Sanhedrin' plans) for rebuilding of Temple Mount at the site of
Al Aqsa The Israeli rabbinical council involved with re-
establishing the Sanhedrin, is calling upon all groups involved in
Temple Mount research to prepare detailed architectural plans for the
reconstruction of the Jewish Holy Temple.  Israeli troops guarding Al Aqsa Mosque to prevent Jewish pilgrims from storming it. But how long can they defend the unjust and illegal ocupation of the Temple mount by the Al Aqsa Mosque which is has been squatting on the Holy site of the 2nd Jewish Temple for the last 1400 years.
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Sanhedrin was a 71-man assembly of rabbis that convened adjacent to
the Holy Temple before its destruction in 70 AD and outside Jerusalem
until about 400 AD. The move followed the election earlier this
week of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz as temporary president of a group
aspiring to become Judaism's highest-ranking legal-religious
tribunal. However, although Steinsaltz's involvement with the
endeavor adds important rabbinic legitimacy, other major halachic
authorities, including Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the leading
haredi Ashkenazi (Jews of European diaspora) spiritual leader, and
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the premier Sephardi (Jews of Asian diaspora)
halachic opinion, have refused repeated requests to offer their
support. Nevertheless, the group will establish a forum of
architects and engineers to begin plans for rebuilding the Temple – a
move fraught with religious and political volatility. The group,
which calls itself the Sanhedrin, is calling on the Jewish people to
contribute toward the acquisition of materials for the purpose of
rebuilding the Temple – including the gathering and preparation of
prefabricated, disassembled portions to be stored and ready for rapid
assembly, "in the manner of King David." Rabbi Hillel Weiss,
spokesman for the burgeoning Sanhedrin, said in an official statement
that because of "concerns that external pressure would be brought to
bear upon individuals not to take part in the establishment of a
Sanhedrin, the names of most participants have been withheld up to
this point." "The increasingly anti-Jewish decisions handed
down by the Supreme Court prove the need for an alternative legal
system based on Jewish sources," said Weiss. "More and more people,
including Torah scholars, are beginning to understand this."
In addition to the election of Steinsaltz, the rabbis present
also chose a seven-man committee, headed by him, to campaign for the
acceptance of the idea of a Sanhedrin. Those chosen include Rabbi
Nachman Kahane, brother of murdered Jewish Defense League and Kach
leader Rabbi Meir Kahane. Kahane is the rabbi of the Young Israel of
Jerusalem's Old City and heads an organized study of Temple rituals
and ceremonies, as well as cataloging all known kohanim (priests) in
Israel. Others on the committee are Rabbi Dov Levanoni, an 83-year-
old Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi and expert on the Holy Temple; Yisrael
Ariel, founder of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem; and Rabbi Yoel
Shwartz, founder and rabbi of the "Nahal Haredi" Israeli Defense
Forces unit specifically designed to enable the haredi public to join
the IDF, and teacher at Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim who has authored
about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects in Jewish law and
theology. Steinsaltz is best known for his translation and
commentary on the Talmud, but he has also served as resident scholar
at Princeton and Yale Universities. He heads a network of Israeli
educational institutions called Mekor Chaim and outreach programs in
the U.S., the former Soviet Union, Great Britain and Australia. He is
also a past recipient of the Israel Prize. The Sanhedrin was
reestablished last October in Tiberias, the place of its last meeting
1,600 years ago. Since then, it has met in Jerusalem on a monthly
basis. Story Credits: Worldnetdaily
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