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Can Women Build the Holy Temple of Jerusalem?

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Rabbi Aaron L Raskin

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It's customary to learn the laws of during the three weeks. We continue with number 12. Okay. We don't build the at night. [Music] We do it during the day at night. We begin from dawn until nightfall. Every person is obligated to participate with their body and their money, men and women just like they did in the midbar. However, says even though it's an important project, we do not stop the children from studying Torah because the study of the Torah is more important than the building of the holy temple. As you know, the power of the mouth of babes. King David tells us not came from the mouth of babes we gather strength against of our enemies furthermore from the he the breath of our children the world is sustained and therefore we don't stop the study of children from learning Torah furthermore we don't push off the holiday or override the holiday in order to build the holy temple so when it comes to we have to stop and surely when it comes to shabis we don't build the holy temple a few questions arise number

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  1. 0:00It's customary to learn the laws of during the three weeks. We continue with number 12.…
  2. 0:31Every person is obligated to participate with their body and their money, men and women just…
  3. 1:02not came from the mouth of babes we gather strength against of our enemies furthermore from…
  4. 1:32one is pertaining to the children not stopping to learn we already studied this in the…
  5. 2:02answer is that is teaching us here that not only is there a mitzvah on the…
  6. 2:32temple is being built. This concept is underscored with a a story or a concept in…
  7. 3:02there. The same is true with the building the temple. You're not creating the you're not…
  8. 3:32through charity and also the importance of children going to yeshiva and studying in yeshiva. And…

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