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Model of The Temple in Jerusalem

If the land of Israel may no longer work on such a principle, there are still at least two things we can take with us from this. The first is that we should want such Divine feedback to return to our very special homeland. The other is that, in the meantime, we should seek whatever indicators we can to check how we are doing ethically and spiritually, and take the appropriate measures needed to improve. With Elul around the corner, this is not such a bad thing.

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Rabbi Francis Nataf
Rabbi Francis Nataf (www.francisnataf.com) is a veteran Tanach educator who has written an acclaimed contemporary commentary on the Torah entitled “Redeeming Relevance.” He teaches Tanach at Midreshet Rachel v'Chaya and is Associate Editor of the Jewish Bible Quarterly. He is also Translations and Research Specialist at Sefaria, where he has authored most of Sefaria's in-house translations, including such classics as Sefer HaChinuch, Shaarei Teshuva, Derech Hashem, Chovat HaTalmidim and many others. He is a prolific writer and his articles on parsha, current events and Jewish thought appear regularly in many Jewish publications such as The Jewish Press, Tradition, Hakira, the Times of Israel, the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Action and Haaretz.