• Suggested Learning Schedule During 17 Tammuz - 15 Menachem Av

• Publisher's Foreword
  1. Looking Back and Looking Forward
  2. Relevant Now More Than Ever
  3. A Unique Approach to the Study of Torah

• How We Can Build the Beis HaMikdash
  1. Building Through Study
  2. Fulfilling Mitzvoson Two Planes
  3. Why Study About Past History?
  4. How the Third Beis HaMikdash Will Be Built
  5. A Matter of Present Concern

• Towards the Complete Fulfillment of a Mitzvah
  1. The Repetition of a Commandment
  2. The Bond Between These Three Mitzvos
  3. Fulfilling a Mitzvah in Stages
  4. Intermediate Way-Stations On the Path to Jerusalem
  5. The Ultimate Beis HaMikdash

• G-d's Chosen House
  1. "The Place Which G-d, Your L-rd, shall choose"
  2. Sacrificing Only in G-d's Chosen Place
  3. When Sacrificing on a Private Altar was Permitted
  4. Two Purposes: The Manifestation of the Divine Presence; a Centralized Location for Worship
  5. G-d's Choice Permeates the Site in its Entirety
  6. G-d's Eternal Home

• The Purpose of Building the Beis HaMikdash
  1. A Difference of Opinion between the Rambam and the Ramban
  2. What is the Purpose of the Beis HaMikdash: Sacrificial Worship or Revealing G-d's Presence
  3. A Resolution of the Differences: The Purpose of the Beis HaMikdash in Man's Eyes and Its Purpose in the Eyes of G-d
  4. In the Era of the Redemption

• The Beis HaMikdash and its Utensils
  1. Three Different Conceptions
  2. Applying These Concepts to the Utensils of the Beis HaMikdash
  3. Differences in Halachah stemming from these Three Approaches
  4. The Rambam's Approach

• The High Priest's Chamber
  1. The Chamber of Wood
  2. The Change in the Name of the Chamber
  3. The Ultimate Experience

• A Blemish In A Stone, A Mar For G-d's Chosen House
  1. The Extent of Damage Necessary to Disqualify the Stones of the Altar and the Beis HaMikdash
  2. An Abstract Conception
  3. The Difference between a Stone to be used for the Altar and One which is already Part of the Altar
  4. The Lasting Effects of an Act of Destruction
  5. To be part of G-d's Chosen House

• The Uniqueness of the Altar's Site
  1. "The Altar for the Burnt Offerings of Israel"
  2. The Selection of the Site of the Altar for G-d's Chosen House
  3. Sacrifices in Anticipation of the Future
  4. Why the Rambam refers to the Sacrifices brought in the Past
  5. Complementing G-d's Choice through Man's Service
  6. The Site of the Beis HaMikdash in the Era of the Redemption

• The Site of the Altar: Revered Throughout History
  1. The Precise Location of the Altar
  2. Sacrifices: The Purpose of the Beis HaMikdash
  3. The Beis HaMikdash, a Sanctuary for Israel; the Altar, a Center of Worship for All Mankind
  4. The Contribution of Avraham and the Contribution of Yitzchak
  5. The Manifestation of the Divine Presence, Holiness that Surpasses All Human Service

• Embossing the Ornaments of the Menorah: A New Interpretation of a Classic Talmudic Question
  1. A Question Left Unresolved By Our Sages
  2. The Historical Background
  3. A Resolution to the Issue

• The Design of the Menorah
  1. The Shape of the Branches of the Menorah
  2. What is the Rambam's view?
  3. The Position of the Goblets
  4. The Source for the Misconceptions
  5. The Outpouring of Divine Light

• A Buried Treasure: The Entombment Of The Ark
  1. Where the Holy Ark is Located Today
  2. Maintaining the Sanctity of the Beis HaMikdash
  3. Not Merely a Sacred Article, but Part of the Beis HaMikdash
  4. Two Places for the Ark
  5. King Yoshiyahu's Command
  6. The Urim VeTumim, a Parallel to the Ark
  7. The Presence of the Ark on Mount Moriah, an Eternal Truth

• What were the Urim VeTumim?
  1. The High Priest's Breastplate
  2. Rashi's Conception
  3. The Rambam's Conception
  4. One of the Ramifications of this Difference in Approach

• The Need For Transition: A Unique Conception of the Cubit of Traksin
  1. The Division Between the Sanctuary and the Holy of Holies
  2. Choosing the Jerusalem Talmud as a Source, Rather than the Babylonian Talmud
  3. Why Two Curtains Instead of One?
  4. A Thought Provoking Reference
  5. A Difference between the Sanctuary in the Desert and the Beis HaMikdash
  6. A Temporary Dwelling Differs from G-d's Eternal Home
  7. Establishing the Dvir as an Independent Entity

• A Guardrail For The Roof Of The Beis HaMikdash
  1. The Difference Between the Roof of the Beis HaMikdash and the Roof of a Synagogue
  2. Our Partnership in the Beis HaMikdash
  3. The Ultimate Dwelling

• The Number Of Gates To The Courtyard Of The Beis HaMikdash
  1. Guarding the Gates of the Courtyard
  2. How Many Gates Were There?
  3. The Difference between an Entrance and a Gate
  4. The Contrast Between the Guarding Performed by the Priests and the Guarding Performed by the Levites

• Mirroring Spiritual Reality; An Explanation of the Different Levels of the Beis HaMikdash
  1. Higher Levels on Mount Moriah; Ascending Plateaus of Holiness
  2. The Various Levels in the Beis HaMikdash
  3. A Reflection of the Spiritual Within the Material Context of Our Existence
  4. A Totally Unique Plane of Holiness

• Eretz Yisrael, Our People's Eternal Heritage
  1. The Difference Between the Sanctity of the Beis HaMikdash and that of Eretz Yisrael as a Whole
  2. Attempts to Resolve the Rambam's Perspective
  3. When Prophecy Said That Nations Would Conquer Eretz Yisrael
  4. Our People's Ownership of Eretz Yisrael
  5. The Sanctification of Eretz Yisrael is Dependent on G-d's Command
  6. Manifesting Possession - Revealing One's Ownership

• The Interrelation of the Levels of Holiness
  1. Ten Levels of Holiness
  2. Do Our Rabbis See These Levels of Sanctity as Dependent on Each Other
  3. When All Authorities Accept the Concept of Interdependence

• Guarding the Beis HaMikdash
  1. Why a Redundancy in the Mishnah?
  2. Two Rationales for This Mitzvah
  3. The Contrast Between the Tractates of Tamid and Middos
  4. Why the Beis HaMikdash Was Not Guarded During the Day

• Guarding the Site of the Beis HaMikdash in the Present Era
  1. Honoring G-d's Eternal Dwelling Place
  2. An Obligation Left Unfulfilled
  3. A Threat to a Jew's Life Supersedes the Observance of the Entire Torah
  4. Guarding Our Own Sanctuaries in Microcosm

• The Ultimate Token of Esteem
  1. The Inspection of the Courtyard on Shabbos
  2. Is the Prohibition Against Performing a Shvus Waived When There is an Alternative or Not?
  3. Is there a Difference Between a Standard Procedure and an Unusual One
  4. Why the Rambam includes the discussion of the inspection of the courtyard in Hilchos Beis HaBechirah?
  5. An Expression of Respect and Awe
  6. The Distinction Between the Sacrificial Worship in the Beis HaMikdash and the Construction of the Building
  7. A Focus on the Objective, and Not on the Act
  8. Illuminating the Third Beis HaMikdash

• Who Will Build the Third Beis HaMikdash, Man or G-d?
  1. A Building of the Heavens or of the Earth
  2. Will We Be Worthy?
  3. Concrete Elucidation of Yechezkel's Prophecies
  4. When That Which is Hidden Will Emerge
  5. Adding Divine Perfection to Human Effort

• A Dwelling For G-d In Our World
  1. Can G-d Be Confined to a Single Place?
  2. The Open Manifestation of G-dliness
  3. The Ultimate of Perfection; Complete Infinity
  4. The Place of the Ark, the Fusion of Finiteness and Infinity
  5. G-d's Dwelling: A Specific Place for Infinite Revelation
  6. "I Will Dwell Among Them"

• The Ultimate Dwelling For G-d's Presence
  1. To Dwell Among Mortals
  2. The Differences Between a Temporary Dwelling and a Permanent Home
  3. Two Levels of Refinement
  4. Parallels in Our Divine Service
  5. The Ultimate Divine Dwelling

• Glossary