Temples and Synagogues use in the Bible

[Rachie]

I had some questions myself about Temples and Synagogues in the Bible and I thought it best in the end to do my own research. I researched this as I was interested and wanted to learn. I will share with you what I researched and learnt below if anyone might be interested in this topic as well. It was a bit of a game of lining things up, what took place where. If there are any errors please do not hesistant on pointing them out, so we can all learn. I have been a bit busy with form filling but had this saved since summer. It is quite recent. I have a post I need to research first, but this one first.
Hope you are well

Historically, in keeping with custom Jesus also attended synagogue on the Sabbath to worship and honour his Father (Luke 4:16). Prayer, preaching, teaching (Mark 1: 21-22), healing (Mark 1 23-28) (Luke 4: 33-35), scripture reading and gatherings (Acts 13: 14-16) (Acts 13: 42-44) took place on the Sabbath in synagogue. The Temple and the synagogue shared responsibility for worship until the Temple was destroyed around 70 AD in Jerusalem. Features of worship at the Temple such as the baking of the bread of the Presence which was to be shared by priests on the Sabbath was performed in the Temple.

The inner Temple could only be used by priests and Levites. Levites where responsible for many of the supportive roles and care-taking roles in the Temple. In the Temple the Holy of Holies was a Holy meeting point with God's Divine Presence that would be accessed by the high priest once a year during Yom Kippor. Jesus and the apostles also used the Temple for aspects of worship. Believers of God could visit the Temple courtyards to offer physical atonement and pray, but not gather as a community to worship. Synagogue worship which largely centred around worshiping the Word of God (liturgy) in different forms. These characteristics impacted on Christian churches when they were established. Healing was performed on the Sabbath in the synagogue by Jesus. This brought Jesus to the attention of Jewish religious leaders ( Luke 13: 14-17) for not upholding the commandment of rest. Jesus was not a law breaker in not upholding the rule of rest, but he brought forward a new logical conclusion.

As Christians Jesus became the embodiment for our atonement. Over time it became customary to move from homes (Acts 2: 46) and hidden places to break bread and share the Eucharist (the spiritual body and blood of Christ) in church buildings (or modern day Christian assemblies).
Paul would debate in the Temple with Jesus. Jesus was more than worthy to take the Bread of Presence. It is not known to my knowledge if he did though. The Eucharist became our new everlasting Bread of Presence as Christians.

 

[Kayla55]

There are so many codes in bible, it's amazing to see how codes link, if you interested in numbers.

 

[Rachie]

There are so many codes in bible, it's amazing to see how codes link, if you interested in numbers.

Thank you, I do like numbers and lining things up. I got such a startle when I did my autism test with the ADOS to see all the frogs and start counting them...epic.

Moving on. I heard this recently. I cannot say it if it is really true though. This preacher said just last week that the High Priest used to go in at Yom Kippor and they could die in there and might not come back out from the experience. I was thinking of rescus or what, but that is surely before the time.

 

[Cutesie]

Anything that I say here is from Jewish sources, as I know little of Christian teachings.

The area of the Temple reserved for the actual service was only accessible to the Priests. Levites were banned there as well as the Israelites and Gentiles.

It's interesting that the Temple Mount itself contained several synagogues. I don't know why they existed. When the High Priest was to read publicly from the Torah on Yom Kippur, the scroll was brought from one of those synagogues.

The baking of the Bread did not supersede the Sabbath restrictions on doing work, so they were baked on Friday. On the Sabbath, last week's loaves were removed and eaten, with the fresh ones placed on the Table.

When a Festival fell on Friday, the loaves were baked two days before placement, on Thursday. The only two-day holiday in Israel is the New Year (Rosh Hashana). It will be next week on Thursday and Friday. If that happened in Temple times, Wednesday was the baking day, which meant that they weren't eaten until ten days later. Two of the miracles involved with the Bread was that they remained completely fresh, and that eating just a bit would make a Priest satisfied.

Jews definitely did come en masse for prayer at the Temple. Another miracle there was that they were packed tightly together, but each person had plenty of space when it came time for prostration on the floor.

In the days of Jesus, a large percentage of Jews did not know how to say the prescribed prayers, as prayer books weren't available. This is why the Prayer Leader - even until today - repeats the prayers out loud after the congregation says them quietly.

 

[Kayla55]

If I could speak on topic of religion, but not synagogue.

We don't know which is forbidden tree, gives knowledge between good/evil but I'm thinking it must be a type of nut tree with first natural known pesticides built into nuts
Nut guru thread is when I finally realised it

 

[Cutesie]

We don't know which is forbidden tree, gives knowledge between good/evil but I'm thinking it must be a type of nut tree with first natural known pesticides built into nuts
Nut guru thread is when I finally realised it

Opinions in the Talmud:
Grape
Fig
Wheat (which, in that case, grew on a tree)
Citron (etrog)

Opinions of medieval Jewish scholars:
Walnut
Flax

No Jewish sources that I've seen say that it was an apple.

 

[Kayla55]

Opinions in the Talmud:
Grape
Fig
Wheat (which, in that case, grew on a tree)
Citron (etrog)

Opinions of medieval Jewish scholars:
Nut
Flax

No Jewish sources that I've seen say that it was an apple.

Cashew nut apple

 

[Kayla55]

I'm feeling my children are cursed, even if we get ADHD one through school, hold down job, they have no friends.

If we have this knowledge from this evil tree, then it makes sense that I've tried for so long and I'm thinking we are cursed.
This knowledge isn't helpful, we are cursed as we may invent things but money and joy does not return.
Maybe I'm finally nuts????

 

[Kayla55]

Anything that I say here is from Jewish sources, as I know little of Christian teachings.

The area of the Temple reserved for the actual service was only accessible to the Priests. Levites were banned there as well as the Israelites and Gentiles.

It's interesting that the Temple Mount itself contained several synagogues. I don't know why they existed. When the High Priest was to read publicly from the Torah on Yom Kippur, the scroll was brought from one of those synagogues.

The baking of the Bread did not supersede the Sabbath restrictions on doing work, so they were baked on Friday. On the Sabbath, last week's loaves were removed and eaten, with the fresh ones placed on the Table.

When a Festival fell on Friday, the loaves were baked two days before placement, on Thursday. The only two-day holiday in Israel is the New Year (Rosh Hashana). It will be next week on Thursday and Friday. If that happened in Temple times, Wednesday was the baking day, which meant that they weren't eaten until ten days later. Two of the miracles involved with the Bread was that they remained completely fresh, and that eating just a bit would make a Priest satisfied.

Jews definitely did come en masse for prayer at the Temple. Another miracle there was that they were packed tightly together, but each person had plenty of space when it came time for prostration on the floor.

In the days of Jesus, a large percentage of Jews did not know how to say the prescribed prayers, as prayer books weren't available. This is why the Prayer Leader - even until today - repeats the prayers out loud after the congregation says them quietly.

What Is Gluten—Why Is It Special?

The bread is also cursed, we modified strands. We are creating hybrid creatures, we are playing God

 

[Kayla55]

Kil'ayim (or Klayim; Hebrew: כלאים, lit. "mixture," or "diverse kinds") are the prohibitions in Jewish law which proscribe the planting of certain mixtures of seeds, grafting, the mixing of plants in vineyards, the crossbreeding of animals, the formation of a team in which different kinds of animals work together, and the mixing of wool with linen in garments.

 

[Kayla55]

The Lord said,

“Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell [shakan] among them.” (Exodus 25:8; see also Exodus 40:34–35 and 1 Kings 8:11)

 

[Cutesie]

Kil'ayim (or Klayim; Hebrew: כלאים, lit. "mixture," or "diverse kinds") are the prohibitions in Jewish law which proscribe the planting of certain mixtures of seeds, grafting, the mixing of plants in vineyards, the crossbreeding of animals, the formation of a team in which different kinds of animals work together, and the mixing of wool with linen in garments.

Yup. The prohibition on "mixed" clothing is also called Shaatnez. Whenever we purchase certain items - such as a woolen suit or skirt - we bring them to a Shaatnez lab, where they check for linen and, if possible, remove any that is found.

 

[Kayla55]

We really don't know which tree....

First and foremost, it's important to note that any nut in its natural state is kosher for Passover. This means that plain, unprocessed nuts such as almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts, raw cashews, pecans, and pistachios are all acceptable to eat during Passover without any special Passover certification or concerns.

 

[Kayla55]

That's about best possible answer on dust allergy,
And to the man He said: . . . By the sweat of your brow shall you eat bread, till you return to the earth from which you were taken; for dust you are, and unto dust you shall you return.

 

[Kayla55]

Niddah

The Talmud’s concluding tractate is the tractate of Niddah, whose seventy-three folios discuss the laws of niddah and zivahimpurity. But niddah is also a metaphor for the state of reality that has held sway ever since the first man and woman tasted of the Tree of Knowledge. Thus, tractate Niddah concludes with the following teaching by Elijah the prophet, herald of the redemption: “Whoever studies halachotevery day is guaranteed to be a citizen of the world to come”—the world to come being the restoration of the pristine Eden from which man was expelled on the first day of history.1

 

[Kayla55]

If I may alter the topic a little (of interest)
There is Ezekiel and Elijah (cross reference and numerical codes)

Elijah is considered a prophet by both Judaism and Islam. He served as the inspiration for the birth of the Carmelite Order. According to tradition Elijah lived in a cave on Mt. Carmel during the 9th century, in the reign of King Ahab

There Elijah went into a cave and stayed all night.

Then the Lord spoke his word to him: “Elijah! Why are you here?”

He answered, “Lord God All-Powerful, I have always served you as well as I could. But the people of Israel have broken their agreement with you, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with swords. I am the only prophet left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”

I have seven thousand people left in Israel who have never bowed down before Baal and whose mouths have never kissed his idol.”

 

[Rachie]

Anything that I say here is from Jewish sources, as I know little of Christian teachings.

The area of the Temple reserved for the actual service was only accessible to the Priests. Levites were banned there as well as the Israelites and Gentiles.

It's interesting that the Temple Mount itself contained several synagogues. I don't know why they existed. When the High Priest was to read publicly from the Torah on Yom Kippur, the scroll was brought from one of those synagogues.

The baking of the Bread did not supersede the Sabbath restrictions on doing work, so they were baked on Friday. On the Sabbath, last week's loaves were removed and eaten, with the fresh ones placed on the Table.

When a Festival fell on Friday, the loaves were baked two days before placement, on Thursday. The only two-day holiday in Israel is the New Year (Rosh Hashana). It will be next week on Thursday and Friday. If that happened in Temple times, Wednesday was the baking day, which meant that they weren't eaten until ten days later. Two of the miracles involved with the Bread was that they remained completely fresh, and that eating just a bit would make a Priest satisfied.

Jews definitely did come en masse for prayer at the Temple. Another miracle there was that they were packed tightly together, but each person had plenty of space when it came time for prostration on the floor.

In the days of Jesus, a large percentage of Jews did not know how to say the prescribed prayers, as prayer books weren't available. This is why the Prayer Leader - even until today - repeats the prayers out loud after the congregation says them quietly.

Really interesting and informative post. I read that the Levites pretty much got as close to the Divine Presence as the Priests as they had to leave the bread just in front of the curtain. It was very interesting. The Levites went onto retire about 50 after starting the job many around 18.

 

[Kayla55]

The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a prophet. According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied the destruction of Judah's capital city Jerusalem. Then in 587 BCE, the Babylonian empire conquered Jerusalem, destroyed Solomon's Temple, and sent the Jewish upper classes into the Babylonian captivity.

 

[Kayla55]

Between Elijah and Ezekiel
Which people are evil?
How do events build up to Revelation?

Post in thread 'Does anyone here believe we are in the biblical end times?'

Sep 14, 2024

It isn't the end times. It's just media focusing on the negative and people eating it up. Statistically speaking we've never as a species been more prosperous in general. We are healthier, bigger, live longer, smarter, etc etc. And while climate disasters are ramping up, they still aren't effecting large enough groups to effect or even account for anything approaching a majority.

Now that could seem skewed if you're an American with the ridiculous amount of mass shootings. I think the last several years in a row they've had more mass shootings than days in the year. Yet the nutters...

• Kayla55

 

[NB79]

Thank you, I do like numbers and lining things up. I got such a startle when I did my autism test with the ADOS to see all the frogs and start counting them...epic.

Moving on. I heard this recently. I cannot say it if it is really true though. This preacher said just last week that the High Priest used to go in at Yom Kippor and they could die in there and might not come back out from the experience. I was thinking of rescus or what, but that is surely before the time.

The temple if i remember correctly had the 'Holy place' and the 'Holiest place' idk if that the correct word on english, but after Jesus resurrection, we also can enter the 'Holiest place' in the spirit if we are in Gods presence. Before Jesus, only some select priest could enter and if he was in sin he could die.

That is why the veil of the temple, was broken miraculously after Jesus resurrection.