Really Building the Beit HaMikdash (5:15) Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz - Tisha B'Av

so this is a time to be sensitive to this and indeed what is arod so there's a intriguing passage in the toii says every generation in which the bikash is not rebuilt is as guilty as the generation in which the Bas of mikash was destroyed now that's a very interesting way of looking at it because without the Yi what I would what I might have said is this the past Generations whether it's the mikdash or the mikdash sheni they they had real bad sins they lost the Bas of M we're not as bad as them we just don't have the Merit to get it back yeli says no if we weren't guilty of the same a that they had we would have it been to put it differently the B was not a past event rather every single day it is not rebuilt it is as if it's there and is being destroyed it is as if the B amik is being burnt right in front of our eyes at this very very uh moment so what is our job our job is to rebuild the base on now what does it mean to rebuild the base of well if you look in the r you actually see there's a positive commandment in the Torah called building a house for God this is based on the in truma which is by the mishik make for me a temple make for me a sanctuary so I will dwell in their midst so there is a mitvah called so the question we then ask is so why don't we actively build build the base of mcness as you know there is the Temple Mount group that basically says we aggressively and proactively have to go on the Temple Mount get rid of those mosques Etc start building the Temple well there is a source for their position although who knows what I mean again people say well what are you talking you talking about causing a nuclear war from Iran by doing something like that so they say what do you mean you're doing God's will then Miracles are going to happen Hally we say you don't rely on Miracles you have to uh act in a rational manner but there are two technical halic reasons why we do not actively try to build the base of M reason number one is the of Rashi that the third B mikash is not going to be built by human hands at all the third bikash is going to come down sh and therefore by definition there is no role for human beings in the actual construction of the mikdash that is rashi's opinion which is based on M the other opinion is that of the ramban that says that the building of the basika shall be done by human hands but it is the job of the mhia who is supposed to build the B mikdash so until the revelation of mashia we are not supposed to act now in defense of the Temple Mount they follow a third view of the yeli that says build the mikdash and that brings Mas but that is a view that is certainly a view but nonetheless we follow a rashi's view which is why we don't physically build a Bas of mikash but the question then becomes if we don't physically build a Bas of mikdash how are we fulfilling the torah's Commandments the mikash and the answer is we build the Bas On mikash by Building A Sanctuary for God in our heart and in our soul remember what the PUK says the PUK says make for me a mdash so I will dwell in their my and say it does not say Hashem dwells in the temple but rather the bikash is a symbol of the sh that is within the heart and soul of the Jewish people now the same way that you can read it make for me a temp and I will dwell in your midst you can read the PK in Reverse when I dwell in your midst you will have a temple meaning to say we build the base mik by making our heart and our soul a place where God's presence resides and every time we do that we are adding a brick to the celestial Bas mikdash in sh and that is the one that's going to come down so we are building a base on Mi when we try to make our heart and our soul a repository for the sh