Tag Archive for: pilgrimage

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Thanksgiving — Then and Now

Long before turkey and pumpkin pie, the holiday of Shavuot was the ancient Israelite prosperity “Thanksgiving,” celebrating the end of the grain harvest season and the bringing of the bikkurim, the first produce, to the Temple in Jerusalem.…
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A 2,000-year-old mysterious clay token

Could this ancient clay token have been used by pilgrims ascending to the Temple in Jerusalem during the Passover festival 2,000 years ago to receive sacrificial components? Discovered more than a decade ago by the Temple Mount Sifting Project,…
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Passover Update

We are all facing troubled times. Here at the Temple Mount Sifting Project we have chosen to continue sifting, even without guests or volunteers. We want to keep the fire burning, a sort of eternal flame. The present situation is forcing all…