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The technological world for the future: will the Third Temple be a smart house? | Israel today

2022-10-06T14:20:58.660Z


The departure from the permanent house to the temporary structure, the sukkah, also implies our hope as Jews for the building of the third and permanent temple of the people • How will old Judaism deal with the technological innovations, the sacrifices, and will there be things


The echoes of the hammer that are heard every year at the end of the terrible days symbolize the beginning of the preparations for the days of Sukkot.

The sukkah, which is an expression of the abstraction of the material world that is so demanding, by leaving the house full of all good things to a simple and ephemeral structure in the courtyards of the houses, also inspires hope and prayer for the building of the third permanent temple of the Jewish people.

If the sukkahs of the past were simple, today the sukkahs are filled with various technological means that improve the quality of the stay in the sukkah.

Colorful electric lights, WIFI devices, dedicated air conditioners, smart lighting, etc.

An in-depth look at the Temples in Jerusalem and how it has become globalized in everything related to innovation, creativity and constant development in order to assist in the ongoing management of the spiritual center of the people of Israel and finding appropriate solutions to the challenges that have arisen all the time reveals how the old and veteran Judaism faced and integrated for thousands of years technological innovations and adaptations to the modernized reality while to maintain the binding framework.

A temporary building, the Sukkah, photo: Gary Embramovich

An example of this can be seen in the "mechanical" device - a wooden wheel by which the "sink" is lowered into a pit of water at night, so that the water of the sink, which is used for the purification and cleanliness of the feet and hands, will not be rejected because it was in a place where it was moved during the night.

This is a sophisticated device that allows a reservoir with a significant amount of water to be lowered to a depth of dozens of meters below the surface of the earth, in order to connect it to the natural spring that springs from the depths of the earth, thus avoiding the contamination of the water.

This invention is the fruit of the development of one of the more prominent entrepreneurs during the Second Temple period, who was credited with several other functional innovations in the Temple.

The financial system of the temple was also assisted by various management methods which were introduced into the protocol of the ongoing care and proper management of the temple.

For example, a system of receipts to confirm the payments of donors and donations, their documentation and more.

It seems that every time an innovative and up-to-date invention was invented that could help with day-to-day management, the product was approved and adopted for use in the temple.

Adjustments for Saturday use

The Third Temple is portrayed to many as an ancient but full of majesty and grandeur, but past experience shows that the house will be refined in both the spiritual and physical sense.

The Third Temple in the new era can be operated using the Smart Temple method, which will allow accurate lighting everywhere in the Temple, control and control of the various air conditioning systems, inventory management of victims and the list of customers, digital alert systems to prevent victims from being taken outside the Temple Mount area and control and control systems and ERP, which manage branded systems and have professional support in all information systems contexts.

There are different statements even regarding the abolition of sacrifices, in an era where there is more awareness of life, as Rabbi Kook explains in several of his letters - but his words refer to a future world in which animals will have human intelligence - something that will not happen in the foreseeable future.

The smart house - also in the temple?, Photo: Getty Images

There are many prohibitions on Shabbat that were assimilated by the sages of the Mishnah and the Talmud (who are not LT Avot Malacha), but these prohibitions do not apply when it comes to work intended for the needs of the Temple. In light of this, it will be possible to make adjustments for the use of the various technologies in the Temple on Shabbat with relative ease, which will help in the ability The use of smart systems in the temple.

Judaism sees the technological world as an opportunity and not a threat, but warns against addictions and even provides tools to deal with the all-important challenge.

The size of a temple of this kind is an excellent platform for innovation and creativity as long as things are done in an orderly manner while maintaining the religious and imperative anchors.

And in the meantime, even if it seems at times that Naomi Shemer's nostalgic poetry has been updated to Shlomit "from a sweltering" sukkah, they continued to fill it with many guests and joy until it was not enough.

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Source: israelhayom

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