"Look to the rock from which you were hewn"

Through tours, lectures and other educational projects, LaMikdash is bringing the Temple Mount back into the national conciousness of the Jewish people. The organization seeks to educate and energize the Jewish masses to reconnect with their holiest site by bringing them up to the Temple Mount itself.

Tours And Lectures

There are daily tours of the Temple mount with leading Rabbis, Archaeologists and Historians.
LaMikdash also has a network of highly knowledgeable speakers available for lectures in Israel and abroad.

For more information, contact us at info@lamikdash.com

Important Info

Learn how to properly prepare to ascend the Temple Mount according to Jewish Law with this short guide.

Meet the Team

Baruch Ben Yosef
Baruch came on Aliyah to Israel in 1976 upon completing high school in New York.
After settling in Kaddumim in the Samarian hills, Baruch enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces where he served for 3 years in battle units and participated in the Litani Operation and the Shalom HaGalil War.

Baruch is a graduate of the Machon Arial School for Rabbinic Attorneys and a graduate of the Bar Ilan College of Law in Ramat Gan. After being accepted to the Israeli Bar Association, Baruch has been a practicing attorney since 1996.

Baruch has become a well known attorney in Israel due to his representation of many high-profile clients amongst the settlers in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip. He has been involved in numerous cases involving claims of self-defense in life threatening situations.

Baruch has also litigated numerous tort claims of right-wing activists against police brutality and violence.

Baruch is the Chairman of the Movement to Restore the Temple in Jerusalem, whereby applying his legal experience and knowledge for the purpose of petitioning the return of the Temple Mount to the Jewish People.

In 2003, the Israel Defense Forces mistakenly killed Baruch and Devora's son, Yehuda, while guarding an outpost near Hebron. A five year legal battle to bring the officers responsible for Yehuda's death to justice was to no avail. Unfortunately, the State of Israel and its legal system have proven to be both unjust and inept when it comes to applying justice. Since Yehuda's death, Baruch has been active in attempting to change the legal system in Israel and renew the Sanhedrin, the High Rabbinic Court in Jerusalem as an alternative to the present system.

Yoel Keren
Yoel made aliyah to the land of Israel in 2001 at the age of 29 after having served four years in the U.S. Air Force and seven years with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

He had one goal in mind, to find true, unadulterated Judaism. This quest took him down many paths, but one thing became clear early on, the Tanakh is a Temple based document. This simple yet overlooked principle was to put him on a collision course with proponents of a Judaism that had "evolved" into something more politically correct. He devoted himself to the study of Jerusalem and the Temple mount, and has spent much of the last 8 years exploring the city's ancient walls, tunnels and tombs with some of Israel's top experts in the fields of archaeology, architecture and history.

Yoel is a highly regarded researcher of ancient Judaism and a vocal proponent of restoring ancient practices within the framework of Jewish law. In addition, he also counsels Christians who are seeking a pure Biblical faith and are unsure of where to turn for guidance.

In 2009, Rabbi Yosef Dayan, acting under his authority as a representative of the house of David, ordained Yoel as Moreh Hora'ah, making him the first person to receive ordination under this authority since the Babylonian exilarchate ceased to function in the 9th century CE.

In addition to being a regular guest on several Israeli and American talk shows, Yoel also lectures in the greater Jerusalem area.

Yoel lives in Ma'aleh Adumim with his wife Yael, his son Noam and daughter Naomi.