Come Up to the Mountain of Hashem.
For two thousand years, we have faced Har HaBayit in every tefillah. Today, more Jews than at any time since the Churban are going up — standing at the place where the Shechinah rests. Learn. Prepare. Go up.
The Return Has Already Begun.
Last year, more than 76,448 Jews ascended Har HaBayit — more than in any year in two thousand years.
From Yerushalayim and Tel Aviv, from New York and London. Families, students, talmidei chachamim, first-timers. Quietly, respectfully, and in growing numbers.
Everything in Jewish Life Points Here.
It is where we face.
Three times a day, from every corner of the world, every tefillah turns toward this mountain. It has been the direction of Jewish prayer since Shlomo HaMelech.
It is where He chose.
"V'asu li mikdash v'shachanti b'tocham." Har HaBayit is the place Hashem chose to rest His presence — the meeting point between heaven and earth. Chazal teach that the Shechinah never left.
It is where we are headed.
Every davening ends with the hope of return. The Beit HaMikdash is not a memory — it is the center of the Jewish future. And the path back begins with Jews who learn, prepare, and come close.
For generations, the Mikdash lived in our siddurim, our songs, and our Tisha B'Av. Now it can also live in our footsteps.
From Longing to Standing There — in Three Steps.
Learn
Clear, Torah-based guidance on Har HaBayit today: the permitted areas, the halachic framework, and what a visit actually looks like.
Prepare
Practical preparation — what to know, how to immerse, what to ask your Rav — so you can go up properly and with confidence.
Go Up
Join a carefully guided visit to the permitted areas with experienced, respected guides.
Every visitor prepares according to halachah and the guidance of his or her own Rav.
"I Never Imagined I Would Stand There."
"We davened facing this place our whole lives. Standing there with my sons was the closest I've ever felt to it being real."
"The preparation was serious, the guidance was clear, and the experience changed how I learn the sugyot of the Mikdash."
"I came as a tourist. I left understanding that this is the center of everything."
Help Open the Path.
The Temple Project builds the education, preparation, and guided pathway that helps Jews around the world reconnect with Har HaBayit. Your support funds visitor guides, educational media, and group coordination in Yerushalayim.
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