Kaisipang Hudyo sa Ezekiel 43:3: The Third Beit HaMikdash

“These are the names of the tribes. In the northernmost corner….”¹⁴Ibid. 48:1. The portions of the tribes the Tosafos Yom Tov proceeds to list are mentioned in verses 2-8. Dan, Asher, Naftali, Menashe, Ephraim, Reuven, Yehudah.¹⁵See Rashi’s commentary to Yechezkel 48:8 which explains the future division of the land among the tribes and how it is possible that five tribes will be granted a portion in what was originally the heritage of the tribe of Yehudah. “On the border of Yehudah, from the eastern edge to the western edge shall be the portion that is terumah that you shall offer twenty-five thousand rods in width, and in length as one of the other parts, from the eastern edge to the western edge. The [Beis Ha]Mikdash shall be in the midst of it.”¹⁶Ibid. 48:8. The narrative continues, stating¹⁷Ibid. 48:9. that “the portion to be offered as terumah to God,” i.e., for God’s Sanctuary, will be in this strip that is located near the tribal portion of Yehudah. This portion, as a whole, is called the terumah, as will be explained at the end of this treatise.¹⁸Sec. 80. In the midst¹⁹But not in its exact center. of the terumah, as one proceeds from east to west, in its northern portion, there will be a strip the length of 25,000 measuring rods with a width of 10,000 measuring rods from the north to the south.²⁰Yechezkel 45:1. This strip is not at the exact center of the terumah, but is located towards the center, away from the edges. “The [Beis Ha-]Mikdash, the Holy of Holies, will be located within [this area].”²¹Ibid. 43:3