Jewish temple:
- Jewish temple or The Jewish Temple, may refer to the original two ancient Jewish Temples in Jerusalem.
- The First Temple was destroyed by the ancient Babylonians in 586 BCE.
- The Second Temple was destroyed by Rome in 70 CE.
- The Third Temple is based on a futuristic prophecy.
- The term may also refer to places called "House of Yahweh (biblical term)".
- Jewish temple, or Jewish Temple, or simply Temple is a name frequently used by Reform Judaism to describe its synagogues. Reform Judaism does not necessarily believe in the Messianic era's rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple, in contrast to Orthodox Judaism.
- See Category:Reform synagogues
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