The Temple Institute moved a giant copper laver, or wash basin, to the new home of its exhibit of Temple articles on Monday.The resemblance to a UFO is entirely coincidental, but to be on the safe side, let's not show the photo to Erich von Däniken.
A statement by the Temple Institute said the basin, which is 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) tall and 2.8 meters (9.1 foot) in diameter is kosher for use in the Third Temple and can be used to purify 12 priests at once.
The statement also said the new basin has advanced systems that make it possible to overcome certain problems in Jewish law, as was done at the time of the Second Temple
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More on the Temple Institute here.
Cross-post as tangentially relevant to Temple Mount Watch.
