Nearly $33K for sacred cow

RED HEIFER PROJECT UPDATE: Jewish Temple group raising $125K online to breed sacred cow (Brian Schaefer, JTA).

It’s been nearly two millennia since the Second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, bringing to an end the priestly period of Jewish history and commencing the Diaspora.

A third Temple has been prophesied, and in preparation for the messiah, nonprofit Jewish group The Temple Institute wants to build it.

Last month, the institute launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo with the goal of raising $125,000 to breed a red heifer, a requirement for Temple purification rituals. It has already raised nearly $33,000 from some 500 donors.

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That's close to $20,000 raised in the last four weeks. Additional background on the project can be found here and links.