What is The Temple Institute?
{{coord|31|46|31.73|N|35|13|59.16|E|display=title}} {{infobox Museum | name = The Temple Institute | image = מכון המקדש 2016 - 1.jpg | established = 1987 | latitude = | longitude = | location = 40 Misgav Ladach st. [[Jerusalem]] | type = [[Art museum|Art]] and [[History museum|History]] | visitors = | director = | publictransit = | website = http://www.templeinstitute.org/ }} '''The Temple Institute''' ({{lang-he|מכון המקדש}} – ''{{transl|he|Machon HaMikdash}}'') is a [[museum]], [[research institute]] and [[education center]] in [[Old City of Jerusalem]]. It was established in 1987 by [[Rabbi]] [[Yisrael Ariel]]. The institute is dedicated to the two [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temples in Jerusalem]] (called the [[Solomon's Temple|First]] and [[Second Temple]]s). Rabbi Ariel plans to rebuild the Second Temple on the man-made [[plateau]] the Jews call the [[Temple Mount]].<ref name=rebuildNYT>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/09/world/rebuild-herod-s-temple-a-few-israelis-hope.html|title=Rebuild Herod's Temple? A Few Israelis Hope|date=9 April 1989|publisher=The New York Times|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> The site is currently occupied by an [[Islam]]ic [[shrine]], the [[Dome of the Rock]]. The institute has collected tens of thousands of [[United States dollar|dollars]], mostly from [[Jew]]s in the [[United States]]. This is in spite of the fact that rebuilding the temple of Herod, destroyed by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] in 79 [[AD]], would almost certainly cause a major [[war]].<ref name=rebuildNYT/> In 2014, the [[government]] of [[Jordan]] sent a letter to the [[State of Israel]] warning them to guard against any attacks by [[extremists|extremist groups]] against the Temple Mount.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Amman-reportedly-sends-letter-admonishing-Jerusalem-against-extremism-on-Temple-Mount-383300|title=Jordan sends letter warning Israel over Temple Mount|author=ARIEL BEN SOLOMON |date=1 December 201