This week's parshah: Re'eh - sanctifying the place of the Beis Ha'Mikdash
The passuk says in this week’s sedrah (12:14); כִּי אִם בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה בְּאַחַד שְׁבָטֶיךָ שָׁם תַּעֲלֶה עֹלֹתֶיךָ וְשָׁם תַּעֲשֶׂה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּךָּ “Rather in the place which Hashem will choose in one of your shevatim there you will bring your olos and all there you will do all that I command you.” Rashi explains; "באחד שבטיך" – בחלקו של בנימין ולמעלה הוא אומר מכל שבטיכם הא כיצד כשקנה דוד את הגורן מארונה היבוסי גבה הזהב מכל השבטים ומ"מ הגורן בחלקו של בנימין היה “In one of your shevatim – this is in the portion of Binyamin. But previously it says ‘from all of your shevatim’ ? How is this so? When Dovid bought the granary from Aravnah the Yevusi he collected the gold from all of the shevatim , nevertheless the granary was in the portion of Binyamin.” Rashi in Zevachim explains that not only did Dovid buy the place where the Beis HaMikdash was going to be, but he was also mekadesh it: The gemara in Zevachim (24a) says that the floor of th...