# Should You Be Going to Har HaBayit? ft. Rav Yehuda Levi

From **Shtark Tank with Yaakov Wolff** by Yaakov Wolff.

- **Published:** Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:15:00 GMT
- **Duration:** 00:42:41
- **Audio:** https://anchor.fm/s/e45c8048/podcast/play/122422980/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-5%2F427404133-44100-2-e344ea27c1b45.mp3
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<p>The three weeks are here. </p><p>The time when we refocus on the fact that our lives are incomplete. </p><p>There is a gaping hole in our ruchniyus, located at the holiest spot in the world. Har HaBayit.</p><p>Some of us just think about the problem. </p><p>Others are actually doing something about it.</p><p>Rav Yehuda Levy is the latter. </p><p>He has spent countless hours learning the sugya, written articles, taught classes, and spoken to gedolei yisrael. </p><p>He also goes up regularly, was involved in starting Yeshivas Har HaBayis, and has played an active role in expanding tefillah rights at our holiest site.</p><p>All of this, in addition to his professional life as a video production manager and a United Hatzalah volunteer.</p><p>In this episode, we discuss:</p><ul><li>A quick overview of the sugya (it&#39;s simpler than you think)</li><li>How an iPhone 11 with portrait mode led to easing restrictions for Jews on Har HaBayis</li><li>Why the gedolim were opposed</li><li>The pushback Rav Yehuda received (called an apikores and more)</li><li>The right way to bring the geulah (surprising psak halacha)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The goal of this episode is not to change your mind. But this is a sugya that deserves to be taken seriously.</p><p>To learn more from Rav Yehuda Levi, check out <a href="https://beishashem.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">beishashem.org</a></p><p><br></p>