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How Many Years were the Temples In Use?


Question:

How many years was the Temple in service counting the first and
the second one?



AskTheRabbi.org answered:

The First Temple was in use for four hundred and ten years and the Second Temple for four hundred and twenty years. It took approximately eighty five years from the destruction of the First Temple until the Second Temple was built so, in all, they were in existence for around nine hundred and fifteen years.


 
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