The Temple Institute, known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash (Hebrew: מכון המקדש‎), is a non-profit religious and educational organization in Israel focusing on raising world consciousness to the centrality of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem to the life of the Jewish people and to all mankind. It aspires to reach this goal through educational outreach and through the construction of actual Temple ritual objects and priestly garments, which are suitable for immediate use, in the event conditions permit the reconstruction of the Holy Temple. The Temple Institute has USA (501 (C) 3). Rabbi Chaim Richman.