Customs commemorating the destruction
"If I forget you, Jerusalem, my right hand will forget"
Here are the regulations established by the Sages to preserve the memory of the mitzvot that are observed in the Temple:
And they came to strengthen the expectation and demand for its construction.
Among the ordinances commemorating the Temple, there are those that are 'commemorating destruction' and there are those that are intended to prepare us for the reality of the future, to preserve the commandments based on the principle 'the Temple will be built soon.'
Willow tree
The custom of beating the willow on Hoshana Rabbah is practiced in memory of the Temple, where they would beat the willow with a stick.
(Sukkah 44, 2. New Testaments of the Ran Sukkah, Chapter 4)
On the holiday of Sukkot, they wore a lulav in the Temple for seven days, and in the rest of the country they wore a lulav only on the first day. After the destruction, Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai established that they should wear a lulav throughout the country for seven days in memory of the Temple.
(Rosh Hashanah 30, 1. Rambam, Laws of Lulav 7, 13)
Taking a Lulav
The joy of the house of the water pump
Today, we celebrate the "Joy of the Temple" in memory of the joy that took place every evening during the holiday of Sukkot in the Temple.
(Sukkah 5:1-4, Mishnayot Izmir, Book of Tanakunat, Letter 25, page 297)
During Hanukkah, it is customary to place the menorah in the synagogue on the south side, in memory of the golden menorah that was located on the south side of the sanctuary in the Temple.
(Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Section 7)
Hanukkah
Eating the afikoman is a reminder of the Passover sacrifice that was eaten in the Temple to satiety.
(Mishnah Pesachim 119, 2. Shulchan Aruch Orach, 1777, section 6)
Afikoman
binder
On the night of the Seder, matzah is bound with bittersweet and charoset, "remembering the temple as Hallel" the old man who bound matzah and bittersweet on Passover.
(Pesachim 15:1. Shulchan Aruch, Orach, Mark 15:15, Section 1)
From the prophecy of Isaiah (59:20): "And a Redeemer has come to Zion, and to the captivity of transgression in Jacob."
Shabbat Mincha
Counting the Omer at this time is a memorial to the Temple.
(Menachot 66. Rashi, 'Amimar'.)
Counting the Omer
Standing prayer
"And our eyes will see your return to Zion with mercy."
"When will you reign in Zion soon in our days, forever and ever you will dwell"
Holy Saturday
Haftarah Blessings
"Have mercy on Zion, for she is the home of our lives... Make Zion rejoice in her children"
holiness
On a weekday
"The Lord your God shall reign forever, O Zion"
The "Song of the Day" that is said in the morning prayer is a reminder of the Levites who sang every day with the offering of the daily sacrifice.
Song of the day
For the groomsmen, we have corrected: "Shush shall be old, and the barren land shall be found... Zion shall rejoice in her building"
Seven blessings
Incense fattening
Saying "Fattening the incense" twice a day is a reminder of the incense that was burned twice a day as part of the Tamid service.
grace
"Have mercy, O Lord... on Zion, the dwelling place of Your glory"
And in the special addition of Shabbat – "And show us, O Lord our God, the consolation of Zion, your city."