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jrosenfeld@lss.org
Rabbis Parsha Shiur, Terumah 5775

Question:
WhydoestheTorahspendsomuchtimeexplainingandreexplainingthe
instructionsfortheconstructionoftheMishkan.Thisquestionmaybecomeespeciallypointed
oncewerealisethatseeminglynoneoftheinstructionsholdanypracticalsignificanceforus,
especiallyaswehavemovedoninJewishhistorytotheBeithaMikdash.

Answer:
1.Rashi,b.Sukkah41a

...butthefutureTemplewhichweyearnforwillberevealedasbuiltandconstructed,andwill
comefromheaven,asitiswritten:TheTempleofGod,whichhasbeenpreparedbyyour
hands.

2.Maimonides,Hil.Melakhim11:4

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...ifhedoesthisallandissuccessful,
andbuildstheTempleinitsplace
,andingathers
alltheexilesofIsrael,thenthisiscertainlytheMessiah.

3.Rashi,Exodus25:9

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'Sotheyshalldoit:Thisisacommandmentforgenerations,sothatifoneofthe
vesselsoftheTemplearelost,orwhenyouareconstructingthemfortheTemple
theyshallbeconstructedaccordingtotheseinstructions...

4.R.BaruchhaLeviEpstein,
TorahTemimah
Ex.25:8,no.7

...thatintractateShavuot15aweexpoundtheversehere,soshallitbedonefor
generations,asitisseenintheSifrionParshatbeHaalotekhainconnectiontotheverse
gatherforme70meneveryplacethatitiswrittenforme,itisreferringtoforeverand
ever,andsotoowiththeTempleitsaysmake
forme
aTemple.

4.R.AvrahamBorenstein,
EgleiTal
Introduction,p.1

...andwhataretheactionsthatarecalled
Melacha
?OurRabbislearnedthatalltheimportant
actionsthatwerenecessaryfortheconstructionoftheTabernaclethatMoshemadeinthe
desertiscalledanarchetypeof
Melacha
.

5.R.SchneurZalmanofLiadi,
LikkuteiAmarimTanya
ch.36

OurRabbissaidthatthemainpurposeofthecreationofthisworldwasthatGoddesiredthat
thereshouldbeforHimadwellingplaceinthisworld.

6.R.HayyimofVolozhin,
NefeshhaHayyim
1:4

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TheTabernacleandtheTemplecontainedwithinthemalltheenergiesandtheworldsandall
oftheordersofholinessallofthemwereamodeloftheheavenlyabode,itsstructure,form,
andlikeness,theholyworldsandtheorderoftheMerkabah.

7.
MidrashhaGadol
Quotedin:R.MenahemMendelKasher,
TorahSheleimah

8.JacobMilgrom,
TheAnchorBible
p.687

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