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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
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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