\u201cThese are the numbered things of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is written in Midrash Rabbah<\/em>, \u201cWhy does it write \u2018tabernacle\u2019 twice? Rabbi Shmuel said that it was mortgaged twice [\u201cmortgage\u201d and \u201ctabernacle\u201d have the same root in Hebrew]. This is why the members of the great assembly say \u2018We have acted very corruptly,\u2019 and corruption is mortgaging, as it is said, \u2018he will not corrupt [take mortgage].\u2019 What is the testimony? Rabbi Shimon said, \u2018It is a testimony to all the people of the world that there is forgiveness to Israel.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should understand what is a mortgage. Normally, one who lends money to his friend and wants to be certain that he will repay his debt, receives from him a mortgage. Thus, what does a tabernacle mean here? that the Creator reclaimed the Temple? What should Israel pay that they did not pay, and for which He took the tabernacle so He could be certain that we will pay the mortgage? Also, what is the testimony, and why does it immediately imply that the tabernacle was mortgaged twice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is written in The Zohar<\/em>, \u201c\u2018These are the numbered things of the tabernacle.\u2019 Rabbi Shimon started, \u2018In the beginning God created.\u2019\u201d What is the conjunction between the \u201cIn the beginning\u201d and the counted things of the tabernacle? It is written in The Great Midrash<\/em>, \u201cIn the beginning\u2026 created\u2026 created from where?\u201d We should understand the meaning of existence from absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But first we must understand what is \u201cwe,\u201d who must pay the debt and redeem the tabernacle, the purpose of creation. Creation is called \u201cwill to receive,\u201d and this is called \u201cexistence from absence,\u201d and the need for concealment is because of the bread of shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rabbi Yohanan and Rabbi Elazar both said, \u201cWhen one needs people, his face changes as chrome. It was said, \u2018as when vile things become high in the eyes of people.\u2019 What is \u2018become high\u2019? There is a bird in the coastal cities whose name is Chrome [become high]. When the sun shines on it, it change into several colors\u201d (Berachot<\/em> 6b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sun refers to abundance. \u201cThe coastal cities\u201d are those on the seashore. The \u201csea\u201d is called Hochma<\/em> [wisdom].<\/p>\n\n\n\n A \u201cbird\u201d is when a person lifts himself from worldliness, for it is the conduct of the bird that when it flies, it conceals its legs and spreads its wings. Legs means spies, and wings are coverings, as it is written \u201cAnd with two, it covers its face.\u201d Covering means faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the abundance appears over it, he is ashamed, meaning he feels the bread of shame. The Temple means the revelation of pleasures called the \u201cinstilling of the Shechina<\/em> [Divinity].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The payments mean that it will be reception in order to bestow, and the reception of the mortgage, as is implied right in the beginning, is that this is a testimony that there is forgiveness. The reason why the Creator did not take the Temple back is that it was only as collateral, but He is destined to return it to us soon in our days, amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, there is a testimony that there is forgiveness, meaning that He intends to return to us when we have paid our debt, meaning when we have the power of bestowal, at which time there will be Dvekut<\/em> [adhesion].<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThese are the numbered things of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony.\u201d It is written in Midrash Rabbah, \u201cWhy does […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6246,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[26],"class_list":["post-11156","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n