Terumah 5: The arrangement of the sacred space
A la cinquena alià de la paraixà d’aquesta setmana, després d’informar-nos d’on es situarà l’arca del testimoni, la Torah ens diu que caldrà fer una partició, un «parohet» i el lloc on anirà. I que servirà de partició entre el kodeix-hakodaixim, on estarà l’arca, i el kodeix, la part interior del Tabernacle: «Tu penjaràs el […]
Parashat Terumah: Home, Mishkan, Eden
Mishkan and Home What can the Mishkan be analogized to? When I present this question at a class, the first, intuitive answer, is that the Mishkan resembles a home, and the second, which comes after a minute of contemplation, is the Garden of Eden. Like a home, the Mishkan has a table, a candelabra, a […]
Home, Temple, Heaven – Tetzave
For Parashat Tetzave Mishkan Sweet Mishkan What can the Mishkan be analogized to? When I present this question at a class, the first, intuitive answer, is that the Mishkan resembles a home, and the second, which comes after a minute of contemplation, is the Garden of Eden. Like a home, the Mishkan has a table, […]
