Idols in the Holy of Holies?: How to Study Torah - Terumah
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Topics: | Keruvim, Ark, Terumah |
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Topics: | Keruvim, Ark, Terumah |
I literally just thought about that as I was reading through chronologically through Kings and Chronicles. I thought it must mean that iconography is somewhat ok, right? But no, I agree with your wisdom on this! Thanks for revealing a nuance that proved puzzling to me.
Growing interest in Cherubim
Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, thank you for such a fascinating and detailed lecture. I could have listened to another hour.
I'd like to learn more about the keruvim. Somewhere on the channel is a lecture about how the little faces may be turned toward each other, and turned away from each other.
Does anyone know where I may find the video about this?
Better architectural understanding of mishkan I have tried year after year to follow the cubit measurements to see how it all pieced together and always felt there was a fudge factor. Richard Elliott Friedman describes how the measurement of 30 cubits for the length of the mishkan is just assumed to be such because there were 20 boards that measured 1.5 cubits, hence 30 cubits. An extra half of a cubit is an oddity. He mentions that architects have described a more stable, better ventilating design such that the extra 0.5 cubits of the boards were used to overlap in a STAGGERED manner. The resulting length is 20 not 30. when doing this the fabric spread over the structure finally covers the tabernacle properly. The curtain was 20(=length of tabernacle) by28(to rise over 1st wall 10 high continuing as roof of width over top 8 cubits, down other wall another 10 cubits)!
The reproduced Ark be brought to the Philippines
It would be great if the reproduced ark "in all its glory", as posted by an anonymous friend from Aldergrove, BC Canada, be brought here to my country, the Philippines.
We would have the chance to imagine the wonderful love of the Hashem in the days of Moses and His immeasurable love to the Israelites.
Shalom from the Philippines!
Cherubins and other entities
Dear Rabbi,
thank you for this wonderful lesson. I agree with Mialich, Brazil, and I would also love to know more about the cherubins, the other spiritual emanations and spheres, and about our relationship with G-d as children as well. Thank you again for the great job,
Kol HaKavod and much simchà!!
It whas a pity the lesson had to be shortned at it´s ending, but in a way, that gave me more curiosity about the specific topic of the cherubins.
Thank you Rabbi.
The ark is reproduced. The Ark in all its glory(gold with angels) with pillars and wood for sacrifices is rebuilt and about to be on display in Abbotsford BC
It is not a question of not being and being. The fact it takes up no space screams it doesn't exist in time. Seeing how eternity, G-d's loft, exists before the universe was made, thus time, it would seem reasonable that G-d's dwelling place in this heaven would have attributes of the higher heavens.