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jrosenfeld@lss.orgRabbis Parsha Shiur, Terumah 5775
Question:WhydoestheTorahspendsomuchtimeexplainingandreexplainingtheinstructionsfortheconstructionoftheMishkan.Thisquestionmaybecomeespeciallypointedoncewerealisethatseeminglynoneoftheinstructionsholdanypracticalsignificanceforus,especiallyaswehavemovedoninJewishhistorytotheBeithaMikdash.
Answer:1.Rashi,b.Sukkah41a
...butthefutureTemplewhichweyearnforwillberevealedasbuiltandconstructed,andwillcomefromheaven,asitiswritten:TheTempleofGod,whichhasbeenpreparedbyyour
hands.
2.Maimonides,Hil.Melakhim11:4.
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:'...ifhedoesthisallandissuccessful,andbuildstheTempleinitsplace,andingathers
alltheexilesofIsrael,thenthisiscertainlytheMessiah.
3.Rashi,Exodus25:9,.,,,
:'Sotheyshalldoit:Thisisacommandmentforgenerations,sothatifoneofthe
vesselsoftheTemplearelost,orwhenyouareconstructingthemfortheTempletheyshallbeconstructedaccordingtotheseinstructions...
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4.R.BaruchhaLeviEpstein,TorahTemimahEx.25:8,no.7
...thatintractateShavuot15aweexpoundtheversehere,soshallitbedonefor
generations,asitisseenintheSifrionParshatbeHaalotekhainconnectiontotheversegatherforme70meneveryplacethatitiswrittenforme,itisreferringtoforeverand
ever,andsotoowiththeTempleitsaysmakeformeaTemple.
4.R.AvrahamBorenstein,EgleiTalIntroduction,p.1
...andwhataretheactionsthatarecalledMelacha?OurRabbislearnedthatalltheimportantactionsthatwerenecessaryfortheconstructionoftheTabernaclethatMoshemadeinthe
desertiscalledanarchetypeofMelacha.
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7.MidrashhaGadolQuotedin:R.MenahemMendelKasher,TorahSheleimah
8.JacobMilgrom,TheAnchorBiblep.687
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