Yakhin and Boaz

נמצאו 2 תוצאות חיפוש

1. The Mishkan and the Mikdash

   Haftarot: Vayak'hel

   Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

   This haftara discusses the building of the Temple. Comparing the haftara with the parasha highlights the differences between the Mishkan and the Mikdash. The walls of the Mishkan envelop the keilim, while in the Mikdash the structure seems to be the essence. The building itself seems to emanate symbolism and spiritual meaning. The Mishkan transmits simplicity and intimacy, while the Mikdash emanates power and grandeur. The Mishkan is internal, and focused on Am Yisrael. The Mikdash is focused outwardly, on the entire world and all the nations.

2. Majestic Buildings

   Rabbi Alex Israel

   The description the building of Shlomo's palace - The House of the Lebanon Forest - interrupting the detailed description of the  of the building of the Mikdash, raises troubling questions as to the relationship between the Mikdash and the palace. The bulk of chapter 7 deals with the elaborate metalwork of the Mikdash - the two pillars, the Yam, the Mekhonot and the Kiyorim. Many of these vessels seem to include imagery which reminds us of the Merkava imagery. When Ahaz king of Yehuda later rebels against God and adopts an Assyrian deity, he rids the Mikdash of the vessels with the Merkava imagery.