אַז גאָט זאָל ווינען אויף דער ערד וואָלטן אים די מענטשן די פֿענצטער אויסגעשלאָגן
“If God lived on earth,
people would break His windows.”
Yiddish Proverb
Take My contribution from every man whose heart motivates him to give In order to be charitable, a person must open his heart. Once his heart is open to give to others, it can also receive blessings and bounty from the Supernal Heart of the Noam HaElyon (Divine Pleasantness) (Likutey Moharan II, 71). Rebbe Nachman explains that when one opens his heart to charity and kindness, he enables his "open" heart to receive ever greater blessings from on high, from the Supernal Heart.
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“The letters of the word TeRUMaH (תרומה, contribution) may be rearranged to spell TORaH Mem(תורה מ), in which the mem (מ) is understood by its numerical value to mean “40.” This alludes to the Torah, which was given after forty days (Zohar III, 179a).”
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“When one wants to “take Me,” he must do so through a TeRuMaH—i.e., through the ToRaH which was given to Moses over a period of Mem (40) days. For the Torah teaches us how to draw spirituality into the physical realms (Likutey Halakhot VIII, p. 82a).”
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When Phineas the son of Elazar, the son of Aaron the Kohen, saw this, he rose up from the midst of the assembly and took a spear in his hand.
RoMaCH (רמח spear) is a contraction of the phrase RuaCH Mem(רוח מ the spirit of 40) �(cf. Zohar III, 237a). This refers to the four RuChot (רוחות winds or spirits) that come from the four cardinal directions, each of which is comprised of Ten Sefirot. The source of this ruach mem is the tzaddik. Phineas drew upon the spirit of the greatest tzaddik, Moses, in order to overcome Zimri (Likutey Moharan I, 10:9). “The spirit of 40” also refers to the spirit of the Torah, which was given on Mount Sinai over a period of forty days (ibid., I, 8:8).
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“The Zohar teaches that Phineas saw the letter Mem (מ)—the first letter of the word Mavet (מות, death)—hovering in the air above the Jews. He drew this mem to himself and thereby saved the Jews. He gained the strength to do this because he attained the level of Gevurah (Strength), which is associated with Isaac. The name PINChaS (פינחס, Phineas) has the same numerical value as YitZChaK (יצחק, Isaac). With this strength of holiness, Phineas was able to draw the mem into himself. He added the mem—which has the numerical value of 40—to his name, attaining the sum of 248. That is numerically equivalent to the RoMaCh (רמח, spear) with which he defeated Zimri (Zohar III, 236b-237a).”
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וְעָ֥שׂוּ לִ֖י מִקְדָּ֑שׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י בְּתוֹכָֽם׃
“And they shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and I will dwell among them.”
Exodus 25:8
“No less than 13 chapters in the Book of Exodus are filled with the details of the Sanctuary's construction, from the dimensions of every pillar to the colors in every tapestry. In contrast, the Torah devotes one chapter to its account of the creation of the universe and three chapters to the revelation at Mount Sinai . . .”
The Anatomy of a Dwelling, Chabad.org
“…It is written, ‘Who stretches out the heaven like a curtain (Ps. 104:2), while of the Tabernacle it is written, And you shall make curtains of goat’s hair for a tent over the Tabernacle, etc. (Ex 26:7). It is written in connection with the second day, ‘Let there be a firmament… and let it divide, etc.’ (Gen. I, 6), and of the Tabernacle it is written. ‘The veil shall divide unto you’ (Ex. 26:33). Of the third day we read, ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together’ (Gen. 1:9), and of the Tabernacle it is written, ‘You shall also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash, etc.’ (Ex. 30:18). Of the fourth day, ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven’ (Gen. 1:14), and of the Tabernacle, ‘You shall make a candlestick of pure gold, etc.’ (Ex. 25:31)…
“Of the fifth, ‘Let fowl fly above the earth, etc.’ (Gen. 1:20), and of the Tabernacle , ‘The cherubim shall spread out their wings’ (Ex. 25:20). On the sixth day man was created, and in connection with the Tabernacle it says, ‘Bring near to you Aaron your brother’ (Ex. 28:1). Of the seventh day we have it written, ‘And the heaven and the earth were finished’ (Gen. 2:1), and of the Tabernacle, ‘Thus was finished all the work of the Tabernacle, etc.’ (Ex. 39:32). In connection with the creation of the world it is written, ‘And G-d blessed’ (Gen. 2:3), and in connection with the Tabernacle, ‘And Moses blessed them’ (Ex. 39:43). On the seventh day G-d finished (Gen. 2:2), and in connection with the Tabernacle, ‘It came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end.’ ‘On the seventh day He sanctified it’ (Gen. 2:3), and in connection with the Tabernacle he ‘sanctified it’ (7:1).”�Numbers Rabbah 12:13, Soncino Press Edition
You shall join the tapestries with the clasps, that the Mishkan may be one (26:6)
As seen from the inside of the Sanctuary, the golden clasps embedded� in the tapestries were like stars glittering in the heavens.
Beraita Melechet HaMishkan cited at Chabad.org
“…embroidered with blue, and fine linen, and scarlet, and purple, and of a contexture that was truly wonderful. Nor was this mixture of colors without its mystical interpretation, but was a kind of image of the universe; for by the scarlet there seemed to be enigmatically signified fire, by the fine flax the earth, by the blue the air, and by the purple the sea; two of them having their colors the foundation of this resemblance; but the fine flax and the purple have their own origin for that foundation, the earth producing the one, and the sea the other. This curtain had also embroidered upon it all that was mystical in the heavens, excepting that of the [twelve] signs, representing living creatures.”�Josephus, Wars of the Jews, 5.5.4
Make the Mishkan [covering] ten tapestries . . . �with cherubim of artistic work shall you make them (26:1)�
“Artistic work” means that the images were not embroidered, but of the weave itself, and done in such a way that one figure showed on one side and a different figure on the other. “Embroidered work” were images made with needlework, and which were the same on both sides.
Rashi cited at Chabad.org
“What sign do you show us, �seeing that you do these things?’
Yeshua answered them,
‘Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Judeans therefore said, ‘It took forty-six years to build this Temple! Will you raise it up in three days?’ But he spoke of the Temple of his body.”�John 2:18-21
“If someone sanctifies himself properly through the performance of all the Mitzvot…Then he himself is the Beit HaMikdash itself…Because this is the truth regarding Tzadikim through the deeds which are desirable by the blessed one they are the Mikdash…”�R’ Chaim of Volozhin, Nefesh HaChaim, Gate 1, Ch. 4
מיתתן של צדיקים כשריפת בית אלקינו�
“…the death of the tzaddikim is put on a level with the burning of the House of our G-d.”�Rosh HaShanah 18b, Soncino Press Edition
“The Holy Temple – God’s Sanctuary – was a microcosmic model of the entire universe. All its edifices, storerooms, upper chambers, rooms and holy vessels were a paradigms of the Divine, representing the image, shape and form of the Holy Universes, and the structure of the components of the Divine Chariot. As mentioned above, man is a “little world” who also encompasses within him all the elements of existence – in this sense, he too is a “Sanctuary.” Indeed, there are striking similarities between the layout of the Temple and human anatomy. . . when man sanctifies himself as required through fulfillment of the mitzvos, the Divine Presence resides within him as it resided within the Holy Temple of Jerusalem.”�The Book of Yonah, Journey of the Soul, adapted from the Vilna Gaon’s Aderes Eliyahu, R’ Moshe Schapiro, Mesorah Publishing Ltd, pg. 11
The Lubavitcher Rebbe said that God is everywhere, but isn’t necessarily “at home” everywhere. “Being at home means being in a place that is receptive to your presence, a place devoted to serving your needs and desires, a place where you can be your true, private self.”
Cited at the Accidental Talmudist
"And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 And Yeshua said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Matthew 8:19-20, ESV
“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.”�John 14:23
“Prepare the feast of perfect faith, the joy of the Holy King. Prepare the feast of the King. This is the feast of the Field of Sacred Apples. And the Miniature Presence and the Holy Ancient One come to feast with it...”
Artscroll Siddur, Nusach Sefard
Mesorah Publishing, ltd. pg. 391
אַתְקִינוּ סְעוּדָתָא דִּמְהֵימְנוּתָא. שְׁלֵימָתָא חֶדְוָתָא דְמַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא: אַתְקִינוּ סְעוּדָתָא דְמַלְכָּא. דָּא הִיא סְעוּדָתָא דְעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא. וַחֲקַל תַּפּוּחִין קַדִּישִׁין וּזְעֵיר אַנְפִּין. אַתְיָן לְסַעֲדָא בַּהֲדֵיהּ:
They shall make the ark . . . two cubits and a half �shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, �and a cubit and a half its height (25:10)�
The measurements of the ark were all in fractions, indicating that to become a vessel for Torah, a person must first “break” his ego.
Rabbi Natan Adler cited at Chabad.org
The measurements of the ark were all in halves, �indicating that no matter how much one studies Torah, one never masters its whole; “Longer than the land is its measure,� and broader than the sea” (Job 11:9).
(Pardes Yosef)
You shall make a covering . . . of tachash skins above (26:14)
The tachash was a multicolored animal, which was created specifically for the Tabernacle and existed only at that time.
Rabbi Hoshaya taught that it was a one-horned animal.
Jerusalem Talmud cited at Chabad.org
“In truth, “Everything that G‑d created, He created solely for His glory” (Ethics of the Fathers 6:11). It is only that in our material world, a thing’s exterior face often belies its intrinsic purpose. But there was one creature, the tachash, which existed only in the time and place it was needed for the making of a “dwelling for G‑d.” Thus the tachashexpressed the true nature of every creation: that it exists to the sole end of serving and revealing the divine essence implicit within it.”
The Lubavitcher Rebbe cited at Chabad.org
“This is what man is all about; this is the purpose of his creation and of the creation of all the worlds, higher and lower – that there be made for G-d a dwelling in the lower realms.”�Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi cited at Chabad.org
“You have been built on the foundation of the emissaries and the prophets, with the cornerstone being Yeshua the Messiah himself. In union with him the whole building is held together, and it is growing into a holy temple in union with the Lord. Yes, in union with him, you yourselves are being built together into a spiritual dwelling-place for God!”
Ephesians 2:20-22, Complete Jewish Bible