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Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Tetzaveh 5727 THE FIRE ON THE INNER ALTAR

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Tetzaveh 5727 THE FIRE ON THE INNER ALTAR. Темы: не определены автоматически. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT he Rebbe's Discourses T Summaries of points from the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫פרשת תצוה תשכ''ז ד''ה ועשית מזבח מקטר קטורת בלתי מוגה‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Tetzaveh 15 Adar 1 5784, 24 February 20241 THE FIRE ON THE INNER ALTAR N THE INNER PART OF THE SANCTUARY THERE WAS A I SMALL ALTAR, MADE OF WOOD OVERLAID WITH A THIN layer of gold, mainly used for incense2. The verse tells us5: “make for Me a Sanctuary and I will dwell in them [within each of them]” – this means, the Jewish people should make the practical and spiritual effort which creates the Sanctuary, and then, as a Divine response, G-d’s Presence will dwell within them. The two kinds of fire, from above and from below, represent the person’s spiritual arousal from above – without their effort, as a ‘gift’; from Heaven – or from below, which is a product of their own personal effort. The answer is that the service of the Inner, Golden Altar, the incense, links with the service on the Outer Altar which is in the Courtyard of the Sanctuary, and on which the animal offerings were brought. [Chassidic teachings provide methods for trying to reach it – such as giving charity7 - but in general it is understood as a gift from above.] We now come to the answer to the Rebbe’s question. Chabad Research Unit – www.chabadresearch.net – cru@lubavitchuk.com This is also the theme of the offerings which are brought to the [outer] Altar, which is the main function of the Sanctuary. All this emphasizes the idea that the Sanctuary/Temple is about the efforts of the Jewish people, to which G-d responds by making His Presence dwell among (or within) them in the Sanctuary. The fact that they are brought in obedience to the Divine Will, through the effort of man in this world, evokes Divine ‘happiness’, termed ‘nachat ruach’6, as a response from Above. One is enthusiastic, with feelings of love of the Divine (or awe) as a result of one’s efforts in contemplation or other means, but this does not reach one’s very essence. The goal is to join these two aspects of our heart in our service of the Divine, as we ask G-d in our prayer before the Shema ‘and unify our heart’, veyached levavenu.

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Chabad Research Unit

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23 февраля 2024 г.

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