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Covenant & Conversation — Vayak'hel 5784

Выпуск: Covenant & Conversation — Vayak'hel 5784. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ God’s Shadow In Vayakhel we meet, for the second time, the man The aesthetic dimension of Judaism has tended to be who became the symbol of the artist in Judaism, a downplayed, at least until the modern era, for man by the name of Betzalel. Even the Lord has chosen Betzalel son of Uri, the when He revealed Himself to the people at Sinai: son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and has lled him with a Divine spirit of wisdom, “You heard the sound of words but saw no understanding, and knowledge in every craft, image; there was only a Voice.” to make artistic designs for work in gold, Deut. He has lled Hence the second of the Ten Commandments: them with the skill to do all kinds of work as “Do not make for yourself any carved image engravers, designers, embroiderers in sky- or likeness of in the form of any creature in blue, purple, or scarlet wool or ne linen, and heaven above or the earth beneath or in the as weavers. It would be Betzalel (together with Ohaliab) who The Greeks, who achieved unrivalled excellence in would make the Tabernacle and its furnishings and the visual arts, were, in the religious sphere, still a be celebrated through the centuries as the inspired pagan people of myth and mystery, while the craftsman who used his skills for the greater glory of Romans had a disturbing tendency to turn Caesars God. There is, according to the Sages, a of art [avodat ha-umanut] to bring it out.” meta-mitzvah known as hiddur mitzvah – Olat Re-ayah, II, 3 “beautifying the command” – to try to ensure that all objects used in the performance of a command are Evidently these remarks were considered as beautiful as possible. controversial, so in later editions of the Commentary the phrase “Literature, painting, and sculpture” was The most signi cant intrusion of the aesthetic removed and in its place was written, “Literature, its dimension was in the Tabernacle itself, its design and tapestry.” framework and hangings, its furniture, the cherubim above the ark, the menorah, and the vestments of the The name Betzalel was adopted by the artist Boris pri

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Covenant & Conversation

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8 марта 2024 г.

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3

Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary