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Reflections of Redemption — Beshalach 5783

Выпуск: Reflections of Redemption — Beshalach 5783. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. 16) 5783 2023 “5783 - Y  H ” 2 2 / REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF Horav Schneur Zalman Halevi v"g ben Horav Yitzchok Elchonon Halevi s"hv Shagalov Passed away on 21 Tamuz, 5766 Reb Dovid Asniel ben Reb Eliyahu v"g Ekman Passed away on 5 Sivan - Erev Shavuot, 5765 Mrs. Does the “The Sanctuary, O L-rd, which Your hands have established” refer to the First and Second Temples – built by tzaddikim, acting as G-d’s agents, as it were, or does it refer to the Third Temple, built by G-d Himself and waiting for the Redemption, when it will descend upon Jerusalem? REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION \ 5 According to the Mechilta, a rabbinic commentary on Exodus, the phrase “The Sanctuary, O L-rd, which Your hands have established” refers to the future Sanctuary, which will be built – or rather, revealed – long after the destruction of the first two Temples. The Mechilta sees the first part of the verse, “You bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance,” referring to the times of the first two Temples, while the second part, “The Sanctuary, O L-rd, which Your hands have established,” refers to the times of Moshiach and the miraculous establishment of the Third Temple. First, the Jewish people enter the land of Israel and conquer it, as foretold in the first part of the verse: “You bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance.” Then the Temple is built through the efforts of the tzaddikim, whose actions are called the actions of G-d: “The Sanctuary, O L-rd, which Your hands have established.” According to Rashi, the verse refers to the Temple the Jewish people expected G-d to build once they entered the land of Israel. Rashi offers a third alternative, an intermediary between and combination of both approaches: the rhetorical devices, such as doubling or parallel expressions, do not introduce an innovation, but they are there to add a new dimension to the topic under discussion. Not only will G-d build the Temple above, in a spiritual sense – “the place which You have made for Your dwelling, O L-rd” – He will also actually build it here below in a physical sense, with His own two Hands, so to speak: “the Sanctuary, O L-rd, which Your hands REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION \ 7 have es

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Reflections of Redemption

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