Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan Parshat Teruma 2

was just the the foundation of the table on top of the table as we're going to describe there were shelves six shelves on one side and six shells on the other side for 12 loaves of bread cover it with pure gold and you shall make for it a gold crown all around you shall make for it a molding and a gold crown on the molding there are different interpretations what these things mean and different pictures if you look at on in the art scroll it will show you one such uh design and verse 26 you shall make four rings of gold and these rings are for the stays of acacia wood now we turn to page 451. verse 29 you shall make its dishes in which you put bread it's spoons in into which you put the the spice it's shelving tubes and pillars which form the shelves so that one loaf doesn't touch the other one each loaf is on its own Shelf and the verse 30 on the table you shall play you shall place show bread before me always the word uh the word showbread comes from the word let him bread that had a face because the the way the bread was uh baked was not like a loaf that we have but rather it had sides that were coming up from both sides so it's as if it had two sides that you can look at that's why it it it is called showbread um the bread with two faces now verse 31 we speak about Menorah the Candelabra the seven branched uh lamp in betamic dash you shall make a menorah of pure gold hammered out show the minorabi made it was not made piece by piece and then attached but rather it was made from one chunk of gold 150 pounds its weight its base its shaft it's cups and knobs and Blossoms shall be hammered out from the same piece of gold six branches shall emerge from its sides which means there was the main shaft with one candle and then three branches on one side and three branches on the other side all together seven branches and the the Torah in the next paragraph describes all the flowers and the uh knobs and the cups how they were arranged and how many there were and again you can view the picture in art scroll there is additional view that the minorao did not have curved um branches but rather it had straight branches going at an angle so that two views how did the menorah look now the the total height of Menorah was 18 to him 18 hand breaths which is about uh six feet that's the total height less less than six feet let's say about five feet now we turn to page 453 their knobs branches shall be of it all of it a single hammered piece of pure gold how how heavy verse 39 explains of a talent of pure gold shall he make it and that is 150 pounds now chapter 26 we describe the the cover of the Tabernacle we go a little bit backwards first we described the utensils then we describe the roof and only then we will describe the walls even though the weight was constructed was the opposite first the walls were made then the roof and then the utensils which were brought in again page 453 chapter 26 verse 1. there were four covers that the Tabernacle had um the first one is you shall make the roof of the Tabernacle of 10 curtains they are made from four different materials Twisted linen with turquoise wool purple wool and Scarlet wool they were all made into one thread from which the curtains were woven and there were 10 curtains going along the width of the Tabernacle and they were attached and together they formed one cover verse two the length of a single curtain is 28 cubits about 40 45 feet and the width of each curtain was four cubits about six feet so it was a long strip of woven material and then they would attach them together five curtains shall be attached to one another and five curtains should be attached to one another and there were loops and hooks that would connect the five and five together to form one long tan curtain cover uh we turn to page 455 the second roof is described verse seven you shall make curtains of gold hair for a tent over the Tabernacle so on top of the original roof made from linen and wool there was a second roof made from goat hair and it was made of 11 curtains it had to be a little larger to overlap the the bottom curtain the bottom cover and the length of a single curtain therefore was 30 cubits to two qubits three feet longer and the width of a single curtain was still four cubits but because there was one extra um curtain that means the entire cover was about six feet longer and again they were attached together and put on the top of the Tabernacle now verse 14 the third and fourth covers are described you shall make a cover for the tent of red red dyed Red Skins and a cover of takash skins above in order to make the Tabernacle waterproof two kinds of skins were put on top of it they would take ram skins a male sheep they would diet red and they would also take skin off tahash animal which was a unique animal present only at that time and then became extinct whose uh skin whose height was colorful and now in verse 15 we describe the walls of the Tabernacle you shall make the planks of the Tabernacle of acacia wood standing erect unlike a house which is built with beams of wood going horizontally the Tabernacle was built with beams of wood going vertically 10 qubits the length of each Plank and the the length of the walls was 10 cubits which is 15 feet a very tall structure and each plank was a cubit and a half in width they were very thick beams of wood one and a half cubit which which is about two and a quarter feet a large huge beam 15 feet tall it says that after they they constructed these beams they were too heavy to pick up and Moshe said who can pick up such heavy beams to put them upright and Hashem said don't worry the result is up to me all you need to do is try and Hashem said motion you yourself without any help go and put some effort into it Moshe came and give it gave it a push and the bee miraculously stood up this is uh a lesson for us that whenever we strive to accomplish something spiritually who should not be scared we should when we doing something for God we should just put our best effort and the result is guaranteed to come from God now we turn to page 457. each wall is described how many planks how many beams each wall has you shall make planks for the Tabernacle 20 Planks on the south side and make 40 Silver sockets under each beam he placed two silver brick like uh what are called sockets the foundations into which the the beam went the beam had a a a protrusion which means on the bottom of the beam they would carve out a little bit of wood and the silver socket had a hole in the middle so that the B would go in and set uh sit snugly on it they were supporting the wood so that the wood shouldn't rot two sockets under one plank and then verse 20 for the second wall of the Tabernacle on the North side also 20 planks and there are 40 Silver sockets and the verse 22 describes the western side for the back of the Tabernacle on the west you shall make six planks and two additional planks for the corners so each uh long side of the Mishka had 20 planks and the West the shorter side had only eight planks verse 26 describes how these huge beams for the walls were held together that they shouldn't Shake uh next to each other for that they made bars that would bind them together you shall make bars of acacia wood five for the planks of one side of Tabernacle and five bars for the planks of the second side of the Tabernacle and five bars for the planks of the Tabernacle wall on the west which means just like when we build Soca walls on Sukkot we take a beam and we attach it on top or on the bottom and we screw in each wall into it and this board holds all the uh panels together so too they put bars going along the top of the planks another bar going on a bottom of planks and the one bar going through they would bore make a hole in each beam and insert one long um round Peg or or a pole into it so that it should hold the entire wall as one piece now we we turn to page 459. we're learning about the curtain that served as a doorway to enter the the uh the holy of holies you shall make a partition of turquoise wool purple wool and Scarlet wool and linen with a woven this design of kerubim of of the angel-like creatures uh woven into the curtain you should place it upon four pillars of acacia wood plated with gold with hooks of gold upon four silver sockets and uh this partition shall separate for you between the holy and the holy of holies the Tabernacle was divided into two parts there was the inner sanctum the holy of holies called the shakudashim then there was this partition and then there was the Holy in the holy of holies was the ark and in the Holy was the menorah the table and the golden altar now verse 34 we describe the placement of these um utensils you shall put the cover upon the ark of the testimonial tablets in the holy of holies and you shall place the table outside the partition and the menorah opposite the table on the south side of the Tabernacle and the table you shall place on the north side and now in verse 36 we describe another curtain for the entrance to the holy so there were two curtains in the Tabernacle itself want to enter from the courtyard into the holy and want to enter from the holy into the holy of holies make a screen for the entrance of the tent of turquoise wool purple wool and Scarlet wool and twisted linen and embroidered craft and you shall make this for the screen Five Pillars of acacia wood covered in Wood gold and their hooks should be gold with five sockets of copper okay now chapter 287 we go to the next utensil and that is the large altar called The Copper altar foreign you shall make an the altar of acacia wood it was made from wood covered with copper five cubits its length and five cubicids with about eight feet long and eight feet wide the altar shall be square and three cubits its height now someone is asking an important question why are so why there are so many details why are they important why do we need to learn about them and our sages say that in this chapter we're actually describing secrets of creation of the world the mishkan the Tabernacle was created as a as a miniature model of the entire universe and therefore the construction and the service in the betamic dash or in the mishkan were actually supporting the entire world and if you would learn the details of of this structure you would actually without learning physics and chemistry you would actually understand how the world is designed built and how it functions and for us we don't understand it just saying the words is beneficial by saying the words we we create this positive energy that that supports the entire universe and certainly it supports us because it says that the human body with its physical body and its soul is also created using the same map we have three worlds we have the world of the physical world of the universe we have the miniature world of the betamic dash or the spiritual map of the world and we have the human being which is also a miniature universe and they're all connected in addition to the spiritual World which also mirrors our physical world and our body but in our world in our physical world we have three Worlds the the physical Universe the temple and the human being and therefore when we learn these uh verses it has a positive effect on our soul and on our body because our body is constructed exactly the same way as the entire universe and the betamic dash is a code like a like a like a DNA code for the entire world and for our body so it has practical uh influence on us that by learning it we can find out practical things about the world and also it has a spiritual effect on us it makes our soul and body strong and that is why for example in our prayers we mention all the offerings and we mention the betamic dash and we pray for betamic dash because there is a real connection between our soul and the temple and the entire universe and we we connect all of it with our words that we study now that we don't have the temple that's that's how we accomplish it by learning about it and by mentioning it in our prayer okay now um the the outer altar the copper altar was made of wood covered with copper make its horns on its four corners and copper cover them with covers verse three and you shall make its pots to clear the ashes it shovels its basins its forks and fire pans it should make all its vessels of copper now we're on page 461 verse 4 you shall make for it a netting of copper mesh work all around and you shall place it under the surrounding border of the altar From Below okay you can see the picture in art scroll how it looked the mesh next to the staves have been about the center the horns the the square protrusions on four corners the base going around and verse 8 Hollow of boards shall you make it which means the the altar had an outer shell of wood covered with copper the inside was empty and every place they would come to they would fill it with Earth and they would make fire on it on the Earth and they would burn uh the limbs of offerings on it and then when they needed to travel they would remove the Earth and carry just the shell of the altar with them now we're on in verse 9. we describe the courtyard and on the next page 463 you can see how it looked there was the wooden structure of the mishkan of the Tabernacle the the covers the three or four covers are not shown there then the the altar with a ramp in the courtyard and around the courtyard are are the curtains that that form the walls of the courtyard that's what we're discussing now on page 461 verse 9 you shall make the courtyard of the Tabernacle on the south side The Lace hangings of Twisted linen 100 cubits long 150 feet is the length of the courtyard and its pillars 20 and their sockets 20 of copper and the hooks of the pillars and their bands silver so to on the North side 150 feet of lace hangings verse 12 the width of the courtyard on the West Side lays hangings 50 cubits 75 feet their pillars 10 at the socket stand and on the Eastern side the width is the same 50 cubits 75 feet now we turn to page 463 verse 16. we speak about the gate the entrance to the Courtyard at the Gate of the courtyard a screen of 20 cubits 30 feet it is made from turquoise wool purple wool and Scarlet wool and twisted linen four different materials made into one single thread an embroidered craft their pillars four and their sockets for verse 17 summarizes the whole structure all the pillars of the courtyard all around banded with silver their hooks of silver and their sockets of copper the length of the courtyard is 100 cubits the width is 50 by 50 and the height is 5 cubits about eight feet of Twisted linen and their sockets of copper verse 19 all the vessels of the Tabernacle for all its labor all its pegs and all the pegs of the courtyard were made from copper this concludes parashat tiruma next week vegetation we will learn about the garments of kohanim uh thank you for listening shabbat shalom um