I Will Meet You There

The Midrash informs us that the prophet Ezekiel said that studying the laws of the Holy Temple is tantamount to building it. I have put together this set of essays about each of the six vessels in the Temple: ¿ The Ark of the Covenant ¿ The Menorah ¿ The Table of the Showbread ¿ The Inner Altar for Incense ¿ The External Altar for Sacrifices ¿ The KiyyorIn general, each of the vessels in the Holy Temple were given a specific Sephira, also known as a kabbalistic attribute.The...
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The Midrash informs us that the prophet Ezekiel said that studying the laws of the Holy Temple is tantamount to building it. I have put together this set of essays about each of the six vessels in the Temple: ¿ The Ark of the Covenant ¿ The Menorah ¿ The Table of the Showbread ¿ The Inner Altar for Incense ¿ The External Altar for Sacrifices ¿ The KiyyorIn general, each of the vessels in the Holy Temple were given a specific Sephira, also known as a kabbalistic attribute.The Zohar in Parshat Terumah hints to this when it states that Moses, our teacher, told the sages, "that the time has come to fix the vessels of the King, to set them in order and rectify them." The Zohar then enumerates the vessels: The Mishkan, Menorah, Shulchan, Mizbeach, Kiyyur, Spouts, the Aron, Kapores, and the Cherubim. Thus each Vessel or Keli of the Holy Temple has a unique lesson for all of us. The time has come for us to "fix them, set them and rectify them."