{"id":42546,"date":"2018-10-21T21:09:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T18:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=42546"},"modified":"2022-05-18T23:02:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T20:02:25","slug":"the-meaning-of-the-cherubim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-meaning-of-the-cherubim\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning Of The Cherubim"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":50634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[669,363,354],"acf":{"old_id":"42546","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33923,"related_cahpter":"75","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"God speaks where two persons turn their face to one another in love, embrace, generosity and care","content":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a strange and lovely detail in the construction of the sanctuary. The holiest item of its furniture was the ark. It contained the holiest of objects, the tablets on which were written God\u2019s word, both the second set that remained whole, and the first that were shattered into fragments. Above the ark were two figures, cherubim. The Torah says that \u2018their faces were turned to one another\u2019 (Ex. 25: 20). Ostensibly this was a great risk. The Israelites had been told not to make any likeness that might be worshipped as a god, an idol. The sanctuary itself was constructed in the aftermath of such an episode, the making of the Golden Calf. Why then were figures introduced into the Holy of Holies?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sages say (Hagigah 13b) they were like children. Or, in another interpretation (Yoma 54a), that they were intertwined like lovers. It was <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between the two cherubs<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that God spoke to Moses. The message of this symbol was so significant that it was deemed by God himself to be sufficient to outweigh the risk of misunderstanding. <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God speaks where two persons turn their face to one another<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in love, embrace, generosity and care. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God\u2019s presence is everywhere. But not everywhere are we ready to receive it. When we open our \u2018I\u2019 to another\u2019s \u2018Thou\u2019 &#8212; that is where God lives. We discover God\u2019s image in ourselves by discerning it in an other. God lives in <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the between<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that joins self to self through an act of covenantal kindness. 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