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From here to the end of the book of Exodus the Torah describes, in painstaking detail and great length, the construction of the Mishkan, the first collective house of worship of the Jewish people. Precise instructions are given for each item \u2013 the Tabernacle itself, the frames and drapes, and the various objects it contained \u2013 including their dimensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

But why do we need to know how big the Tabernacle was? It did not function in perpetuity. Its primary use was during the wilderness years. Eventually it was replaced by the Temple, an altogether larger and more magnificent structure. What then is the eternal significance of the dimensions of this modest, portable construction?<\/span><\/p>\n

No physical space, however large, is big enough. On the other hand, no space is too small.<\/span><\/p>\n

Torah commentators, especially the late Nechama Leibowitz, have drawn attention to the way the terminology of the construction of the Tabernacle is the same as that used to describe God\u2019s creation of the universe. The Tabernacle was, in other words, a\u202fmicro-cosmos, a symbolic reminder of the world God made. The fact that the Divine presence rested within it was not meant to suggest that God is here not there, in this place not that. It was meant to signal, powerfully and palpably, that God exists\u202fthroughout\u202fthe cosmos. It was a man-made structure to mirror and focus attention on the Divinely-created universe. It was in space what Shabbat is in time: a reminder of creation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dimensions of the universe are precise, mathematically exact. Had they differed in even the slightest degree the universe, or life, would not exist. Only now are scientists beginning to realise\u202fhow\u202fprecise, and even this knowledge will seem rudimentary to future generations. We are on the threshold of a quantum leap in our understanding of the full depth of the words: \u201cHow many are your works, Lord; in wisdom You made them all\u201d (Ps. 104:24). The word \u201cwisdom\u201d here \u2013 as in the many times it occurs in the account of the making of the tabernacle \u2013 means, \u201cprecise, exact craftsmanship\u201d (see Maimonides,\u202fThe Guide for the Perplexed, III:54).<\/span><\/p>\n

Precision matters. Order matters. The misplacement of even a few of the 3.1 billion letters in the human genome can lead to devastating genetic conditions. The famous \u201cbutterfly effect\u201d \u2013 the beating of a butterfly\u2019s wing somewhere may cause a tsunami elsewhere, thousands of miles away \u2013 tells us that small actions can have large consequences. That is the message the Tabernacle was intended to convey.<\/p>\n

From The Architecture of Holiness, Covenant & Conversation, Teruma<\/em> (5777)<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":94162,"id":94162,"title":"job13-night sky man cosmos knowing","filename":"job13-night-sky-man-cosmos-knowing.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job13-night-sky-man-cosmos-knowing.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/flipping-the-script\/job13-night-sky-man-cosmos-knowing\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"job13-night-sky-man-cosmos-knowing","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":94161,"date":"2021-06-12 21:03:47","modified":"2022-08-31 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