{"id":43719,"date":"2018-11-11T20:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T18:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=43719"},"modified":"2022-06-02T14:30:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T11:30:57","slug":"tabernacle-a-microcosm-of-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/tabernacle-a-microcosm-of-redemption\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabernacle: A Microcosm Of Redemption"},"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":[384,433,468],"acf":{"old_id":"43719","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":42590,"related_cahpter":"87","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"From the place of mutuality and appreciation more holiness is brought into the world","content":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This chapter is one in a series that outlines the creation of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mishkan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the portable shrine that the Israelites carried with them as they wandered through the desert. Its furnishings are described in fine detail; the attention paid to their craftsmanship is appropriate, given their sacred purpose. Yet this acute focus also points us to a broader truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Torah asserts that humankind is formed in the divine image. This bold statement is reflected in our generative potential: we have the ability to create, to make things that never existed prior to this moment. Like God (or the Big Bang) we can fashion entire worlds of our own imagination \u2013 be they life-giving or destructive. The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mishkan <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a microcosm of redemption, a place of beauty where people could stand face-to-face with the divine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the center of this shrine is the ark, fashioned out of acacia wood and overlaid with gold. Crowning the ark are two cherubim, angelic figures with \u201ctheir wings spread\u2026 facing one another\u201d (37:9). It was from this space that God spoke to the people \u2013 and it is within this space that we are also able to encounter the transcendent. Each of us carries a unique facet of the divine image, a creative energy that only we possess. Unfortunately, we live in a world that obscures this reflection, one that emphasizes what we lack rather than what we are able to offer. We are taught to hide behind carefully manufactured facades, online and in person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet only by standing in the presence of another person \u2013 unguarded and unedited \u2013 are we able to catch a glimpse of the divine image, because our generative potential flows from our whole selves. By asking ourselves what facet of the divine is reflected in the other, we are reminded of our own inherent dignity and inalienable worth. 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