{"id":46788,"date":"2019-01-01T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=46788"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:52:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:52:19","slug":"bringing-the-shekhinah-down-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/bringing-the-shekhinah-down-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing The Shekhinah Down To Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[384,363],"acf":{"old_id":"46788","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"124","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"It is in the power of each and every individual to cause the Shekhinah to dwell within each of us","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our chapter provides the Torah readings for the eight days of Hanukkah, as it concludes with the dedication of the altar and God speaking to Moses in the Tent of Meeting (Numbers 7:84-89), the forerunner of the Temple in Jerusalem. The midrashic collection known as Pesiqta de-Rav Kahanah begins with a type of midrashic homily known as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petikhta\u2019 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(\u201cProem\u201d), which typically opens with a verse from the Prophets or Writings and concludes with the first verse of the relevant holiday or sabbath Torah portion. Here the opening verse is \u201cI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride\u201d (Song of Songs 5:1). This is followed by a parable about a king who sent away his consort. When he sent for her to return, she sent back, \u201cLet him make a new arrangement for me and then I will return\u201d. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is compared to God, who received Noah\u2019s sacrifice from on high (Genesis 8:21), but \u201cnow\u201d (according to Numbers, Chapter 8) He receives sacrifices \u201cfrom below\u201d, by having His Shekhinah descend into the Tent of Meeting on earth to receive the sacrifices detailed in our chapter. This core idea is further elaborated by a detailed discussion of how the Shekhinah (i.e. God\u2019s \u201cdwelling presence\u201d) initially was manifest in our world, as suggested by Adam and Eve having heard the \u201cvoice of the Lord walking in the Garden\u201d (Genesis 3:8). But because of human sin the Shekhinah ascended by stages to the \u201cseventh heaven\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, the Shekhinah was brought back in stages to our world by seven righteous biblical figures beginning with Abraham.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, it was Moses who merited bringing the Shekhinah back to dwell again on earth, as suggested by our chapter, which begins \u201cOn the day that Moses finished erecting the Tent of Meeting\u201d (Numbers 7:1) and ends with God speaking to Moses from down on earth: \u201cWhen Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him, he would hear the Voice addressing him from above the cover that was on top of the Ark of the Covenant between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him\u201d (Numbers 7:89). \u00a0This midrashic homily suggests that it is in the power of each and every individual to cause the Shekhinah to dwell within each of us in our world and in our day (see 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