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\u201cIn the first month of the second year, on the first of the month, the Tabernacle was set up. Moses set up the Tabernacle, placing its sockets, setting up its planks, inserting its bars, and erecting its posts.\u201d (verse 17-18).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The initial use of passive voice in the verse is puzzling. Moses is the one who puts the building together and the people create the Mishkan. Why does verse 17 not have an active subject building the Mishkan and the very next verse say that Moses put up the Mishkan? Rashi explains that the people did not know how to erect the actual Mishkan structure, so they brought it all to Moses. The problem was that the Mishkan was extremely heavy and no one person could build it on their own. God performed a miracle for Moses so that when he went to build it, the various pieces stood up on their own making it easy for Moses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Midrash explains that these were two different Mishkans. Verse 17 was the celestial Mishkan that was erected on the same day that Moses built the earthly Mishkan. The two Mishkans are hinted at by the absence of the word \u201c<\/span>et<\/span><\/i>\u201d in verse 17 before the word \u201cMishkan\u201d in the Hebrew. It\u2019s also possible that the Torah wants to emphasize that the Mishkan building was a partnership between the people and Moses. Although verse 18 describes Moses building the Mishkan for the first time, the Mishkan itself would not have been possible without the work of the people listed in the previous chapters. Verse 17 is the hinge between the \u201cbuilding\u201d done by the people and the building that Moses does from verse 18 until the end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How does Exodus end? \u201cFor over the Tabernacle a cloud of God rested by day, and fire would appear in it by night, in the view of all the House of Israel throughout their journeys.\u201d Compare this to the first verse of Exodus: \u201cThese are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each coming with his household.\u201d Exodus began with the listing of the names of the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt. Exodus itself was all about the birth of this new nation from slavery in Egypt to redemption to the giving of the Ten Commandments. 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In Exodus 40, the major portion of the chapter is devoted to setting up the Tabernacle to see if God in the end would inhabit it, as He stated was His intention from the outset (see 25:6).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One can only imagine the great anticipation of Moses and the rest of the people to see if their efforts would prove acceptable to the Divine Presence. The sigh of relief that was collectively uttered by all assembled when the text describes how a special cloud came to rest on the Tabernacle, is practically palpable:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the Presence of God filled the Tabernacle\u2026 For over the Tabernacle a cloud of God rested by day, and fire would appear in it by night, in the view of all the house of Israel throughout their journeys (verses 34, 38).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Although it was God Who commanded Moses to set up the Tabernacle at the beginning of Exodus 40, Moses could not be certain that his and the peoples\u2019 efforts would be met with success. Just as a journal article that was worked on for many hours by members of a laboratory might be sent back by the editors for significant revisions, the same could have occurred with respect to the Tabernacle. The finality of the cloud coming to rest on the Tabernacle must have brought great relief to all concerned.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I have always wondered about whether God accepted the Tabernacle regardless of the precision of the work of the artisans. Granted, the phrase \u201cin accordance with what God had commanded Moses\u201d is repeated again and again beginning with Exodus 38, for a total of 17 times! But could this be a case of \u201cthe lady doth protest too much\u201d? (<\/span>Hamlet, III 2<\/span><\/i>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If the various artisans, under Bezalel\u2019s direction did the best they could, might not God have accepted their work one way or another? People involved in making the Tabernacle couldn\u2019t have possibly carried out everything exactly in accordance with how God initially told Moses He wished these things to be executed. If nothing else, it begs credulity to believe that the special intentions for each artifact could all have been verbally conveyed, first by God to Moses, followed by Moses to Bezalel, and then Bezalel to each specific artisan, no matter how inspired Bezalel was and capable of teaching how to do things. It would be far easier to accept that God \u201cunderstood\u201d that he was dealing with a people who literally would not be capable of comprehending the lofty ideas in His Torah, and that He now wished to be incorporated into the Tabernacle, and therefore, just as the people did the best they could, God did the best He could.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our<\/span> chapter<\/span><\/a> concludes the Book of Exodus with the completion of the erection of the Desert Tabernacle (<\/span>Mishkan<\/span><\/em>) and the descent of the Cloud of the Lord on the Tent of Meeting (<\/span>Ohel Mo\u2019ed<\/span><\/em>): \u201cThe cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the Presence of the Lord filled the Tabernacle\u2026.For over the Tabernacle the Cloud of the Lord rested by day, and fire would appear in it by night, in the view of all the house of Israel throughout their journeys\u201d (Exodus 40:34-38).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In describing the first stage in the Exodus from Egypt, from Rameses to Succot (see <\/span>Exodus 12:37<\/span><\/a>), the<\/span> Mekhilta de-Rabbi Yishmael<\/span><\/a> records that\u00a0 Rabbi Akiva said that here \"Succot\" refers to the Clouds of Glory, as it<\/span> says<\/span><\/a>: \u201cCloud by day and smoke with a glow of flaming fire by night. For, over all a canopy of glory \u2013 <\/span>ki al-kol-kavod huppah<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another early rabbinic midrash,<\/span> Sifre Bamidbar<\/span><\/a>, elaborates on how many Clouds of Glory there were.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For over the Tabernacle a cloud of the Lord rested by day, and fire would appear in it by night\u201d (<\/span>Exodus 40:38<\/span><\/a>). There actually were seven clouds \u2014 four on the four sides of the Tabernacle, one above, one below -- to cushion the Israelites\u2019 feet -- and one that went before them. This one leveled the path ahead of the Israelites by lowering what was high and raising what was low. It also killed any serpents or scorpions in the way of the oncoming Israelites as they marched through the desert of Sinai. And this seventh cloud also swept and sprinkled the path before them. Rabbi Yehudah said that there were thirteen Clouds of Glory, two on each side of the Tabernacle, two above and two below, and one before them. But, Rabbi Yoshiyah said that there were just four Clouds of Glory and Rebbi (Rabbi Yehudah Ha-Nasi) said that there were only two clouds.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to<\/span> Baraita de-Melekhet HaMishkan<\/span><\/a>, Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai said that throughout the 40 years that the Israelites were in the Desert of Sinai they had no need of the light of the sun or the moon to know whether it was day or night. For when the light of the Cloud of Glory that was over the Tabernacle reddened, they knew the sun was setting, and when the Cloud of Glory whitened, they knew that the sun was rising anew. And indeed, regarding the Future,<\/span> Isaiah says:<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Arise, shine, for your light has dawned. The Presence of the Lord has shone upon you!... No longer shall you need the sun for light by day, nor the shining of the moon for radiance, for the Lord shall be your light everlasting. Your God shall be your glory\u2026For the Lord shall be a light to you forever, and your days of mourning shall be ended\u201d (Is. ch. 60).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Moses and the Israelites have built the Tabernacle, a Sanctuary for God in the midst of their encampment: \u201cWhen Moses had finished the work the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting and the Presence of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled upon it and the Presence of the Lord filled the Tabernacle\u201d (Exod. 40:33\u201334).<\/p>\r\n

Now the people could sense the Presence of the Lord as they had during the Revelation at Mount Sinai: \u201cWhen Moses had ascended the mountain the cloud covered the mountain. The Presence of the Lord abode on Mount Sinai and the cloud hid it for six days\u201d (Exod. 24:15\u201316).<\/p>\r\n

In both episodes the cloud is very dense: Moses cannot approach the Presence on the mountain nor can he enter the Tent of Meeting. Why does this last chapter in Exodus so closely parallel the description of the theophany? What is the role of the cloud in the Israelites\u2019 daily life? What is the significance of Moses being unable to enter the Tent of Meeting?<\/p>\r\n

In Avner Moriah\u2019s painting for Parashat<\/em> Pikudei<\/em>, we see the tents of the Israelites, reminiscent in style of the unique rounded structures in the paintings of the fifteenth-century Italian Piero Della Francesca. The Tabernacle symbolizes God\u2019s sanctity, a holiness defined and reflected in limits and boundaries: the area of the courtyard, suggested by its curtains and pillars; the area of the Holy, represented by the purple wall; and the area of the Holy of Holies marked by the gold on top of the wall and the silhouettes of the cherubim sketched behind it. A large white cloud on top of the Tabernacle is seen against a background of blue mountains, a reminder of Mount Sinai. The cloud is seen against an unnatural green-gold sky that projects both mystery and spirituality, its imminent rising alluding to the divinely inspired sign for the people to continue their journey.<\/p>\r\n

The similarities between the Bible\u2019s descriptions of the Revelation on Mount Sinai and the completion of the Tabernacle suggest that the Tabernacle is, in effect, an extension of the theophany, which will accompany the Israelites in perpetuity. The completion of the Sanctuary is also associated with the completion of Creation, the Sanctuary a reflection of the universe, suggesting God\u2019s encompassing presence.<\/p>\r\n

The cloud is a visible manifestation of the Lord\u2019s grandeur. The Israelites must learn to respect and appreciate the sanctity in this symbol of God\u2019s Presence. That Moses is not able to enter the Sanctuary when it is filled with God\u2019s splendor is an important teaching regarding the necessary reverence and awe when God resides among the people.<\/p>\r\n

The Book of Exodus ends with a visible sign of God\u2019s Presence dwelling among the people of Israel. 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\u201cThe cloud covered the tent of meeting and the presence of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.\u00a0 Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled upon it and the presence of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.\u201d (Exodus 40:34-35)<\/p>\r\n

I am reading these words from a Torah scroll that is pinned and mounted, a specimen of text under glass.\u00a0No one is expecting these words to be able to fly free, roam away from their display case.\u00a0But oddly enough, the Torah in this library at St John\u2019s<\/a> in Collegeville Minnesota happens to be rolled to the three Torah portions that Jews around the world will read during the three weeks I am in residence here.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

But maybe that is the point.\u00a0Someone sees this as a text that is over 200 years old, a sample of something from a long vanished culture, written in Syria where Jews no longer live<\/a>.\u00a0 But I can and do read and find meaning in it, animating the scroll.\u00a0I can\u2019t enter the glass case to caress it like I did when I was honored with carrying the Torah at Darchei Noam<\/a> in Minneapolis last Shabbat morning.\u00a0By sheer coincidence, the scroll is rolled to these portions while I am here at the Collegeville Institute<\/a>.\u00a0As these verses say, the presence of God is here, even when we can\u2019t enter into it completely.<\/p>\r\n

These penultimate verses of the book of Exodus encapsulate much of the action in it.\u00a0God reaches out to the people, shows the divine presence but the people cannot fully enter into the experience.\u00a0God is divine and\u00a0we are mortal, we can\u2019t comprehend God. When Moses wants to be shown God\u2019s presence earlier in the text (33:18), even though we know he has spoken \u201cface to face as one man speaks to another\" (33:11) all Moses is shown is \u201cachorei<\/em>\u201d (33:23) God\u2019s \"back.\"<\/p>\r\n

Now, all has been constructed according to the blueprint; God\u2019s presence is among them though entry while it hovers is not granted. In the Talmud (Yoma 4b), Rabbi Eliezer asks why if Moses can enter the cloud in Exodus 24:18 he is unable to do so here. The answer is that God literally grabs <\/em>Moses in order to bring him into the cloud, which harmonizes the two texts.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

God may not be grabbing most of us any time soon.\u00a0 And yet, for us today the presence of God can often be found through Torah study. \u00a0By reading and trying to comprehend the messages of the text, we can perceive the divine though we can never be fully part of it.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

I imagine the Torah in the library was stolen from its community by corrupt antiquities dealer like Moses Wilhelm Shapira<\/a>, and made its way to this library at a university run by Benedictine monks.\u00a0The ink on the parchment is clear, the letters distinct. I wonder when the last time someone has been here who could read it. But it does not matter: this Torah is signaling its message.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The last word of Exodus is mas'eihem<\/em>, \"their journeys.\"\u00a0As modern Jews, our journey now is with the text of the Torah, one of the clearest ways we have to discern the presence of God.\u00a0Writing parsha pieces each week has been a powerful experience for me, finding messages and meaning in the text.\u00a0Thank you for reading thus far; I look forward to continuing the 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We've travelled the book of Exodus for 40 chapters, growing from a nation of slaves, performing meaningless, menial labor for others, into a nation reaching the pinnacle of human creativity, each member of the nation freely choosing to dedicate the best they have to create a place to encounter God on earth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One is tempted to feel that we've worked so hard and come so far, we <\/span>deserve<\/b> a happy ending, the realization of full spiritual redemption in the intimate encounter between God and the people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And it is precisely that dangerous sense of entitlement that the very subtle closing crisis of the book of Exodus comes to combat.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God's glory fills the Mishkan, true, but it does so in a way that leaves Moses no space to enter. The goal of God's voice speaking to people from between the cherubs is left unrealized. That is, at least, until the opening word of the book of Vayikra - Leviticus.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What happens in the space between? Rashi on the first verse of Vayikra explains that the gaps in the Torah text allow space for reflection. In the frustrating moment between books, a crucial lesson is taught. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The service of God isn't about bending God to our will, and to our needs. It begins with the humble recognition that the distance between us and God is truly infinite, as Da Vinci embodied so memorably on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It is only the grace of the infinite God, God's call to us- \"<\/span>Vayikra\"<\/span><\/i>, that can bridge that. And that call can be heard only when we are willing to shrink our egos, to leave any sense of entitlement aside, and to make our '<\/span>aleph<\/span><\/i>' small. 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In Exodus 40, as Moses receives the divine instruction to set up the tabernacle and place each item in its assigned place, to anoint every item with the sacred anointing oils, I am prompted to reflect upon my own foray into design and construction, and the challenging yet rewarding work that comes with the deliberate planning of space. That space may be physical space, or non-physical space, as we have constructed here on 929.<\/p>\r\n

A few years ago, my family purchased a new home. A lovely house with an abundance of light, the inside had not been touched in many decades. I found myself serving as my own architect-designer, spending early mornings and late evenings with a contractor drawing lines on floorboards, measuring beams, and imagining the possibilities.<\/p>\r\n

Being pregnant with my third child at the time, I already had a sense of what I wanted life in this home to look like. Each decision \u2013 Which wall should be knocked down? What should the ratio of windows to bookcases be? Is open, flowing space better than closed areas for quiet and solitude? \u2013 felt critically important, as I understood that physical space would be much more than just a place within which to live; it was to be a place where experiences would be crafted, education animated, and values embodied.<\/p>\r\n

Similarly, questions of intentionally designed space have animated my educational thinking as I have experimented in different learning environments. Over the course of my teaching, I have taught in formal classrooms and open-floor-plan learning spaces, around conference tables and in outdoor gazebos, on the grass in Central Park, and in rooms with no windows, and others that are wide open to the sounds and influences of the surrounding environment.<\/p>\r\n

Now, writing and teaching for 929 in a \u201cspace\u201d that is quite different from those rooms, enables me to think deliberately about the construction of space and how it impacts the way we teach, learn and think. By intentionally planning space and environment, learning experiences result in a broader and deeper educational impact and learner engagement. I am led to ask questions such as: Do the experiences that penetrate both our physical and non-physical learning spaces reinforce the truths that we deeply hold? Are we deliberate and intentional in our design and use of space so that those values are elevated to the fore?<\/p>\r\n

How we create and intentionally use space \u2013 physical and not \u2013 is a way to elevate the practice of education and of Torah study. It requires research of the craft, patience, deliberate design, and creative exploration and experimentation. When we integrate design and educational content, we place before ourselves demanding and challenging work, which is ultimately rewarding to us, and to our learners. This is our project. This is our craft.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Now that it has been set up and everything put in its place, it is time to do the work.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":43983,"alt":"","title":"ex40-SHK","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK.jpg","width":1150,"height":719,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-300x188.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":188,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-768x480.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":480,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-1024x640.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":640,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK.jpg","1536x1536-width":1150,"1536x1536-height":719,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK.jpg","2048x2048-width":1150,"2048x2048-height":719,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK.jpg","post_full_size-width":1150,"post_full_size-height":719,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-672x420.jpg","home_baner-width":672,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"A Sacred Pedagogy Of Space","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Intentionally planning space can lead to learning experiences with broader and deeper educational impact and learner engagement","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":43983,"alt":"","title":"ex40-SHK","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK.jpg","width":1150,"height":719,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-300x188.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":188,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-768x480.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":480,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-1024x640.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":640,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK.jpg","1536x1536-width":1150,"1536x1536-height":719,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK.jpg","2048x2048-width":1150,"2048x2048-height":719,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK.jpg","post_full_size-width":1150,"post_full_size-height":719,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ex40-SHK-672x420.jpg","home_baner-width":672,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"40","chapter_main_number":"90","date":"20260101","wall_id":"90"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"725","name":"Space","old_id":"1125"},{"term_id":"728","name":"Design","old_id":"1128"},{"term_id":"729","name":"Teaching","old_id":"1129"},{"term_id":"730","name":"Learning","old_id":"1130"}]},{"order":10,"id":"43968","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Hard to Breathe ","post_title":"Hard To Breathe","slug":"hard-to-breathe","old_id":"43968","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":36149,"post_title":"Shai Secunda","slug":"shai-secunda","old_id":"36149","first_name":"Shai ","last_name":"Secunda","description":"Shai Secunda occupies the Jacob Neusner chair in Judaism at Bard College, where he directs the Interdisciplinary Study of Religions program. 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Yehuda Amichai, the great twentieth-century bard of Jerusalem, opens his poem, \u201cThe Ecology of Jerusalem,\u201d by describing the Holy City\u2019s air as \u201csaturated with prayers and dreams.\u201d As Amichai goes on to qualify this metaphor, it becomes clear that the prayer-saturated Jerusalem atmosphere can be more of a curse than a blessing: \u201c\u2026as the air above industrial towns. It\u2019s hard to breathe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At the very end of Exodus, Moses has accomplished his goal of building a sanctuary for God. What should be the climactic moment capping a book absorbed by Tabernacle construction, is instead an anti-climactic letdown:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the Presence of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud had settled upon it and the Presence of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. (Exodus 40:34-35)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Spiritual intensity can function this way. Sometimes, a sacred encounter with the Divine becomes so overwhelming that it smokes us out of the room.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Exodus concludes with three verses that seem like a non sequitur, but which can be read as a consolation:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set out, on their various journeys; but if the cloud did not lift, they would not set out until such time as it did lift.
\r\nFor over the Tabernacle a cloud of the LORD rested by day, and fire would appear in it by night, in the view of all the house of Israel throughout their journeys.<\/p>\r\n

Moments of spiritual intensity, of prayer saturated air, are cyclical. 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What a tease God is! Throughout our tradition, we find ourselves playing hide-and-seek with the Holy One, millennia of peek-a-boo as we seek the divine and it seems hidden. Then we turn our attention elsewhere, and suddenly there it finds us!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

That paradox of hiding in plain view has its most famous locale in the newly constructed Tabernacle. At the end of the Book of Exodus, at the conclusion of the tale of our liberation and our building the Mishkan, we are told, \u201cWhen Moses finished the work, the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the Presence of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.\u201d Lovely: we know precisely where God is to be found. But that precise knowledge of God\u2019s presence is countered by the fog-like clouds that filled the place as well. You can know where God is located, but you can\u2019t see anything. Or, when the cloud lifts and you have some vision, then you know that God is no longer there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Apparently, God likes a quantum tease \u2013 either location or velocity, either presence or vision. Our paradoxical take on the Divine is one of elusive seeking and persistent hiding, clarity of what meets our eyes, but no holiness left. Or redolent with divinity, but able to see and assess nothing.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

That is the paradox of the mystic and the poet. Pointing through silence, cadence, or symphony to evoke intuitions and emotions that can\u2019t be caught in precise logic or exacting words. Either clarity of vision (but no God), or deep resonances of holiness (but no precise measurements or analysis).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The challenge is to hold tight to both impulses: to analyze and weigh where such sense data presents itself, and to intuit and feel where such emotions appear. 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\u201c...ten curtains of fine twisted linen, blue, purple, and scarlet \u2026 the length of each curtain eight and twenty cubits and the breadth four cubits \u2026 loops of blue upon the edge of one curtain from the selvedge \u2026 fifty loops in the edge of the curtain in the second coupling\u2026 of the blue and purple and scarlet they made finely wrought garments \u2026 the robe of the ephod all of blue and gold and purple and scarlet and fine twisted linen . . . upon the skirts pomegranates \u2026 they beat the gold into thin plates and cut it into wires to work it into the blue and the purple and the scarlet \u2026\u201d Exodus 26 - 39<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These descriptions of the materials to be used in the construction of the holy tabernacle are the first mention in Jewish texts of ceremonial fabrics. Over time, the use in Jewish ceremonies and rituals of fabric and garments has become a constant. They have developed in response to custom and interpretation and often borrow from the fabric work of the larger society. They are tactile objects we hold and look at, many are now rich with colour, and many have been embellished or incorporate texture and appliqu\u00e9, sometimes more sometimes less. The items are very familiar to us. They include, among others, the talit (prayer shawl); the kippah\/yarmulkeh (skull cap); the parochet (ark cover); covers for the afikomen, the ceremonial matzah at the Passover seder dinner and for the challah, the Sabbath bread; the chuppah, the marriage canopy; the mappah, the wimple that binds the scrolls of the Torah and another that holds the instruments of circumcision; the ritual white robes of the kittel and tachrich; and the bedecken, the marriage veil.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In my images referring to the \u201ctabernacle\u201d, I explore symbols and motifs in selected ceremonial fabrics to explore the boundaries between what is known and what is beyond understanding. My multi-layered, intense images are built digitally by blending photography and scanning, and digital image. In these pieces, I\u2019m attempting to transform the familiar into something mysterious, intense, and open to possibility.<\/span><\/p>\r\n


\r\nCover Image, by courtesy of the artist: Ark cover: Pillar of Fire. \u00a0archival inkjet on paper, 2012\/2017, 15\u201d x 31\u201d<\/span>
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Jewish life began with two momentous journeys, Abraham from Mesopotamia, Moses and the Israelites from Egypt. \u201cWalk on ahead of Me and be blameless\u201d said God to Abraham (Gen. 17:1). At the age of ninety-nine, having just been circumcised, Abraham saw three strangers passing by and \u201cran to meet them.\u201d On the verse, \u201cJacob dwelled [vayeshev, the verb that also means \u201cto sit\u201d] in the land where his father had stayed\u201d Rashi, citing the sages, commented: \u201cJacob sought to live in tranquility, but immediately there broke in on him the troubles of Joseph.\u201d The righteous do not sit still. They do not have a quiet life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rarely is the point made with more subtlety than at the end of the book of Exodus. The Tabernacle had been made and assembled. The closing verses tell us about the relationship between it and the \u201ccloud of glory\u201d that filled the Tent of Meeting. The Tabernacle was made to be portable. It could be dismantled and its parts carried as the Israelites travelled on the next stage of their journey. When the time came for them to move on, the cloud moved from the Tent of Meeting to a position outside the camp, signalling the direction the Israelites were to take. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is how the Torah describes it: \u201cWhen the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites went onward in all their journeys, but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out until the day it lifted. So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel in all their journeys\u201d (Ex.40: 36-38).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is a significant difference between the two occurrences of the phrase \u201cin all their journeys\u201d. In the first, the words are meant literally. When the cloud lifted, the Israelites knew they were about to begin a new stage of their journey. However in the second instance, they cannot be meant literally. The cloud was not \u201cover the Tabernacle\u201d in all their journeys. To the contrary, it was there only when they stopped journeying and instead pitched camp. During the journeys the cloud went on ahead.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi notes this and makes the following comment: \u201cA place where they encamped is also called massa, \u2018a journey\u2019 . . . because from the place of encampment they always set out again on a new journey, therefore they are all called \u2018journeys.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The point is linguistic, but the message is remarkable. In a few brief words, Rashi has summarised an existential truth about Jewish identity. To be a Jew is to travel. Judaism is a journey, not a destination.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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40: 33-34 - \u201cWhen Moses had finished the work, the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the Presence of the LORD filled the Tabernacle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At this point there are two embodiments of holiness in the Israelite camp: the Tent of Meeting (ohel mo'ed) and the tabernacle (mishkan). We can think of them as representing a theology of encounter and a theology of presence. There are moments (a wedding, the birth of a child, an escape from danger) when God erupts into our lives with a special intensity that transforms us but that is too intense to be lived constantly. Then there are times when God is a constant presence in our lives (marriage, parenthood, years of good health) in an equally real but less intense manner. The challenge is to recognize God's constant presence in our lives without its becoming so ordinary that we take it for granted. After all of this dedicated effort \u2013 taking up four-and-a-half parashiyyot [fully 12 chapters] of the Book of Exodus \u2013 God comes down and approves of the work. The Book of Exodus ends on that note. \"Our book which began in darkness concludes in the brilliant illumination of God's glory before the eyes of the entire House of Israel\" (Benno Jacob).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. From the inside out.<\/em> Just as in the earlier preparations, here too the arrangements are begun from the innermost vessels: the Ark to the table, the Menorah and the golden altar, and only then to the courtyard with the altar of sacrifice and the basin for purification.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. On your marks, get set\u2026 we\u2019re off!<\/em> Each vessel is ready for action, ready for the cultic activities that will become the daily holy routine in the Tabernacle. The bread on the table (verse 23), the lights burning in the Menorah (verse 25), the incense on the golden altar (verse 27), the sacrifices and offerings on the sacrificial altar (verse 29), and the water in the basin (30).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Moses<\/em>. Moses commands, Moses takes, Moses anoints, Moses arranges, and even dresses and washes. Until the job is over. From then on in, the ball is in the court of Aaron and sons. Moses will speak with God in the Tabernacle, but will not serve there.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. An end that\u2019s also a beginning<\/em>. The concluding verses of the chapter, which are the final verses of the whole book, are a bridge to the beginnings of the next two books. Verses 34-35, where the cloud fills the sanctuary and Moses can\u2019t enter, lead to the opening of the next book, Leviticus where \u201cThe LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting\u201d (1:1). Verses 36-37 indicate preparations for the journeying through the desert, with the cloud over the Tabernacle to help guide the way, and determine where to stop and when to continue. But the actual movement will only commence in a subsequent book, the Book of Numbers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Chazak<\/em>! Finishing another book gives us strength!<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Exodus 40","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"40","chapter_main_number":"90","date":"20260101","wall_id":"90"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/43619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}