{"id":99926,"date":"2018-07-09T18:03:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wall\/wall-1180\/"},"modified":"2022-02-02T19:45:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:45:54","slug":"wall-1180","status":"publish","type":"wall","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wall\/wall-1180\/","title":{"rendered":"weekend-from-20250713-to-20250719"},"parent":0,"template":"","acf":{"type":"weekend","wall_id":"1180","date_from":"20250713","date_to":"20250719","book":"II Chronicles","books_group":"Writings","posts":[{"order":1,"id":"100116","color":"#f8ebe3","size":"2","name":"Shemot: Building A Society That Rejects Decadence And Oppression ","post_title":"Shemot: Building A Society That Rejects Decadence And Oppression","slug":"shemot-building-a-society-that-rejects-decadence-and-oppression","old_id":"100116","type":"song","iframe":"","writer":{"id":100117,"post_title":"Binyamin Zimmerman","slug":"binyamin-zimmerman","old_id":"100117","first_name":"Binyamin ","last_name":"Zimmerman ","description":"Rabbi Binyamin Zimmerman is an innovative educator who heads World Mizrachi's Musmachim semicha (rabbinic ordination) program and teaches on its other leadership programs. He also serves as a senior educator at the Zomet Institute and director of H.E.S.B.E.R. (Hebrew English Source Based Educational Resources). He is the author of the From the Source and With Spirit series of educational books for middle and high schools, and The Shemitta Sensation: A Deeper Look into the Jewish Sabbatical Year. He lives with his wife and children in Israel.\r\n","short_description":"Rabbi Binyamin Zimmerman heads World Mizrachi's Musmachim (rabbinic ordination) program, is a senior educator at the Zomet Institute and director of H.E.S.B.E.R. (Hebrew English Source Based Educational Resources). He lives with his wife and children in Israel.\r\n","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":100118,"alt":"","title":"Binyamin Zimmerman","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Binyamin-Zimmerman.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Binyamin-Zimmerman-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Binyamin-Zimmerman.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Binyamin-Zimmerman.jpg","medium_large-width":300,"medium_large-height":300,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Binyamin-Zimmerman.jpg","large-width":300,"large-height":300,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Binyamin-Zimmerman.jpg","1536x1536-width":300,"1536x1536-height":300,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Binyamin-Zimmerman.jpg","2048x2048-width":300,"2048x2048-height":300,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Binyamin-Zimmerman.jpg","post_full_size-width":300,"post_full_size-height":300,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Binyamin-Zimmerman.jpg","home_baner-width":300,"home_baner-height":300}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"1180","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"Shemitah and jubilee ensure that Israeli society will be protective of the weak, combating wage gaps and building a redeemed economy. If it worked with the Exodus, it could work now.\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\n","post_main_content_content":"

Parashat Shemot <\/em>begins the second book of the Torah, Exodus, by detailing the background of the Jewish nation's enslavement, and setting the stage for their ultimate redemption. The book of Exodus discusses the Egyptian bondage and the Divine deliverance of the Jewish nation. This miraculous redemption inspired their trek through the desert, including accepting the Torah and ultimately building the nation's home in the Promised Land, Israel. Understandably, the Exodus plays a significant role in the Jewish heritage.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

While the Exodus is central to our thought, seemingly, it could have been from anywhere. Why Egypt? What role does Egypt play in the whole encounter?<\/p>\r\n

The Torah itself provides a significant piece of the puzzle. From the days of Abraham, Egypt served as a foil to the ultimate goal of Jewish civilization in Israel. Abraham travels there during a famine in the land. Egyptian grandeur turns off Abraham but seems to have affected Abraham's nephew Lot. He emerges from Egypt following Abraham from a distance, but his shepherds can no longer maintain Abraham's regimented value system. Abraham calls for separation, and Lot settles in Sodom, which the Torah describes as \"like the garden of God, like the land of Egypt.\" Sodom is ultimately destroyed, as there is no place for a heartless \"Egyptian-like\" economy in the land of Israel.<\/p>\r\n

The Torah contrasts Egypt and Israel's topography and societal norms, stressing the need for developing a socioeconomic structure dramatically opposed to that of Egypt. But how easy could that be?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The term Yetziat Mitzrayim <\/em>literally means \"the departure of Egypt.\" It is easier to take the Jews out of Egypt than to take the Egyptian mentality out of the Jews. Abraham's descendants spent the last two hundred and ten years in Egypt. They have soaked up its culture. What can ensure they won't model its decadence in the new society they create?<\/p>\r\n

Henry George, the great economist who modeled his economic worldview on the Torah's wisdom, points out that history proves that successful rebellions from tyranny always create a more oppressive society: \"A people used to persecution may flee from it, but only to persecute in their turn when they get power. For institutions make men.\" The only exception to that rule is the Jewish commonwealth. A nation of freed slaves follows the Torah's guidance to create a society where \"It is not the protection of property, but the protection of humanity, that is the aim of the Mosaic code.\u00a0Its sanctions are not directed to securing the strong in heaping up wealth as much as to preventing the weak from being crowded to the wall.\"<\/p>\r\n

As George and many great Jewish thinkers explain, the mitzvot hateluyot ba'aretz,<\/em> the agricultural mitzvot of the land, chief among them shmita\u00a0<\/em>and yovel<\/em>, the jubilee, ensure that Israeli society will be value-based and protective of the weak. Learning about shmita\u00a0<\/em>and the Torah's socioeconomic vision provides the tools for combating wage gaps and building a redeemed economy. If it worked with the Egyptian Exodus, it could work now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

This year is the shmita year: Shmita means a sabbatical year for the Earth but also for ourselves, our communities, and our world. Each week we continue to share thoughts on how the weekly parsha can help guide our thinking around shmita themes of work and rest, wealth and debt, responsible land use, fair labor practices, private and public property ownership, and physical and spiritual revitalization.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

See here for more information on the Hazon Shmita project, and its blogs.<\/a><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":81608,"alt":"","title":"shmita","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","width":711,"height":708,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","medium_large-width":711,"medium_large-height":708,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","large-width":711,"large-height":708,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","1536x1536-width":711,"1536x1536-height":708,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","2048x2048-width":711,"2048x2048-height":708,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","post_full_size-width":711,"post_full_size-height":708,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-422x420.jpg","home_baner-width":422,"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":"A Weekly Series: The \"Shmitah Parasha\" Blog","tile_main_caption":"Shemot: Building A Society That Rejects Decadence And Oppression","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"in conjunction with Hazon.org","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":81608,"alt":"","title":"shmita","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","width":711,"height":708,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","medium_large-width":711,"medium_large-height":708,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","large-width":711,"large-height":708,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","1536x1536-width":711,"1536x1536-height":708,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","2048x2048-width":711,"2048x2048-height":708,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","post_full_size-width":711,"post_full_size-height":708,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-422x420.jpg","home_baner-width":422,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","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,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"II Chronicles","chapter":false,"chapter_main_number":false,"date":false,"wall_id":"1180"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":2,"id":"99965","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Names Are More Than Labels ","post_title":"Names Are More Than Labels","slug":"names-are-more-than-labels","old_id":"99965","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":46656,"post_title":"Molly Morris","slug":"molly-morris","old_id":"46656","first_name":"Molly ","last_name":"Morris ","description":"Molly Morris holds a Masters degree in Leadership and Community Engagement. 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In the midst of the detailed description of building the Temple, replete with the materials used and the dimensions of scale of rooms and vessels and courtyards, two Temple structures stand out. The 40-cubit (about 60 feet) tall, freestanding bronze pillars which grace the entrance to the Temple are given the names Jachin and Boaz. The etymology of Jachin and Boaz is debated by our sages. But whether these pillars are named after biblical ancestors or simply for the meaning of the words, the fact that King Solomon saw fit to name them speaks to the significance of this entranceway.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The power of names is endemic to Judaism. The Midrash tells us that the one remaining vestige of prophecy in our world today is evident when we name our children. It is through a partnership with God and His gift of prophecy that we come to know what our children\u2019s names are. Names are not meant to describe characteristics or purpose \u2013 that is what labels do. There are objects, though, that have intrinsic meaning beyond any functional purpose. Entrance ways are one of those things. The most well-known biblical entranceway is the doorposts in Egypt which marked the Jewish homes for salvation. Their significance endures until today through our placement of <\/span>mezuzot<\/em> <\/span>on our own doorways to remind us of who we are and what we stand for every time we enter or exit our home. As Rabbi Shraga Simmons (aish.com) explains it, \u201c<\/span>Having a mezuzah on each room means that as we move from one domain, one sphere of activity, to another, we renew our consciousness of God's presence and act in a way that sanctifies His Name.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Radak (1 Kings 7:21) suggests that Solomon named the pillars to be a positive omen for the nation \u2013 that God should establish (<\/span>Jachin<\/span><\/em>) the Temple forever and endow it with strength and endurance (<\/span>Boaz<\/span><\/em>). These are not utilitarian names - they are King Solomon\u2019s hope and vision for the Temple and the Jewish people. As far as we know, the names were not etched into the pillars, nor was there any dedication plaque. The naming of the pillars simply imbued the entranceway to the Temple with the power to remind those who entered that in doing so they were crossing the threshold from the mundane to the holy. Though the physical threshold of Jachin and Boaz does not exist for us today, the Jewish nation that God established has endured against all odds and remains strong.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","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":"Names Are More Than Labels","tile_main_caption":"The naming of the pillars imbued the entranceway to the Temple with the power to remind those who entered that they were crossing the threshold from the mundane to the holy.","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","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,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"II Chronicles","chapter":"3","chapter_main_number":"896","date":"20290204","wall_id":"896"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":3,"id":"99975","color":"#f6f5de","size":"1","name":"Crimson Yarn And Fine Linen ","post_title":"Crimson Yarn And Fine Linen","slug":"crimson-yarn-and-fine-linen","old_id":"99975","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":64450,"post_title":"David Curwin","slug":"david-curwin","old_id":"64450","first_name":"David ","last_name":"Curwin ","description":"David Curwin is a writer living in Efrat, and the author of the Balashon blog www.balashon.com","short_description":"David Curwin is a writer living in Efrat, and the author of the Balashon blog www.balashon.com","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":64452,"alt":"","title":"david curwin","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","width":427,"height":464,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin-276x300.png","medium-width":276,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","medium_large-width":427,"medium_large-height":464,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","large-width":427,"large-height":464,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","1536x1536-width":427,"1536x1536-height":464,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","2048x2048-width":427,"2048x2048-height":464,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","post_full_size-width":427,"post_full_size-height":464,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin-387x420.png","home_baner-width":387,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"896","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"Why are the Hebrew words for linen and mud so similar?\r\n\r\n","post_main_content_content":"

In 2 Chronicles 3, we read about the various furnishings that King Solomon made for the Temple. One of those fixtures was the curtain: \u201cHe made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he worked cherubim into it\u201d (verse 14).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Hebrew word translated here as \u201cfine linen\u201d is <\/span>butz<\/span><\/em>. <\/span><\/i>Those who hear the Book of Esther read every year will recognize it from there as well: \u201cwhite cotton and blue wool, caught up by cords of fine linen\u201d (Esther 1:6).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, anyone who speaks Modern Hebrew may be confused. Today, the homograph <\/span>botz<\/span><\/em>\u00a0means \u201cmud.\u201d How could the same word mean both \u201cfine linen\u201d and \u201cmud\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Let\u2019s first look at the sense of <\/span>butz<\/span><\/em>\u00a0as \u201cfine linen.\u201d It originated from a Semitic root meaning \u201cwhite,\u201d and that also led to the Hebrew word <\/span>beitza<\/span><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cegg.\u201d\u00a0 This same root later gave us the Hebrew word for the white metal, zinc: <\/span>avatz<\/span><\/em>. A Greek word for linen, byssus, was borrowed from the Hebrew <\/span>[butz] <\/span><\/i>(or another Semitic cognate), and ended up in English as well, meaning the silky threads secreted by some mollusks.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, the word <\/span>botz<\/span><\/em>, meaning mud or silt, has a different origin. It appears only once in the Bible, \u201cNow that your feet are sunk in the mire\u201d (Jeremiah 38:22). It comes from the root <\/span>b-tz-tz<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cto exude.\u201d That same root gives us the Hebrew word for swamp or marsh\u2013 <\/span>bitza<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is a related word whose connection to the two roots above is not clear. <\/span>Bitzbetz<\/span><\/em>\u00a0means \u201cto poke out, sprout, burst forth.\u201d Some scholars say that it is related to <\/span>bitza<\/span><\/em>, in the way that mud oozes out of a swamp. Others say that <\/span>bitzbetz<\/span><\/em>\u00a0can also mean to shine, and so derives from the \u201cwhite\u201d of linen and eggs.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Once again, we see that even words that look very similar can be as different as mud and linen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our<\/span> chapter begins<\/span><\/a>: \u201cThen Solomon began to build the House of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where [the Lord] had appeared to his father David, at the place which David had designated, at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.\u201d See also <\/span>I Kings 6:1<\/span><\/a>, and on David\u2019s designation of the site, see<\/span> II Samuel 24:18-25<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> I Chronicles 21:22-30<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> Moriah<\/span><\/a> plays an important role in Scripture and post-Biblical tradition. It is first mentioned when God tells Abraham: \u201cTake your son, your favored one, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will show you\u201d. This is the place where Abraham builds the altar of the Aqedah (<\/span>Genesis 22:2-9<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In<\/span> Talmud Yerushalmi<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Talmud Bavli<\/span><\/a> we find the Rabbis debating the various midrashic interpretations of the name \u201cMoriah\u201d. Rabbi Levi bar \u1e24ama says that Moriah, the Temple Mount where the Sanhedrin convened, is the mountain from which instruction [<\/span>hora\u2019a<\/span><\/em>] went out to the Jewish people. But Rabbi \u1e24anina said that Moriah is the mountain from which fear [<\/span>mora<\/span><\/em>\u2019<\/span><\/i>] went out to the nations of the world, as this place signifies God\u2019s choice of the Jewish people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Jewish legend, Mount Moriah becomes endowed with mythic characteristics. According to<\/span> Midrash Bereshit Rabbah<\/span><\/a>, Abraham and Isaac first saw Mount Moriah from Mount Scopus (<\/span>Har Ha-Tzofim<\/span><\/em>), which appeared to them as \u201ca glorious mountain encircled by a cloud\u201d, while the two servants accompanying them saw only desert. Indeed, Abraham is said to have seen on Mount Moriah \u201ca pillar of fire extending from the earth to the heavens\u201d, perhaps foreshadowing the burnt offerings that would be offered in the Temple (see Marc Bregman,<\/span> Aqedah: Midrash as Visualization<\/span><\/a>). Moreover, God is depicted as having pointed out with a finger to Abraham the Altar on Mount Moriah, telling him that this was the very Altar on which Cain and Abel sacrificed (<\/span>Genesis 4:3-4<\/span><\/a>) and the same Altar on which Noah offered sacrifices after coming out of the Ark after the Flood (<\/span>Genesis 8:20<\/span><\/a>). For<\/span> Genesis 22:9<\/span><\/a> specifically refers to \u201c\u2026the<\/span> Altar <\/span>\u2026\u201d built by Abraham, indicating that this was the very same Altar on which Adam\u2019s first descendants had previously sacrificed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Maimonides<\/span><\/a> rules that the Temple Altar was placed very precisely, and it may never be situated anywhere else. For it was on the Altar in the future Temple that Isaac was bound on Mount Moriah and this is the very site upon which \u201cSolomon began to build the House of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah\u201d (<\/span>II Chronicles 3:1<\/span><\/a>). The sacrifices that were offered in Solomon\u2019s Temple for atonement were offered on the same Altar on which Adam sacrificed (<\/span>Bavli Avodah Zarah 8a<\/span><\/a>) and from whose earth he was created (<\/span>Yerushalmi Nazir 7:2<\/span><\/a>). 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In chapter one of 2 Chronicles, Solomon gathers the people together at the Tabernacle and ascends the copper altar to give sacrifices. The chapter specifically mentions that this was the altar that was built by Bezalel at the time of Moses. The chapter also makes the point that the Ark was already in Jerusalem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This chapter, on the other hand, opens with Solomon seemingly rebuilding the altar. \u201cHe made an altar of bronze 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 10 cubits high\u201d (verse 1). This verse does not appear in 1 Kings. After emphasizing the altar built by Bezalel and the fact that the Ark was brought up to Jerusalem, why does Solomon not transport the original copper altar as well? Some commentators emphasize the fact that this chapter comes after the description of the building of the Temple itself. Solomon did bring the original altar, but when he placed it in the proper location, the building dwarfed the original altar. Not wanting to have this diminutive altar, he reinforced it with stones, building it up higher than it was. The motivation behind the commentators seems to be to salvage the altar. How could Solomon replace something that Moses helped build?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If we look at the text, though, it does not seem to indicate that Solomon reinforced the altar at all. One can imagine that Solomon specifically made a show in ch. 1 of ascending the old altar. He then builds a brand new one in the Temple as a way to show the transition from the Tabernacle to the Temple. The outer copper altar is the only visible item of the five main Temple service pieces- the Ark, the shewbread table, the menorah, the inner gold altar, and the outer copper one. Only the regular priests see the inner pieces, and only the high priest sees the Ark. It therefore makes sense that out of all of these items, Solomon rebuilds the outer altar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The last verse of II Chronicles 5, marking the completion of the Temple, calls to mind a similar occurrence when the Tabernacle was initially erected:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

II Chron 5:14 (<\/span>see also I Kings 8:11<\/span><\/i>)
\r\n<\/span>The priests could not stay and perform the service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the House of God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ex. 40:34-5
\r\n<\/span>The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the Tabernacle. Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud had settled upon it and the glory of the LORD filled the Tabernacle.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashbam <\/span>asserts that the Divine cloud that descended upon the Tabernacle, did so in order to demonstrate God\u2019s love for the Jewish people, and it would be logical to assume that the same was true with respect to the Temple. However, he adds that the Divine presence then \u201ccontracted itself,\u201d eventually residing above the ark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Positing such a progression of God\u2019s glory, <\/span>Rashbam <\/span>reconciles Exodus 40 with other verses in the Torah:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ex.. 25:22
\r\n<\/span>There I will meet with you, and I will impart to you\u2014from above the cover, from between the two cherubim that are on top of the ark of the Pact\u2014all that I will command you concerning the Israelite people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Num. 7:89
\r\n<\/span>And when Moses went into the tent of meeting that He might speak with him, then he heard the Voice speaking unto him from above the ark-cover that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But then, at the end of his comments on v. 35, <\/span>Rashbam <\/span>refers to Rashi\u2019s commentary:
\r\n<\/span>AND MOSES WAS NOT ABLE TO COME INTO THE APPOINTED TENT \u2014 But another verse says, (Numbers 7:89) \u201cAnd when Moses came into the appointed tent\u2026\u201d! There comes, however, a third verse and reconciles these apparently contradictory verses, for it says here \u201cFor (<\/span>or when<\/span><\/em>) the cloud abode thereon (<\/span>on the appointed tent<\/span><\/em>.)\u201d Hence you may say: so long as the cloud was upon it \u201che was not able to come into the appointed tent\u201d, but as soon as the cloud disappeared, he entered it and spoke with Him (Sifra, Braita d'Rabbi Yishmael 18).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashbam <\/span>advances the suggestion that keeping in mind two divergent interpretations, e.g., his and Rashi\u2019s (his grandfather), is a good way to appreciate the complexity of the Torah:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2026Anyone who pays attention to the words of our Creator, should not ignore the inferences drawn by my grandfather, Rabbeinu Shlomo, and should not turn his back upon them. This is because the majority of the <\/span>halachot<\/em> <\/span>and <\/span>derashot<\/em> <\/span>come close to the simple meaning of the biblical text, whether they are based upon superfluous words or changes in language, and one should study all of them. It would be best if one were to take seriously what I have explained, and also from these do not turn your back upon them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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With just a few exceptions, this chapter is a faithful reproduction of the text of 1 Kings 8:12 ff.: King Solomon\u2019s address at the inauguration of the First Temple.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One notable exception is the following:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n

1 Kings 8:16<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ever since I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city among all the tribes of Israel for building a House where My name might abide;<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0but I have chosen David to rule My people Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

\r\n

2 Chr. 6:5-6<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From the time I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I never chose a city from among all the tribes of Israel to build a House where My name might abide;<\/span><\/p>\r\n

nor did I choose anyone to be the leader of my people Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But then I chose Jerusalem for My name to abide there,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

and I chose David to rule My people Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

Like other such discrepancies that we have noted previously, the elements of Davidic kingship and the centrality of Jerusalem receive greater emphasis in Chronicles due to the Chronicler\u2019s abiding concern for the renewal of the former and the continuation of the latter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The final lines of our chapter also depart from the Kings\u2019 text, with Psalms filling in for a conclusion entirely absent there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n

2 Chr. 6:41-42<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Advance, O L<\/span>ORD<\/span> God, to your resting-place,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

You and Your mighty Ark.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Your priests, O L<\/span>ORD<\/span> God, are clothed in triumph;<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Your loyal ones will rejoice in [Your] goodness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

O L<\/span>ORD<\/span> God,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

do not reject Your anointed one;<\/span><\/p>\r\n

remember the loyalty of Your servant David.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

\r\n

Psalms 132:8-10<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Advance, O L<\/span>ORD<\/span>, to Your resting-place,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

You and Your mighty Ark!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Your priests are clothed in triumph;<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Your loyal ones sing for joy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0For the sake of Your servant David\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

do not reject Your anointed one.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

The text that has been incorporated into the liturgy when the Torah is returned to the Ark is that of Psalms; whereas Chronicles was chosen over Psalms to be part of the daily <\/span>Shacharit<\/em> <\/span>liturgy, as <\/span>we explained in our comments to 1 Chronicles 16.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n

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