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Mishkan, Storytelling Mikdash And Tents
starts from above, it is called Hitoraruta Di and son’s son offrom howabove”. I made a mocke le’eila – “an awakening When of the Egyptians….”. Rabbi the initiative starts from below, byWeinreb us, and in h book, “The Person in the Parasha” is directed upwards towards God it is called poin Dile’tata. In modern vocabulary out something fascinating that the Belz am currently taking a course on inno-Hitoraruta that God in search man Rebbesay teaches onisthe verse.ofHe says th vation. One of the things we learnedwe would and man is in search of God. Moshe’s own sons, Gershom and Eliez is the importance of storytelling. We n Parshat Terumah, God instructs were left Egypt when were told our “pitch” should include theThroughout thebehind Coronain pandemic peoplehe we Moshe Rabbeinu to build the Mishkan, God’s mission. “why” – the personal story behind our cre-haveon been working hard toThey search“missed out God out (25:10) also called the Tent of meetshow”thetoMikdash say. They didn’t experien maintain me’at, as shuls ative project. My project is a popup bookand the ing, the dwelling place for God’s presence are referred to, by organizing all kinds of Exod all the amazing miracles of the for kids. Why? grew up inthe a house with in this world. In Ithis portion Mishkan outdoor standing fromminyanim. Egypt and Someone the splitting of the Re lots of referred books, lots ofthe artMikdash, and a father is also to as “Theywho on aSea. porch, someone else in their garden, The Belzer Rebbe asks why? He sa was engineer. Therefore loved shallan make Me a sanctuary, andIIalways will dwell another on their outdoor staircase. In that God wanted Moshe to model for amongkinds them”(25:9). Why thecombine use of two those of books that beauthe summer with a piece of material for different words Mishkan and Mikdash? what parents must do for their childr tiful artwork and humor with amazing shade and in the winter tents were added – tell them the story of the Exodus. T paper engineering. I love themmentions even more– reminding of Ohel Moed – the first holy The Shem MiShmuel (1855-1927) word “you” now when I am able to read them with my tent in the desert. is singular in the verse – that his father, the author of the Avnei refer to Moshe. God instructed him to t grandchildren their by eyes light up Nezer, answeredand thissee question quoting Just this past Shabbat I witnessed this the Exodus story to his sons who had n the Gemara in Eruvin that says that with excitement. Hitoraruta Dile’tata – awakening from experienced it. Only one generation the words Mishkan and Mikdash are below in peoples desire to pray together. Aren’t the stories in all TED talks interchangeable. God’s dwelling place what is Jews experienced the actual redempti My husband and I were walking on our make them sothe popular, and called Mikdash, sanctuary of watched the Divine,and butheard everya generation is able wayfrom to theEgypt, Kotel. We little old man shared sopeople manycome times? when the to offer Korbanot in it out virtually if their parents t withexperience a cap calling “Mincha, Mincha” order to elevate themselves spiritually. It is them the of story. middle Ben Yehuda street. There Just this week in the class I’m giving inin the called Mishkan, the Presence of the Divine, weren’t so many people walking there at English on Zoom memory improvement on the other hand,on when God, so to speak, For the Pesach events we don’t need that time of day so he was happy when at Herzog College, I also taught about comes down to Earth, approaches the invent a story like in the techniq anyone considered the ideamemory of joining using the people of the story nation. method for memory taught. My Thehusband deliverance Egypt is theirI minyan. asked from him how improvement. Taking a list that one wants well known epic filled exciteme many people he had already forwith a minyan These two names for God’s dwelling to remember, and linking the objects in emotion heritage. year as w – five/six he and answered. We Each hesitantly represent the fact that our relationship one’s mind into a creative (meaning silly)agreed to help him out with his minyan, with God can be initiated from two gather around the Seder table, we ha story, makes it easier remember theitlist.not knowing how long it would take to find directions. When Godtoinitiates, when an obligation and opportunity to sha
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