March 10, 2019 · 09:34:24
פרשת פקודיPart I.A Fire is KindledTHE KING’S SCROLL-ROOMויהי בחודש הראשון בשנה השנית באחד לחודש הוקם המשכן – The greatest day in the history of the world had finally arrived. On the first day of Nissan the dwelling place for Hashem was established and the Presence of Hashem would now rest among His chosen people. The Mishkan was now going to betheplace for the revelation of Hashem in this world, the fulfillment of Hashem’s promise: ושכנתי בתוכם – “And I will dwell among them” (Shemos 25:8)And what was the first thing that Moshe did after spreading the roof over the Mishkan? He set up thekodesh kodoshim,the holiest space on the face of this earth, the room where the Presence of Hashem would dwell most intensely. Although the Shechinah was now going to dwell among the Bnei Yisroel, it would dwell even more intensely in the Mishkan. And where was the holiest place in the Mishkan, the place where Hashem chose to rest his Presence with the most intensity? Thekodesh hakodoshim. Now, if you would have asked me what I would have set up in that room where Hashem would now reside, so with my little head I would say, a throne, a big beautiful golden throne, something resplendent and ornate, placed in the middle of thekodesh kodoshim; and that would symbolize thekisei hakavod, the place where Hashem rests His Presence in this world.“Nothing doing,” said Hakodosh Boruch Hu, “I have other plans for My room, for thekodeshkodoshim”:ויתן את העדות אל הארון…ויבא את הארון אל המשכן…ויסך על ארון ה