Mishkan Motifs

Exodus 3:21-22 21 And God said, "...when you go [out of Egypt], you will not go away empty-handed. Each woman shall ask from her Egyptian neighbors ... objects of silver and gold, and clothing...

We can be

angry and

paralyzed by

the suffering of

our past...

Or turn it to

gold, and use it

to inspire great

things.

GOLD

PORTABILITY

Exodus 25:22 ...I will meet with you...from above the cover, from between the two cherubim on top of the Ark of the Covenant

The Space Between TWO FACES

is the most Holy Place on Earth.

The Mystery

You.

It is recorded as a miracle that when Israel was [close with] the Lord, the cherubim lovingly turned their faces toward each other, and even embraced like a loving couple. On these occasions the curtain was raised so that the Jews who had come on pilgrimage [to the Mishkan] might convince themselves how much God loved them (Yoma 54a).

Face-2-Face

The 3 Mishkan Motifs

Not You?

you.

you!

you.

Not You.

You.

Also: Faces: the Mirror Image.

And God said, "Let us make human in our image, after our likeness." (Genesis 1:26 )

Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh l'hadar k'vodo, uv'mishkan mizbeach asim l'karnei hodo, ulner tamid ekach li es esh ha'akeidah, ulkorban akriv lo es nafshi, es nafshi hayechida.

בלבבי משכן אבנה

Translation:

In my heart I will build a temple for his glory, and in that temple I will place an altar to his splendor.​ and as an eternal light I will take the flame of Isaac's binding, and as an offering I will offer my only soul.

Let's pretend

these are not

Kruvim...but...

You = Me (=God?)

Which two faces?

The Mystery

you.

And God said, "Let us make man in our image." (Genesis 1:26)

Exodus 19:16 [At Mount Sinai] there were thunders and lightnings...so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

Exodus 19:18 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke... whole mount trembled.

Ex 24:11 [The Israelite elders...]saw God, and they ate [together].

Ex 24:17 ...The glory of the Lord looked like a fire eating at the top of the mountain.

Activities of the Mishkan

prep notes!

Menora

The Ark

Curtain (Parochet)

(Kodesh Kodashim)

The Center of the Universe...

(Kodesh)

Law, Covenant, Memory, and Connection

face

ARK (Aron)

Here...God connects to the Human Realm

Hakhel! "Gathering"

Angels, face

to face

Celebration

Music

Inside: everything is Gold

Outside: everything is Copper

According to the Mishnah, (Tractate Sukkah), "He who has not seen the rejoicing [of the ritual of water drawing] has never seen rejoicing in his life."

Animals (Kosher)

WATER

WINE

LIBATION

[Participants] would bear burning torches in their hands while singing Psalms and other praises of G-d.

Pancakes.

Yes.

Some sacrifices eaten

by Priests AND by the people

bringing the offerings.

If you were poor,

you were allowed

to bring only a pigeon!

The Levites would play many various musical instruments, including harps, lyres, cymbals, and trumpets

Read the Torah

• Broken Tablets of the Law
• Whole Tablets of the Law
• Manna
• Aaron's staff of leadership

At JCHS - Hakhel is Weekly and for information.

In the Mishkan - Yearly, and to read the entire Torah. Aloud.

Types of Offerings...

Drawing of

Face-Bread

Adapting

Moving

Growing

Creativity

Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel rejoiced at the water festival, he would juggle with eight lighted torches, tossing them into the air...[jumping down to the] ground...[do] a head-stand, kiss the ground and [jump up again]...[before the torch hit the ground]

Offerings to God...called:

The celebration ... continued throughout the entire night, lighting up the city so brilliantly that there was no courtyard in Jerusalem which didn't reflect the light of the great [torches] which illumined the Festival...

Facebread

Korbanot bring God

and Israel close together...

Motif 3:

Face-2-Face

KORBANOT

KRV

"CLOSE"

"When we used to rejoice at the place of the water-drawing, our eyes saw no sleep."

Israel shows its thanks:

The yummers came from

God.

A little is "offered"

back.

PESACH: Barley Harvest

SHAVUOT: Wheat Harvest

HARVEST!

Copper Altar (Outside the Mishkan)

Succot: Vegetable Harvest

Gold

U

Y

= Me = God

FURNITURE AND FEATURES

MOTIF 1:

PREPARE YOUR CLASS NOTES

FOR QUESTIONS: CALL IT "MISHKAN ?s"

MISHKAN

SH CH N

Dwell

Portability

Vidui - Confession: Letting go of the

Sins of the Past

Motif 2:

K'toret (Incense) - Golden Altar

GOLD

Facebread - "Lechem Panim"

Gold

Kodesh Kodeshim

(Holy of Holies)

you

High Priest

Once a Year!

Parochet

"Kodesh"

Daily offerings

All Cohenim

menora

Poles

for

Carrying

Golden Altar (Inside the Mishkan)

Your gold ... you can make this...

or this...

prototype of exoskeleton to help paraplegic walk

Technology can lead

to this...

Gold can

be your mind

Where did the Israelites get so much gold?

What do you

do with it?

Back pay from 400 years of slavery.

Or this?

10-12 people combined strength

to save victim from burning car

This?

"Gold" can also be

your "power."

"Gold isn't only actual Gold."

What do you do with

your power?

You want to see what's important to someone,

see what they spend their Gold on.

What is valuable to you?

Or this?

This...?

a.Using your blessings

for good

b. The "inside" is the most valuable / holy