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THEMES of Featured Chasidic Masters Articles
The Midrash states that G-d created the
world by blending the attribute of mercy together with judgment in
order to provide everything that His creations would need for their sustenance,
both physical and spiritual.
The Tabernacle was a model of the original work of Creation, and included within these different attributes of the Creation. |
Only by uniting with our holy brethren can we hope to fully fulfill G-d's will.
"And the Tabernacle was erected…."
When the Tabernacle below was erected, so was the Tabernacle above. While their thoughts and intentions were carried out in the physical world below, they had in mind the spiritual world, the Supernal Tabernacle above, the secret of the creation of heaven and earth and all the worlds. |
Most of us own two lives -- the life of our dreams and the life of our reality, the life we wished for and the life we ended up with.
Each of us owns his or her heavenly "Sanctuary," a conceptual, celestial Tabernacle, a perfect heavenly blueprint, a divine map for a home to be built. In contrast, our earthly Sanctuary is a life often filled with trials, challenges, battles and setbacks, and yet one in which we attempt to create a space for G-d amidst a tumultuous heart and a stressful life.
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Intermediate
How a donation can perform the job of atonement
Atonement is necessary when, through our transgression, we have separated ourselves from the Jewish community. By giving the donation of a half-shekel, we thereby rejoin the Jewish people and the sacrifice becomes truly a sacrifice of the entire nation.
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