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![]() The Zohar
The Hebrew word for "Tabernacle/Mishkan", has a numerical value of 410, the same numerical value as the name of the central prayer relating to G‑d's unity, the "Shema".
This theme, connecting the Tabernacle with Prayer, is continued in this week's Zohar, which dwells on the "Heichalot/Chambers", in the spiritual worlds.
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![]() The Holy Ari
The Tabernacle was the means through which G‑d's presence was manifest in the world. The sockets of the Tabernacle were its base, as the boards which formed the walls were inserted into these sockets. The final, lowest sefira of the ten sefirot is malchut; according to the Ari, the sockets, the lowest element of the Tabernacle, manifest this sefira.
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![]() Mystical Classics
The only true count on earth was of the components which comprised the Holy Tabernacle. Normally, G-d objects to a headcount. In this instance G-d did not object; on the contrary - every single component contributed and accounted for increased the amount of blessings G-d bestowed on the Holy Tabernacle.
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![]() Contemporary Kabbalists
The revealed level of divine light is called
"lower Shechinah" and the hidden level is called "higher Shechinah".
Man, in building his personal Tabernacle of service to G-d, accesses the lower
Shechinah through the fulfillment of "active" mitzvahs and he accesses the higher Shechinah
through the fulfillment of "passive" mitzvahs.
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![]() Beginner
Mystic Story
“I can give you a certain amount—but definitely not two hundred rubles!”
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