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Parshat Terumah, Shabbat Rosh
Chodesh: Exodus 25:1-27:19, Numbers
28:9-15; Isaiah 66:1-66:24.

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arshat Terumah describes the
details of the portable sanctu-
ary in the desert.
The Holy Ark that contained the
tablets Moshe brought down from
Sinai was topped with an elaborate
cover. On the top of the
cover were two cheruvim —
golden cherubic figures.
Jews are not into statues.
The commandment states
clearly that you shall have
no graven images before me.
Yet, the Holy of Holies — the
focal point of Judaism —
displayed such images.
HaShem told Moshe that
any communication would
come from between the two
cheruvim. So not only was
it that there were graven
images in the Temple, but they also
served as an iconic oracle!
To answer the question of this
apparent inconsistency, the Mittler
Rebbe, the second Lubavitcher Rebbe,
gives an example of the relationship
between a teacher and a student.
The teacher cannot explain the
subject to the student as the teacher
understands it. The teacher must limit
his own intellect; abridge the concepts
and put them into terms to which the
student can relate.
The teacher also gives examples and
parables to further convey the concept.
The essential concepts are conveyed in
this manner.
Each abridged expression maintains
the core idea. Were any of the core
concepts missing from the examples,

the student would never be able to
fully grasp the concept itself as the
teacher understands it.
In order for HaShem to create the
world, numerous containments and
contractions of Divine energy had to
occur. Each step limits the
Godly revelation.
What Moshe received
though the wings of the
cheruvim would best be
compared to a parable of
Divine radiance. Because
the Torah is the will and
wisdom of the Almighty,
what Moshe ultimately
received and passed on to
the Jewish people is the
essential will and wisdom of
HaShem (in user form).
The Alter Rebbe in Tanya
explains that when we do a mitzvah,
even though it may be through an
intermediary object — leather tefillin,
wool tzitzit, wax Shabbos candle, etc.,
— we are grasping onto HaShem and
HaShem is hugging us.
There is no difference if one hugs
the king if he is wearing one garment
or many, since the body of the king is
in them. Likewise, when one learns
Torah, it unites his will and wisdom
with the will and wisdom of HaShem
in a perfect unity; one which has no
parallel in this world.



Rabbi Herschel Finman has been a teacher

of Judaism for close to 35 years and is
host of "The Jewish Hour" radio show,
heard Sundays, 11 a.m.-noon, on WLQV

1500 AM and www.wlqv.com .

Conversations
• How is it possible to develop a personal relationship with God?
• There are many levels of interpretation of the Torah. What tools are
available to help with a better understanding of the Torah?
• What other items in Judaism can be used as "parables" for
understanding God?

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