Toward the Cover shall be the faces of the Cherubim
There will not be a plague among them when counting them
The covenant of the Oral Tradition
May my prayer be accepted like incense before You
תכון תפלתי קטורת לפניך[1] The Medrash states that of all the offerings, the קטורת, the incense is the most beloved before G-d. Says the Medrash,[2] Know, that even once the Mishkan was completed with all its vessels, [and] he [Aharon] had brought up all the offerings, set out the altar, the table and…
"They shall make for me a Mikdash and I shall dwell among them."
ועשו לי מקדש ושכנתי בתוכם The Rishonim debate whether the third and final Beis HaMikdash will be built by human hands, like the first two, or will descend from Heaven as a structure of fire made by Hashem's own hands, as implied by the verse, "מקדש ה' כוננו ידיך- The Mikdash, Hashem, that Your hands…
…lest you forget the things your eyes have seen
They prefaced “we will do” to “we will hear”
Let them be prepared for the third day
והיו נכונים ליום השלישי Preparing for Shevuos The days of counting the omer are the preparation for receiving the Torah. The leaders throughout the generations have commented that the forty-nine days of the omer parallel the forty-eight qualities through which Torah is acquired. What is the essence of שלשת ימי הגבלה, the three…
Seeing the sounds
רואים את הקולות G-d’s revelation through open and revealed miracles has the ability to affect man’s view and understanding of the world, to heighten his outlook on the world around him and his relationship to it. Our Sages say[1] "שהיו רואין את הנשמע ושומעין את הנראה" they were able to see the sounds…