Trumah: the sanctuary

Trumah: the sanctuary

My idea of a sanctuary is a place inside my self.  A core from which my essence emanates.  The sanctuary protects.  The sanctuary entombs.  The Aron is  a coffin.  The essence is so fragile and mysterious that it must be encased ( like a mezuzah or Tfillin).

The sanctuary is a private place, where the I can be with Gd and we can do the things that are done in private!

The aron is never opened.  The contents of the tablets are well known, but the originals can never be consulted.

Gd speaks to Moshe from between the Cherubim, angelic creatures ( intermediaries between man and Gd), beautiful ( truth is beauty?), guardians that block  the path back to Eden ( innocence?).  The cherubim are the mediators and distorters of the message, the essence.

 

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