Mishkan

Word MISHKAN
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Given that the drama of the golden calf is inserted smack in the middle of the mishkan text, I believe that the only way to understand the sin of the golden calf is to compare it to the mishkan, for the building of the mishkan is the context for this story.

The Golden Calf is an attempt to capture and contain God, emerging out of fear that we'd been abandoned, whereas the mishkan is the creating of a holy space to invite God's presence into our lives. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The common theme among those thirty-nine items called melakhot is that they were the specific actions that the Israelites undertook when the were building the mishkan, the dwelling-place for God. ❋ Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman (2012)

In some ways, then, we can say the Israelites were building that mishkan tabernacle all along, way before Moses and Bezalel, too, were given all those picayune details about how to put it together. ❋ Shelly R. Fredman (2011)

In much the same way that Jewish tradition viewed the portable wilderness sanctuary, the mishkan, as the culminating moment of God's Creation, many saw Solomon's Temple as a microcosm of the geo-concentric universe. ❋ Rabbi Barry A. Kenter (2011)

So even though building the mishkan was sacred work, the Torah reminds us that even sacred work needs to stop for one day a week. ❋ Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman (2012)

In this ceremony, a kind of “mishkan” is built for prayer which includes drumming, singing, dance and immersion in a spring of living water, a mikveh. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But it quickly turns to a story of miracles, of great and awesome plagues and wonders, of a fiery and promising partnership between God and humankind, of holiness in time (Shabbat) and in space (mishkan). ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have described only a few elements of the practice of love that went into the building of the holy mishkan; to explore each step would take all night. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Exodus tells us that the people brought even more wool, wood, gold and animal skins than were needed to build the entire mishkan, so Moses had to tell them to stop. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I am speaking of the Torah portions describing the building of the holy mishkan, the sanctuary our ancestors carried through the wilderness to house their sacrifices and ceremonies, their encounter with the Divine. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When we build our mishkan, our holy community, we weave the blue wool by practicing the love that sees ourselves and others through the eyes of God. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In Parshat Terumah we read that God wants a mishkan, a portable sanctuary, built for Him in the desert. ❋ Unknown (2006)

“I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously” Exodus 15:1 Why did I provide such precise instructions for the making of the mishkan and priestly vestments, the unsurpassed richness of their decoration? ❋ Unknown (2000)

Actions used in building the mishkan 39 major categories were defined as work and prohibited on Shabbat. ❋ Rabbi Michael M. Cohen (2011)

They were building the mishkan, the temporary and moveable Temple or building of worship. ❋ Rabbi Michael M. Cohen (2011)

But to be able to, if you will, "build a mishkan" during the six days of the work week, we need to be able to rest on the Sabbath. ❋ Rabbi Michael M. Cohen (2011)

The juxtaposition of the instruction to build the mishkan with the laws of Shabbat in the Book of Exodus as found in chapters 31 and 35 gave rise to the rabbinic understanding of the definition of work. ❋ Rabbi Michael M. Cohen (2011)

Build a mishkan, a dwelling place for God in the world. ❋ Rabbi Michael M. Cohen (2011)

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