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By Rabbi Avraham Fischer. A publication of the Orthodox Union in cooperation with the Seymour J. Abrams Orthodox Union Jerusalem World Center
Parsha Terumah
Feb. 21, 2015—2 Adar 5775
Hashem gives detailed instructions for the
building of the Mishkan, the portable
Sanctuary:
And they shall make for Me a Sanctuary
(MIKDASH) -- and I will dwell
(V’SHACHANTI) in their midst – according
to all that I show you, the design of the
Abode (HA’MISHKAN) and the design of
all its vessels; and so shall you do
(Shemot 25:8-9).
Rashi (based on Sanhedrin 16b and Shavuot 14a-15a) says and so shall you do
refers to the future:
[This is a command] for all generations. If
one of the vessels is lost, or when you will
make Me the vessels of the permanent
Temple, such as the tables and candelabra and lavers and stands that Shlomo
made, then you must make them according to the designs of these.
Note, however, that Rashi does not interpret this as a commandment to build the
Temples, but rather to follow these instructions in fashioning future vessels.
[Rashi may follow Sanhedrin 20b, where
the mitzvah to build the future Temples is
derived from Devarim 12:5, 9-11.]
The Mishkan is the first of a series of
Abodes for the Divine Presence. After 40
years in the desert, the Mishkan was set
up in Gilgal, where it stood for 14 years.
Then, a stone roofless structure, which had
the curtains of the Mishkan over it, was
erected in Shilo, where it stood for 369
years. Afterwards, a sanctuary was established in Nov, followed by Giv’on, for
a total of 57 years. Then, Shlomo built
the first Beit Hamikdash (Rambam, Laws
of the Temple 1:2, based on Zevachim
112b, 115b-119b). The second Beit
Hamikdash was built by the returning
exiles from Babylon, and the future Beit
Hamikdash will be built in the Messianic
which teaches:
Behold, the Holy Shechinah is with us in
Although the successive Abodes differ in every place . . . And this is the true meancertain details, there are elements com- ing of “and I will dwell in the midst of the
Children of Israel”, that is to say, in every
mon to all:
We make in it a holy place, and holy of place they will be.
The subsequent establishment of the Beit
holies, and before the holy place there
should be another place called the Ulam, Hamikdash sanctified the site in Jerusalem permanently.
and the three together are called
Heichal. And we make another partition
around the Heichal at a distance from it, According to Rambam (Laws of the Temple 1:1), “And they shall make for Me a
similar to the curtains of the courtyard
that was in the desert, and all that is sur- Sanctuary” is the source of the mitzvah to
rounded by this partition which is like the build a Sanctuary to Hashem; this was
courtyard of the Tent of Meeting is called realized first through the Mishkan. In
Azara. All together they are called Mik- Laws of Kings 1:1, however, he cites:
His habitation shall you seek and come
dash. . .
Everyone — men and women — is obli- there. . . . For you have not yet come to
gated to build and to support, by them- the rest and the inheritance that Hashem,
your G-d, gives you. But, you will cross
selves and by their funds, as with the
the Jordan and live in the land that
Sanctuary in the desert (Rambam, Laws
Hashem your G-d gives you to inherit. He
of the Temple 1:5, 12).
will give you rest from all your enemies
all around, so that you live in safety.
What is the relationship between the
Then it shall be the place which Hashem,
Mishkan and these later Abodes? Are
your G-d, shall choose to cause His Name
they responses to separate Divine commands? Does each Abode supersede the to dwell there . . . (Devarim 12:5, 9-11).
previous one?
But that text teaches a detail about the
building, namely to make the transition
We will answer, based on Rambam and from “tent” to “house” only after achievAruch HaShulchan He-Atid (Dinei Koing national stability. This process ocdashim, Laws of the Temple, 1:1, 3, 8, 9, curred in stages: settling the land, ap15, 16; 2:1) by R. Yechiel Michel Epstein pointing a king, destroying Amalek and
(1829-1908).
removing all threats to the kingdom, both
from within and without. Correspondingly,
The terms MISHKAN and MIKDASH are
the Abode was first a tent (the Mishkan
both applicable to all Abodes (Eiruvin
of the desert and Gilgal), then half-tent
2a). However, they highlight different
half-house (Shilo, Nov and Giv’on), then
qualities: MIKDASH means the place of
house. It was not until Shlomo secured the
sanctity (K-D-Sh), while MISHKAN means realm that the permanent Beit Hamikdash
the place where the Divine Presence
could be built.
dwells.
Chatam Sofer, in a responsum to his father-in-law, R. Akiva Eger (Yoreh Deah,
Another difference is that MISHKAN con- 236), explains that this requirement is
notes impermanence; it is thus frequently implicit in our text:
called “tent” and is made of curtains. But According to all that I show you now, so
MIKDASH, which is also called “house,”
shall you do for future generations in
indicates permanence. The Abode of
accordance with what I show: for each
Hashem began as a moveable place,
era.
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built. We hope to see the building of the
structure I will show how to make one difThird Temple in our days. But, we must be
ferent from the other. So, the Holy One
patient and worthy.
Blessed be He affirmed at the outset that
He would make understood in writing by
His Hand to His prophets. There is nothing
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Many years of evolving security, as well as
explicit prophecy were necessary before
the First and Second Temples could be