Musar su Proverbi 3:16

I have already written about Man being the essential part of the universe. This premise of the Zohar has been quoted in treatise שער קדושה of ראשית חכמה at the beginning of chapter seven. It is stipulated there that Man is a microcosm, and that there are allusions to compare Man to both the universe and to the Sanctuary. The author says that the heart corresponds to the Inner Sanctuary, the קדש קדשים. Maimonides, in a letter to his son Rabbi Abraham quoted at the beginning of the above named book, compares the Tabernacle and its furnishings to a distinguished body. When G–d said "I will dwell among them," He meant inside their essence, something more essential than the mere interior of the Tabernacle, the part called also the משכן העדות, the Tent of Testimony i.e. the Torah. This תוכיות is the source of everlasting life, as we know from אורך ימים בימינה. Yet even the "left side" of Torah, i.e. the life in this world is filled with wealth and honor (Proverbs 3,16) as part of the benefit of our having the Tabernacle in our midst. Our sages (Baba Batra 25b) paraphrased this thought when they taught: "If someone wishes to acquire wisdom let him turn southward" i.e. towards its symbol, the candlestick; if on the other hand, he wants to become wealthy, let him turn northwards," i.e. towards the symbol of wealth, the Table (both in the Sanctuary). This is the meaning of "Tent of Testimony." The מזבח העולה, the altar for the burnt-offering, is the site whence one achieves closeness with G–d.