출애굽기 36:33의 Musar

When we discussed the special significance of the first eight portions of the Book of Exodus, שובבי"ם ת"ת, we already mentioned that in this portion we learn about how one's money can achieve perfection through a spirit of generosity. Once this has been accomplished, i.e. that man has achieved perfection on all three levels of his existence, the Tabernacle can be considered as having been completed, i.e. והיה המשכן אחד (26,6). The Tabernacle, too, symbolises the shape of man as we have mentioned earlier in the name of Rabbenu Bachyah. Man's heart, his innermost organ, is symbolised by the בריח התיכון, "the centre bolt" (Exodus 36,33), which ran the length of all the boards forming the walls of the Tabernacle, joining each to the other. This was a way of creating perfection. In order to achieve perfection of one's Torah learning, one needs an understanding and intelligent heart. In order to achieve the perfection of one's body to carry out the actions the body has been designed for, one needs courage like a lion. This is a function of the heart, as stated by the famous halachic authority, the טור. In order to elevate one's financial resources to a level of perfection, one must certainly possess a generous heart. Once all this has been accomplished man can be viewed as perfect on all three levels, i.e. שלם בגופו, שלם בממונו ושלם בתורתו. Concerning such perfection, David prayed when he said in Psalms 51,12: "Fashion a pure heart for me, O G–d; create in me a steadfast spirit." This condition will exist in the future when G–d will remove our hearts of stone and replace them with hearts made of flesh, as we know from Ezekiel 36,26: "I shall give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put within you; I shall remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh, etc."