Chasidut do Wyjścia 25:40
וּרְאֵ֖ה וַעֲשֵׂ֑ה בְּתַ֨בְנִיתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה מָרְאֶ֖ה בָּהָֽר׃ (ס)
A bacz, uczyń to wedle wzoru, który pokazano ci na górze.
Kedushat Levi
Exodus 25,40.“and take a good look and follow the patterns for them that have been shown to you.”
Rashi explains these words as referring to the fact that G’d, while Moses was on the Mountain, had to give him a visual lesson in how the menorah would look when completed, as Moses had had difficulty in constructing for himself a mental image of it.
Why did Rashi feel that he had to give this exegesis when he did not do so when the Torah described other parts of the Tabernacle to be constructed also accompanied by the instruction ככל אשר אני מראה אותך, “in accordance with all that I show you?”
Furthermore, the entire premise that Moses would have had difficulty making a mental picture of what the completed menorah would look like is difficult to understand.
In order to understand this, it seems that we must realize that when the various “creatures,” or phenomena, that constitute the various parts of G’d’s universe look at their Creator and the brilliance that is beyond their ability to endure, they are so filled with awe that they have completely excluded any other feeling, attribute, they are capable of under normal circumstances. It is only when the Creator draws around His essence the veils that enable His creatures to look at Him without being harmed, that they can once more consciously experience such feelings as שמחה, joy, and any of the other attributes.
Rashi explains these words as referring to the fact that G’d, while Moses was on the Mountain, had to give him a visual lesson in how the menorah would look when completed, as Moses had had difficulty in constructing for himself a mental image of it.
Why did Rashi feel that he had to give this exegesis when he did not do so when the Torah described other parts of the Tabernacle to be constructed also accompanied by the instruction ככל אשר אני מראה אותך, “in accordance with all that I show you?”
Furthermore, the entire premise that Moses would have had difficulty making a mental picture of what the completed menorah would look like is difficult to understand.
In order to understand this, it seems that we must realize that when the various “creatures,” or phenomena, that constitute the various parts of G’d’s universe look at their Creator and the brilliance that is beyond their ability to endure, they are so filled with awe that they have completely excluded any other feeling, attribute, they are capable of under normal circumstances. It is only when the Creator draws around His essence the veils that enable His creatures to look at Him without being harmed, that they can once more consciously experience such feelings as שמחה, joy, and any of the other attributes.
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