Terumah

The fractal nature of reality and the natural reality of the fractal. 

This week's parasha is explicitly detailed about the  Mishkan. The Torah contains 2 chapters discusing the creation of the universe, the Mishkan gets 13 chapters. Why is so much attention given to the Mishkan? 

What we learn on one level, applies to all levels. This is a key lesson of the Mishkan. What we learn about the mishkan , we learn about ourselves and about the universe, because all is one. To grasp a piece of infinty is to own the whole thing.

An object is said to be self similar if it looks "roughly" the same on any scale. Man, the Mishkan and the Universe are like Russian nesting dolls. The Aron Kodesh is simular to these dolls. It is a box within a box within a box. At every level of detail it has the same form.

Rambam points out, the Mishakan was constructed using three gradations of life. Stones which are inanimate, Vegetative life and finally animal/ human life.

 Humanity                                                       Time                                                                        Space 
- The Nations of the World                   Chol  (weekday)                                                             - The entire world
- The Jewish People-                             Shabbos which is called  holy                                        - Israel
- The Tribe of Levi                                Yom Kippur, Holy of holies                                            - Jerusalem

*The Tribe of Levi                                Calendar                                                                   Sections in the Mishkan
Leviim                                                 Day                                                                             The courtyard
Kohanim                                              Month                                                                         The Kodesh section
Kohen Gadol                                        Year                                                                            The Kodesh Hakodushem 


* The Kohen Gadol, on Yom kipur would enter the Kodesh Hakodushim, in Jerusalem  which housed the Aron Kodesh. Within the Aron Kodesh was a scroll containing the  instructions for the creation of the Aron Kodesh, the other objects and the procedure for the ceremony to be held on Yom Kippur. The Torah, The Mishkan and Jewish history form A strange loop. 


How do we take the lessons of the Mishkan and apply them to our life and the world?

Please let me know,  by commenting below.

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