Sunday, March 10, 2019

A Pikudei Thought via The Nesivos Shalom

To consistently lead a religious life most of us need to rely on simple faith, and commitment to keeping G-d's commandments and our traditions. Once we are committed to the routines of Judaism we are sometimes blessed to then reach high levels of holiness and to be inspired from inside. So says the Nesivos Shalom. He also says that there are people who are exceptional and work more from their inside spiritual acheivents, which then take them to adhering to their external faith in G-d. He says that Moshe Rabeinu was the latter kind of person and the order that he thought made sense for the Mishkan's construction represents this: First work on the inner vessels, and then the outer shell. Betzalel spoke for most people and said that the outer facade had to come first and then the inner furnishings could follow. And, Betzalel was agreeing with the order that G-d had said to use in making these things: First the outside, the the inner pieces. Moshe got that Betzalel was returning the order to G-d's original plan, and said that Betzalel was betzel Kel, in G-d's shade, thus knew what G-d wanted. The question then is, why did Moshe change G-d's order? The Nesivos Shalom points out that in two different places in the Torah G-d says the order in these two different ways. And it was not clear to Moshe which of these two orders he was to tell over to Betzalel, so he chose the one that made sense to him. Betzalel told him that the other order made sense for most people (thus his terminology was that the needed order was the one that was darko shel olam). And Moshe said that Betzalel guessed G-d's intentions. But on a deeper level, Moshe was saying you're choosing the approach that works for you and others that are not on an enlightened level, but walk in the dark when it comes to G-d - betel kel -0 and need to work from the outside in. The Nesivos Shalom also says that just like there are different people who take each of these different approaches, there are also times that each of these approaches can work for the same one person.And he explains that in all likelihood when a person is up in life then he will feel inspired from inside, and during the low and hard times a person needs to start from outside and work inwards. This, he says, is another allusion in the Moshe's saying that Betzalel was betzel Kel, meaning that his approach is needed during the challenging dark times in life.

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