Parashat Vayakhel
„A person, in his limited perception, cannot reconcile the world of the mundane and the world of the holy, and cannot resolve their contradictions; and yet they are indeed settled in the height of the world, in the foundation of the Holy of Holies.”From Orot HaKodesh II:311
In the holiest place in the world, beneath the curtain, in the chamber the High Priest enters once a year, sat the cherubim - sculpted, angelic human figures. Many have asked how, in the holiest place in the world, there is something that could easily be perceived as idolatry, as a statue - something we were so commanded to distance and guard ourselves from. Rav Kook explains that precisely this place is the place of connection of the human and the divine yearnings. A place where the holy and the mundane are laid bare within one another and intermingled, for in this lies the inner, deep essence of Judaism, which is the joining of the holy and the mundane.
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From the community archive of Mishpetei HaRav Kook — studying Rav Kook's teachings since 2011.