Shabbat
Portion of Tetzaveh - the Eternal Light - Ner Tamid - Award - or Reward?
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Portion of Tetzaveh - the Eternal Light - Ner Tamid - Award - or Reward?
In the USA', Scouting has an award for young Jewish members that achieve a basic understanding of Jewish values - called the Ner Tamid Award.
Howeve, in the works of Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Neriah (a great educator of youth -
who built up religious schools for the religious supporters of the EARLY years of the new State of Israel:-
he wrote a discussion of the Eternal Light in the Temple -
which was one of there candles of the Menora of the Temple
And he said
"Moses requested of the Almighty that there should be a PROOF of the eternal Holy Spirit
in the Tabernacle of the desert-
as a reward for building the Mishkan in the desert ..." - and for
INSPRATION andAN EXAMPLE to the Israelites - (and to the WORLD)
THAT G-d's HOLY SPIRIT WOULD ALWAYS BE AMONGST THE JEWISH PEOPLE -
there in the Temple - the Sanctuary in the desert - and later the one to be built in Israel -
and thus for inspiration in our Synagogues which we buit later in the exile.
That was that light of the western candle that stayed lit -
even when the others burned out and were re-kindled each day.
We need to ALL make a place for an Eternal ight -
that eternal connection to holiness and the Almighty-
And shabbat each week is a good time to remind us of this Eternal Light in our souls
Shabbat shalom
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz