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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