Maghen Abraham - Thoughts From Mayer Sasson

PERASHA VAYAKHEL

"And Moshe erected the Tabernacle…" (40,18)

I fell and I stood up

Our Sages ob'm say on the verse in the Torah (Bamidbar) "And it came to pass on the day that Moshe finished setting up the Tabernacle…" that it does not say "on the day Moshe set up the Tabernacle" to teach us that for all the seven days of the Miluim Moshe would erect the Mishkan and take it apart - but on that day he erected it and did not take it apart and therefore it says "erected" – for on that day the erections were finished.

Our Sages ob'm say that the dismantling of the Tabernacle and its erection every day during the seven days of the Miluim come to teach us not to fall in our spirits during the exile, for it says "For the righteous will fall seven times and stand up" and it says "And Your nation are all righteous". This means that despite all the times that the Children of Israel fall from their level, in the future they will stand up from the fall, strengthen themselves and win.

This is what is said in the holy Zohar concerning the erection of the Mishkan: "Rabbi Yehuda began – Your enemies should not be happy about me, for I fell but I stood up." Everyone wondered, what is the connection between this verse and the erection of the Tabernacle?

According to what we have explained, this is understood: Just as Moshe Rabeinu dismantled the Mishkan and erected it every day anew, so this alludes to us that despite falls, Klal Yisrael will rise and will have an everlasting recovery, just as the Mishkan did.

SHABBAT SHALOM!!