TERUMAH

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our attention on the opening narrative of the SIDRA. The scenario begins with a directive given to MOSHE REBEYNU by ECHAD, Blessed be His Name, to receive TERUMAH (an elevated portion) from BENEI YISRAEL for the construction of a place where a visible manifestation of G-d would be revealed. The detailed explanation of the construct is to be understood in concert with the general. In other words, to discern the particulars, the IKARIM (principles) must be known.

A principle is a foundational EMET (truth) in which all other truths may be known. When speaking of the general principle, we are describing HAMACHSHAVAH HAELYONAH i.e., the Supreme Mind. HAMACHSHAVAH HAELYONAH is disclosed to be the INVISIBLE becoming VISIBLE. The INVISIBLE becoming VISIBLE is in reference to ECHAD. ECHAD is the EIN SOF, that is, that which is beyond description, experienced as SENSITIVITY. It is what is being referenced to by the term PURE SOULS CONSCIOUSNESS, yea, it is this conscious state that contains all of creation and that which is beyond. It is the Beyondness of ECHAD that is destined to become VISIBLE. It is the Beyondness of ECHAD that can not be discerned by the 5 senses but rather can be sensed as a SENSATION. 

The IKARIM (principles) that are revealed in the HISTALSHELUT (causal development) of CREATION is the foundation that must be set in the revelation of the details. Such as YESH ME AYIN (existence from nothingness), TSIM TSUM (constriction), TZUR TZAK (the force used to produce the construction), NEKUDIM (sparks flying to produce the form), and the like, that aid in the discernment. This is because the GOAL of CREATION is what governs the events that occur in SPACE and TIME. The MACROISM, that is, ADAM KADMON, is destined to unfold as B’TZELEM ELOHIM (In the image of G-d), all the way to the MICROISM. Thus the principle is seen in MISHKAHN MOSHE (the Tabernacle of MOSHE) where a visible manifestation occurs. No doubt the instruction thereof reveals how order being brought to chaos will give rise to the manifestation of the GOAL, that is, the visible manifestation of HAVAYOT (force of creation).