By Rabbi Dov Begon
Rosh HaYeshiva, Machon Meir
G-d commanded, “They shall make me a sanctuary and I shall dwell amongst them”
(Exodus 28:8). The building of that sanctuary represents the climax of redemption, the
pinnacle of our success as individuals, as a people, and as human beings. As Moses said in
Az Yashir (Exodus 15:17-18):
“O bring them and plant them on the mountain You possess. The place You dwell in is
Your accomplishment, O G-d. The shrine of G-d, Your hands have founded. G-d will reign
forever and ever” (Exodus 15:17-18).
G-d’s revealing to us His divine presence in the Temple, and through us, to all
mankind, is the goal of mankind and of all Creation, and it will occur in the future, as
Jeremiah said (3:17): “At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the L-rd. All the
nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the L-rd, to Jerusalem.” It will occur through
the establishment of the Third Temple in the State of Israel, which constitutes “G-d’s throne
on earth,” as Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook, zt”l said, “The State of Israel is the foundation of
G-d’s throne on earth. Its entire goal is to make G-d One and His name One” (Orot 160).
Today, how fortunate our generation is that we have merited to see the rebirth of the
Jewish People in their land, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, along the way towards the
rebuilding of the Third Temple – may it be soon in our day! This is all true despite the
darkness of the exile and our country’s birth pains, and our nation’s tribulations of rebirth,
which sometimes conceal the purpose for which we returned to our land. This is the goal that
has never left the hearts and eyes of the fathers and leaders of our people down through the
generations. It has never ceased to find expression on the lips of the Jewish masses who daily
recite the words, “Restore the worship to Your abode… and may our eyes see Your return, in
mercy, to Jerusalem. Blessed be Hashem, who restores His presence to Jerusalem.”
Looking forward to complete salvation,
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