all.” The word here as in the many times it occurs in the “wisdom” – account of the making of the tabernacle means, exact craftsmanship.” – “precise, Precision matters. Order matters. The misplacement of even a few of the 3.1 billion … letters in the human genome can lead to devastating genetic conditions. The famous effect” the beating of a butterfly’s wing somewhere may cause a tsunami “butterfly – elsewhere, thousands of miles away tells us that small causes can have large – consequences. God creates order in the natural universe. We are charged with creating order in the … human universe. That means painstaking care in what we say, what we do, and what we must restrain ourselves from doing. There is a precise choreography to the moral and spiritual life as there is a precise architecture to the tabernacle. Being good, specifically being holy, is not a matter of acting as the spirit moves us. It is a matter of aligning ourselves to the Will that made the world. Law, structure, precision: of these things the cosmos is made and without them it would cease to be. Ramban on Leviticus 19:2 And the reason that the text says I the Lord “”for your God am Holy” - it is said that we merit to - become close to Him when we are holy. Iyun Tefilah
all.” The word “wisdom” here – as in the many times it occurs in the account of the making of the tabernacle – means, “precise, exact craftsmanship.” … Precision matters. Order matters. The misplacement of even a few of the 3.1 billion letters in the human genome can lead to devastating genetic conditions. The famous “butterfly effect” – the beating of a butterfly’s wing somewhere may cause a tsunami elsewhere, thousands of miles away – tells us that small causes can have large consequences. … God creates order in the natural universe. We are charged with creating order in the human universe. That means painstaking care in what we say, what we do, and what we must restrain ourselves from doing. There is a precise choreography to the moral and spiritual life as there is a precise architecture to the tabernacle. Being good, specifically being holy, is not a matter of acting as the spirit moves us. It is a matter of aligning ourselves to the Will that made the world. Law, structure, precision: of these things the cosmos is made and without them it would cease to be. Ramban on Leviticus 19:2 And the reason that the text says “”for I the Lord your God am Holy” - it is said that we merit to become close to Him when we are holy. - Iyun Tefilah
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