Merry Mishkan ! (25th kislev) Yaakov wanted to establish the Mystery of Unity below, and composed the 24 letters of, Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom forever. He didnt give it 25 letters since the Mishkan-the Tabernacle- had yet to be built. Once the Mishkan was built the first word was completed . With regard to this it says, God spoke to him from the Appointed Tent, saying . (Vayikra 1:1), which has 25 letters. (Zohar 2:139b) The Mystery of Unity? Whats that? It is Kabbalistic concept referring to the supernatural revelation of God to mankind, which will occur during the Messianic Era. Then, just as God is revealed in the world above, His reality will be clear to man below as well, unifying both the upper and lower realms. Apparently, the Mishkan was an oasis of such a reality, a veritable, albeit limited Yemos HaMoshiach. As for the 25 letters, it is referring to the last part of the first verse. According to the Zohar, once the Mishkan was completed the spiritual root of the light to which the second verse of the Shema alludes was able to emanate and cause the Divine unity that Yaakov Avinu had intended to draw down, and would have, had the world been ready for it. This is why the Mishkan was completed on the 25th day of Kislev, 25 being the number of the Ohr HaGanuz-the Hidden Light of Creation. It was also the future day of the first day of Chanukah, at which time the light from Yemos HaMoshiach, the Ohr HaGanuz, illuminates the world for eight days. Like the Mishkan, Chanukah is a taste of the Messianic Era. Furthermore, says the Zohar, this is why 13 materials were used for the Mishkan, and 12 stones were put into the Ephod-to make a total of 25, alluding to the sublime unity that was to be achieved through the service in the Mishkan. The bottom line: the Mishkan represented the world rectification that we have been working on throughout our long and tiring history. The Mishkan may not exist today, well, at least not in our eye range, but its plans do, and they hold the key to redemption. Http://torah.org/learning/perceptions/5770/vayikra.htmlq
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