9 Tishrei: Rebuilding the Temple - From Your Heart to Jerusalem
REBUILDING THE TEMPLE — FROM YOUR HEART TO JERUSALEM
Make for Me a sanctuary that I may dwell in them. (Shemos 25: 8)
“In them” implies that this sanctuary is within the heart of each and every Jew. (The Chassidic Masters)
Moshiach’s first job will be to teach, thereby building a sanctuary for G-d in each of our hearts. Eventually, every man, woman, and child will experience this personal redemption.
Moshiach will also serve as a king, uniting and empowering mankind to serve G-d as one. This unified service will be achieved through the Temple in Jerusalem.
This explains the teaching of our sages that “the small synagogues throughout the world will one day move to Jerusalem to become part of the Holy Temple.” With the coming of Moshiach, all our personal sanctuaries will unite with the Holy Sanctuary in which the Glory of G-d will be revealed.
HaYom Yom, 21 Tammuz | Basi L'gani 5710
Sichos Noach 5731 | Sichos 13 Nissan, 5741
Sefer HaSichos 5751, vol. 2, pg. 706. | Likkutei Sichos, vol. 26, pg. 173
Alshich on Shemos 25:8 | Likkutei Torah, Naso 20a
