Venue: OU-JLIC at Queens College OU-JLIC at Queens College

Machshava:

Beit HaMikdash 

Parsha:

Naso 

Collections: R' Charnoff Bamidbar

Description

The encampment in the desert is clearly designed to surround the Mishkan. We often think of the Mishkan as either being interchangeable with the Beit HaMikdash, or simply a placeholder until we build the Beit HaMikdash. What is the inherent purpose of the Mishkan in Jewish history? Building off of that, we explore what it means to create a machaneh Shechina and how that is accomplished through the individual gifts of the Nesiim, unified though the power of Birkat Kohanim. (Part of HaMidrasha at QC, OU-JLIC's Torah learning program for women at Queens College)