Keruvim: Legalized Idolatry??

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February 07 2019
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:
Angels,  Beit HaMikdash 
Parsha:
Teruma,  Vayakhel 

Collections: The Cherubim

References: Yoma: 54a ,  Yoma: 54b ,  Yoma: 77a ,  Chagiga: 13b ,  Avoda Zara: 43b  

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What do the Keruvim look like? And what benefit would justify risking the appearance of idolatry by placing gold statues of oxen, people or anything else in the Kodesh Kodashim in the Mishkan and Beit haMikdash?

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