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 KabbalaOnline.org Terumah 5783 Anthology of Insights on the Torah Reading Terumah 5783 Anthology of Insights on the Torah Reading The World as a Walnut The Zohar From the teachings of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; translation and commentary by Shmuel-Simcha Treister, based on  Metok MiDevash The Zohar notes that Tabernacle was built in a similar fashion to the physical body. The Divine Presence is always drawn down from the spiritual to manifest in the physical; this is the secret of the Tabernacle as a "body" built to receive the "brain" within its shell.   Cherubs of Gold Mystical Classics From the teachings of Rabbi Bachya ben Asher The cherubs were symbolic of the fire and the thunder the Israelites experienced during the revelation at Mount Sinai. They were both constructed of gold, being recipients of the attributes Love and Justice. They were male and female in order to teach that t