August 31, 2024; 27 Av, 5784 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
In this week’s Parsha, we find the future site of Hashem’s Holy Shechina described as, “But only to the place which Hashem your G-d shall choose from all your tribes, to set His Name there; you shall inquire after His dwelling and come there.” (Devarim 12:5).
The exact site of the Beis HaMikdash was chosen on account of the remarkable rise in spirituality that occurred there. Noach offered his thanksgiving offerings there after he emerged from the Teivah (ark). This was also the site of Akeidas Yitzchok (binding of Yitzchok), and Yaakov Avinu recognized the site as a house of Hashem - Bais Elokim...