"And so the Menorah was made, beaten, engraved in gold" (Numbers 8:4)

(Parashat Behaloteja Bamidbar-Numbers 8,1 - 12,16)
The great commentator Rashi, in Perasha Terumah wrote (25:32):
Moshe Rabbenu had a hard time making the Menorah, so Hashem instructed him to throw a piece of gold into the fire and it would make itself.

A question arises here. It is known that in Washington there is a museum that has statues of all the presidents who governed the United States. These pieces are also made from a single piece of metal. How is it that Moshe had a more complicated time than the Americans?
We can explain that like the artisans, Moshe clearly had no problem making the figure, but for the Americans they are external figures, they are just a solid piece, while the Menorah that Hashem
ordered to be made was not just gold, it also had an internal image.

This is what Moses failed to do: how to make the inner body of the lampstand perfect and whole on the outside...

That's why Hashem gave him this instruction. The truth is that the Creator had only instructed him to make the external Menorah, for the Menorah represents the Torah, as written in the Talmud (Baba Batra 25): "He "He who wants wisdom must look to the south," This means that anyone who wants to study Torah must face south when praying (the place where the sacred lampstand, representing the Torah, was located). It also requires spirit; the people of Israel were not ready to receive the Torah until they were one man with one heart.

The first tablets were also written even within the gaps, as it is written
that the text was engraved inside the tablets.
That is why the Menorah also represents the Torah. It had to be perfect even on the inside. For this reason Hashem indicated that the Menorah be made, to indicate to people that the being
The human being builds himself internally, because he has the strength to face his instincts, but he can only achieve this by appealing to the Torah, since it is really the weapon that gives us the strength to overcome evil and repair our entire interior, since it is composed of
the names of Hashem Blessed be He.

When a person makes a sacrifice for the Torah, he can be completed internally and externally just like the lampstand that only came out of the fire complete.

Only Hashem could complete the internal part of the Torah, reaching the dimension of the perfect candelabrum as it was seen externally.

We can obtain that beauty and integrity of the Menorah, but only when we surrender ourselves with sacrifice to the fire of the Torah, until we achieve that inner purity that will lead us to perfection.

Dedicated to the health of all the sick in Am Israel and the world, to the peace of Israel, and to the success and blessing of all those in need.

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