Bezalel knew the letters of Creation, and the Light arrives on its time, not ours.
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✦ All insights are drawn from articles by Michael Berg published on onehouse.kabbalah.com.
Michael Berg recalls that Kabbalah has two parts: the one that guides us to grow and the one of tools, the letter combinations and the Names. Without the tools it is very hard to reach true growth. The Zohar says the Light is near those who call in truth, that is, with the right Name.
According to the Zohar Chadash, the initials of "the heavens and the earth" form a Name, Aleph Hey Vav Hey, the force that animates everything that grows. Bezalel used it to build the Mishkan. The "angel" that tells the grass to grow is this energy, and lack of growth is lack of connection to it.
All the pieces of the Mishkan were ready in three months, but were only assembled three months later, on the first of Nissan. Michael Berg teaches that the great falls are born of impatience: Adam, the golden calf. True Light never comes when we expect it.
The Midrash tells that Bezalel knew the letter combinations with which the world was created.
Direction without tools makes growth difficult. The two parts complete each other.
The Light is near those who call with the right Name, and not only with will.
Pieces ready, Mishkan unassembled: there was a lesson about time for the Israelites and for us.
Impatience is at the root of every great fall, from Adam to the golden calf.
Pekudei brings the final assembly of the Mishkan. The Midrash says Bezalel knew the letter combinations with which the Creator made the world. Michael Berg recalls that the study of Kabbalah has two parts, direction and tools, and that the Light is near those who call in truth, with the right Name. The Name Bezalel used, formed from the initials of "the heavens and the earth," is the force that animates everything that grows.
When something lacks growth, the text tells us, it lacks connection to that force. The week of Pekudei is an invitation to awaken the desire and the ability to use it, as Bezalel did in building the Mishkan.
The other article shows the side of time. The pieces were ready in three months and waited three more to be assembled, and many doubted Moshe. The lesson, says Michael Berg, is patience: the fall of Adam and that of the golden calf came from not waiting for the right moment. Great Light only descends on those who have certainty in it when it is not on our schedule.
Review how you connect.
Ask: "Am I using the tools Kabbalah offers, or only good intention?" Choose one to use every day.
Ask with awareness of the channel.
When you ask the Light for help, do it with the tool you learned and with a real desire to grow.
See what stalled.
Note one area of life that is not growing. Ask for connection to the force that animates everything that grows.
Release the schedule.
Choose something you are waiting for. Hand the deadline to the Light and give thanks while waiting, without demanding a result.
Unite tool and patience.
Write what changed by waiting with certainty. Thank the Light and choose the tool you will carry forward.
I connect to the force that animates all Creation.
I wait for the Light on its own time, with certainty.
May this week of Pekudei help you use the right tool and wait for the Light on its time. Shavua Tov!
If someone you love is impatient with what has not arrived yet, this portion speaks of waiting.
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