Welcome to COLlive Torah: Rabbi YY Jacobson, a world renowned lecturer and spiritual leader of Congregation Bais Shmuel Chabad in Brooklyn, explores the dual meaning of the word “keruvim,” to show how to educate angels not terrorists.
Why do some children grow to become loyal, faithful and kind human beings, fine mentchen; while others grow up to become obnoxious, arrogant and self-centered? A change of translation of a single word this week’s Parsha gives us the answer.
The innermost chamber of the Tabernacle and the Jerusalem Temple, the most sacred site in Judaism, was known as the “Holy of Holies” and seen as the spiritual epicenter of the universe. It displayed nothing else save two
golden cherubs, situated atop the covering that veiled the Ark, which contained the two Tablets of the Ten Commandments.
What did these two golden winged cherubs (Keruvim) look like? Rashi says: “Each of them had the face of a young child.” Yet in the third chapter of Genesis, Rashi translates the word Keruvim as “angels of destruction.” How do we reconcile this striking paradox?
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Rabbi YY – You did it again!! Blew my mind with awesome completely understandable Torah lessons for life. Thank you!!!