The Mishkan: A Place Where All Are Welcome- Rabbi Yoni Levin

we're concluding safer schmos with vayaka pakude this coming week it's a summary of all the different aspects caleb fabric and gold and silver of the mishkan and there's a mishna in misakas shabbos that tells us that a person builds on shabbos a coal shoe an amount that's only a little bit he's violated choppers even a coal shoe the smallest building is a violation of bona and the kumar asks where do you find the mishkan they built at kohlshoe and the gemara says in shabbos david that if a worm made a hole in the wood in the beams of the wall the michigan they plug that hole even if it was a tiny hole they plug it so smash that asks the question when it comes to the walls of the mishkan and there's a little hole made by a worm they just fill it in but when it comes to the wood that was thrown in his back and ultimately burned gamora tells us that they found the worm in those logs of wood they throw it out why would it be different if anything it'd be the opposite that the logs of wood being thrown in this back ultimately to be burned if that can't take a wormhole certainly the walls of the mishkan which went with clio throughout the midbar which were somewhat more permanent this false hemis answers simply that when it comes to the mishkan they covered the wall so you couldn't see where they plugged the hole as opposed to logs of wood you were able to see the holes on the logs of wood perhaps in a deeper understanding this fan semes what he means is that in the michigan we don't look at people's holes we don't look at people's sins we don't look at people's shortcomings their weaknesses the mishkan is meant to be a place that's safe where everyone can feel comfortable they can feel proud strong about their accomplishments and their achievements we cover everything up and that was where the michigan represented everybody's invited to love every single jew and the michigan is supposed to be a lesson a model for how it should be outside the mishkan as well that whenever we encounter someone no matter how many shortcomings how many sins how many things that they're wrong we should be able to cover it up just like the mishkan even if it's a big hole or a small hole we focus on their strengths we focus on their selma kim we think of how great they are we think of how great they can become