The Mikdash-Mishkan Relationship - Short vort on the Weekly Parsha - Rabbi Nissan Lifschitz

so this week's para is par truma as we all know hasem gives mosu the blueprint of the mishan what's interesting is in the par and throughout the entire story of the Mish sometimes the Mish is called Mish and sometimes it's called mik now thear sh comments and says the words mikash and Mish are really exchangeable words they're really synomous and they refer to the exact same structure so whenever you see the word mikash and you see the word mishun they're actually referring to the exact same thing but the reader would still want to know if they refer to the same thing why are different words being used mik and Mish why would that be so says because they refer to two separate aspects of the Bas mikash there's we have to realize that there's the our part and then there's hashem's part our part is the says to the Jews make for me a mik and what I want you to do is dedicate everything that you have towards me so the words M refer to our part our part is being mades ourselves and dedicating all of our actions all of our thoughts all of our energy towards hem and hasm says back if you do that then I will be with you then I will dwell amongst you so the mikash the word mikdash refers to our part and the mishan that word refers to hashem's part that he promises that he's going to dwell amongst us if you go to the parish you realize when the word mikdash is used and when word Mish is used you realize that the word mikdash is always used in reference to our part and the mishan is used in reference to hashem's part this gives us a global understanding of our entire hm our entire relationship with Hashem Hashem says I want to have a relationship with you and the relationship works as such that you have to do your part and your part is coming close to me sanctifying every aspect of your lives towards me and when that happens I am now able to come close with you this is the story of the mishon and this is the story of the Jews in the entire sa of creating a relationship with the Jews and hash