Consider that the Mishkan (Tabernacle) was only a temporary sanctuary that was used by the Israelites during their wanderings in the desert. After that it was eventually replaced by the temple. And today in Jewish tradition by the synagogue (also called “a little temple”). And so the question arises, why does the Torah devote so much space in the scriptures to the construction of the Mishkan (tabernacle), which by its very essence was meant to be used as a place of worship and prayer only for a certain period of time, the time of the wanderings in the desert?

To answer this, we should look at a number of facts. First, there are parallels between the verses that describe the end of the creation of the world in the book of Genesis, and the verses that describe the end of the construction of the tabernacle in the book of Exodus:

“And God saw all that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” (Genesis)

“And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they did...

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