Embracing the Eternal Journey: The Aron's Symbolism and Living with the Torah's Wisdom

Failure to follow instructions on how to construct this holy Mishkan, the house of Hashem, would seem that the goal wouldn't be realized, that Veshachanti besocham, that God forbid, if we made the Aron too big or rounded its corners, instead of it being boxy or maybe all gold. Maybe then we wouldn't follow instructions, that God wouldn't reside with us In order for it to be Veshachanti besocham. It's a v'asili miktash and there are rules to the building of it, and one of the rules is that the pole shall remain in the rings of the Aron. This holy Aron is flanked on either side with rings. That pole should go inside of them as a means to carry it, and directly. You should know that these badim, these staves, lo yassuru mimenu, never remove them. So, god willing, when we rebuild the holy temple, if you're standing there with the Aron and you feel a weird itch to pull out the rods, the staves, don't do it. Amitsvanaatu. And why? What's the significance? Why, specifically here, does God want that the staves should remain in the rings forever? That is the great ripschamshin refuel Hirsh. For we know that the Aron represents Torah, and when it comes to Torah, the Jewish people, as ripsad yagain told us, are only a nation. Because of the Torah. We wander about from France to Spain, ukraine, portugal you name a country and we've been exiled there. But we're able to withstand it because our nation goes with us, because we are a nation bound together by a Torah. If we had to flee God forbid to another country, maybe Zimbabwe, if we grab our tom with Babli and Atanach, maybe a set of Ram-Bam and a set of Rabir-Ruchem-Levavitz as Torah, well then we're ready to roll. We'll set up shop there and do Hashem's will there. So the Torah must always be transportable. Do not take these poles out, for in the blink of an eye, in the snap of the finger, you have to be able to transport that Aron to a new destination like a Boy Scout always ready. The muster for today, the motivational muster, is to keep our Torah transportable. That, no matter where you go in life, make sure that you don't leave the Aron behind in the Khaidish Hakkodashim, but bring with you to work. Make sure you live like a Jew when you go on vacation. Make sure that you're able to transport your Torah, to keep the Holy Torah with you in all the different situations that you find yourself in life.