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Why couldn't Moshe enter the Ohel Moed when the anan (cloud) rested upon it? The shiur explores the relationship between the cloud's presence, the Kavod Hashem (ה׳) filling the Mishkan, and Moshe's access to the holy space. The analysis reveals that there existed a level of kedusha so intense that even Moshe Rabbeinu, who experienced panim el panim prophecy, could not penetrate it without being drawn in by Hashem.
This shiur examines the concluding pesukim of Sefer Shemos (40:34-38) which describe the anan (cloud) covering the Ohel Moed and the Kavod Hashem (ה׳) filling the Mishkan. The central question revolves around the pasuk stating that Moshe could not enter the Ohel Moed because the anan rested upon it and the Kavod Hashem filled the Mishkan. Rabbi Zweig begins by analyzing the precise meaning of these terms: the anan covered the outside of the Ohel Moed, while the Kavod Hashem "mole et hamishkan" - filled the entire Mishkan, both inside and outside. The shiur addresses an apparent contradiction: if Moshe could not enter when the anan was present, the Gemara (גמרא) states that Hashem "dragged him in" (tofo) when He needed to speak with him. This raises the fundamental question: what prevented Moshe from entering? Was it the kedusha itself, or was the anan merely a sign that he should not enter at that time?
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Shemos 40:34-38
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