Parshas Pinchas (5767)

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Parshas Pinchas (5767)
By Mordechai Dolinsky

We are presently entering ‘bain hametzorim’, the annual period designated by Chazal to focus and mourn for the dual catastrophe that befell our Bais Hamikdash and sent us to the great galus which presently prevails. Before embarking on the mourning, it might be wise to invest energy in the appreciation of the Bais Hamikdash which we are missing. This can be accomplished by the evaluation of the mikdash me’at which we presently possess in the form of our ‘botai knessios’ and ‘botai medrashos’.

Before entering a Shul or place of learning one should pause a moment to consider that he is about to enter a location embedded with the shchinah, kedusha, and bombarded with “ruchnius radiation”.

In light of this we can see the obvious ‘hachgacha pratius’ that our parsha focuses on the Bais Hamikdash and the awesome service throughout the special occasions of the year with which we connect with Hashem, our Creator. We should see the geula sh’layma, speedily in our days.

Have a wonderful Shabbos.