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And on today's pages, Manachot, 49-50, we come across the following gym.

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The Gamara answers, the Mishnah teaches us this halakha itself, that the initiation of the use

of a new table and the sanctification of the shubred when it is placed on the table occur

only on Shabbat. This is as the

Mishnah teaches in the latter clause with regard to the initiation of the use of a new

candelabrum. And use of a new candelabrum was initiated only with a kindling of its seven

lamps in the afternoon. What a great big mystical image, a table, a candelabrum.

You could almost feel yourself present in this holy space, but I wanted more. I wanted to

understand and unlock the mysteries. You know what I did, right? I pick up the phone. And who,

who am I going to call one man only?

Rabbi Duffi Fashvkin.

How are you, my friend?

Liel, what an absolute privilege and pleasure to be studying Talmud.

And this passage really touched my heart in an incredible way.

This passage of Talmud is talking about how all of the different vessels in the temple had a different

way with which they were initiated. You didn't just build a candelabra and then you would

kind of bring it into the temple. There had to be an initiation ceremony that made this vessel

not like any candelabra, but a candelabra, the menorah of the temple of the base Hamidash.

How do you initiate something to ensure that the holiness that it's designated for is a part of its character?

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