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What’s the essential difference between the golden cherubim that were carved on top of the ark of the covenant and the golden calf constructed by Aaron in the wilderness? A skeptical “biblical scholar ...

Hashem tells Moshe to build an Aron Hakodesh (an Ark of Holiness) ; And you shall make an ark cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width.And you shall make ...

In Parashat Terumah, the first item the Jewish people are commanded to build for the Mishkan is the Ark of the Covenant, the sacred vessel designed to house the Tablets of the Ten Commandments. Yet, a ...