Parshas Pikudei - Saving the beis ha'mikdash from ayin hara
The passuk says in this week’s sedrah (38:21) אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה עֲבֹדַת הַלְוִיִּם בְּיַד אִיתָמָר בֶּן אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן These are the records of the mishkan , the mishkan of the testimony, which were listed according to Moshe’s instructions — the work of the Leviim was under the direction of Itamar the son of Aharon the cohen . Rashi explains המשכן משכן - שני פעמים רמז למקדש שנתמשכן בשני חורבנין על עונותיהן של ישראל The passuk repeats the word משכן to hint to the beis ha’mikdash which was taken as a mashkon (a pledged asset for a loan) when it was destroyed twice because of the aveiros of the benei yisrael . Why does the passuk allude to the beis ha’mikdash being taken as a pledge specifically in the sedrah of Pekudei and not in any of the previous sedros that discuss the building of the mishkan ? The Gur Aryeh explains as follows: ואם תאמר, ומאי ענינו לכאן לכתוב זה כאן, ולמה...