Parshas Vayakhel: The Tachash and Its One Horn
- In Parshah
- Drasha
Shabbos 28b
AI summary (may contain mistakes)
Why was the Mishkan covered with the one-horned tachash, and why is one horn a sign of a kosher animal? The Gemara in Shabbos gives the tachash one horn and links it to the one-horned ox Adam HaRishon brought. A sefer brought explains that two horns are the pull of body and emotions, and one horn is the single will of the neshama. That single will is what covers the whole Mishkan.
Key points
- Rabbi Meir in the Gemara says the tachash had one horn and appeared only for Moshe.
- The Gemara learns the tachash was kosher from the one-horned ox Adam HaRishon brought.
- A sefer brought sees two horns as body and emotions pulling, one horn as the neshama's will.
- In that sefer, the one-horned ox was Adam HaRishon's tikkun for following his lower parts.
- The Alter of Slobodka: one who taps into his neshama rejoices in his own unique colors.
