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This week's Torah portion goes into great deal about the portable sanctuary that was carried by the Israelites as they wandered in the wilderness for forty years in the 13th century BCE. But scholars have determined that, while the setting of the story was the 13th century, it was actually written no earlier than the 6th century BCE. The writers were trying to make a point about the portability of the sanctuary. With the help of research from Rabbi Isaac S.D. Sassoon, we delve into what that could have been.
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This week's Torah portion goes into great deal about the portable sanctuary that was carried by the Israelites as they wandered in the wilderness for forty years in the 13th century BCE. But scholars have determined that, while the setting of the story was the 13th century, it was actually written no earlier than the 6th century BCE. The writers were trying to make a point about the portability of the sanctuary. With the help of research from Rabbi Isaac S.D. Sassoon, we delve into what that could have been.