Friday, June 11, 2010
(17,8)1.Q This question could be asked all over the Torah but it occured to me here, so I shall ask it here: What does "Ohel Moed" mean? Classically, it's translated as "the tent of meeting" but "moed" really doesn't meet meeting, it means time or season? It could be that it is a reference to the idea that it is temporary, as opposed to the "Bais Olamim" the eternal house, i.e. the Bais Hamikdash. But if so why "moed", why not "arai" as we use in Succah a "diras arai", a temporary dwelling?
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On the contrary - moed does mean meeting. But the whole concept of the times and seasons described as "moadim" is that they are times where we "meet" HKB"H at Har Habayit via aliya l'regel.
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