The word vag (to make) is defined as an action which carries out an idea in material or substance appropriate to that idea. Therefore, the making of the laver, its specific shape, and the nature of the materials out of which it was made, were designated to be inherent parts of its symbolic value. It is deeply significant that the vessel of the Mishkan which was to represent the concept of the preservation of the moral purity of one’s efforts, ohkdru ohsh aushe – the laver was used to wash the hands and feet of the Kohanim prior to their…
