אלה פקודי המשכן משכן העדת
Lecha Hashem ha’gedulah…, “Yours, Hashem, is the greatness, the strength, the splendor, the triumph, and the glory, even everything in Heaven and earth” (Divrei HaYamim I, 29:11). In Midrash Tanchuma, Chazal suggest that this pasuk – which we recite daily in the Va’yivarech David prayer – alludes to the fact that the building of the Mishkan had a profound relationship with the creation of Heaven and earth. Horav Nissan Alpert, z.l., renders a penetrating interpretation of this Midrash, which we take the liberty of citing. On the First Day of Creation, Hashem created Shomayim va’aretz, “Heaven and earth.” This creation…
