King David requests that the prophet Natan agree to his plan to take the "Ark of God out of the tent" and place it in a "house made of cedar trees" - at least as respectable as David's own palace. What ensues deepens our understanding regarding the experience of prophecy, the fundamental reality of a Jewish home, the meaning of the "unity of Hashem" and of the Jewish people - and
especially regarding David's personality and profound faith and the vision of the Bet Hamikdash.

Yemei Iyun be-Tanakh - תשע"ו