David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem

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  1. The Uzza Affair

    Chapter 6 (I)

    Rabbi Amnon Bazak

    Bringing the Ark (Aron) to Jerusalem seemed like a necessary step, but nonetheless the attempt ends in the tragic death of Uzah. What were the circumstances of his death, and in what way was David involved? What cause the various errors that accompanied this episode?

  2. The Transfer of the Ark and Mikhal's Laughter

    Chapter 6 (II)

    Rabbi Amnon Bazak

    How did David correct the problems that arose when the Aron was first brought to Jerusalem? Why did Michal laugh at David, and why did David respond so harshly? Why didn't Michal have a child until the day she died?

  3. Avshalom's Rebellion (Part II)

    Chapter 15 (II)

    Rabbi Amnon Bazak

    While David was running away from Jerusalem, the city was finally awarded religious status. What brought about this change? And how does David cope with Avshalom’s uprising?

  4. Walking Between Fire and Snow

    Haftarot: Shemini

    Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

    The haftara discusses the physical expression of contact with holiness, while contrasting the description with the sin of Nadav and Avihu. Nadav and Avihu act rashly because they cannot contain their love for God, but their actions ignore the need to fear God. David similarly sins when he fails to balance his extreme happiness when bringing the Holy Ark to Jerusalem with feelings of yira'h - fear of the Divine. David corrects his actions the second time when he brings the Ark, when he combines dancing before God with sacrifices, while Uzah treats the Ark as a piece of furniture that needs to be protected, without proper respect for the holy vessel.

  5. Bringing up the Ark of God - On Failure and Success in Sefer Shmuel

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

    תאריך פרסום: תשע"ה | |

    When Uzza dies after touching the Ark, David postpones the rest of the procession to Jerusalem. Why does David act so severely? What went so wrong in this journey that led to a radical turn from joy to despair?

    In this shiur, we discuss the twists and turns in the story of David bringing the Ark to Jerusalem, focusing on the motif of success and failure. We also engage in a comparative analysis of our story in Shmuel Bet with the account in Divrei HaYamim, and with the similar story about the Ark in Shmuel Alef.

    After examining the messages that emerge from each narrative, along with various interpretations of commentators as to what prompted the tragedy, we consider what the Ark is meant to symbolize – how it is meant to be viewed: not as a Divine object that will grant us victory, but as a vehicle for a closer relationship with God.

  6. Jerusalem's Dual Election by Avraham and David

    Rabbi Dr. Avraham Walfish

    תאריך פרסום: 5777 | | Hour and 10 minutes

    This shiur focuses on the four-fold process of Jerusalem's election, examining the two different narratives within the Avraham story, as well as the two narratives within the David saga. While we do so, we consider the concepts of sacred time and sacred space and their importance in the description of the Mikdash. There are two main Jewish positions as to the nature of the Temple's original sanctity - historical (as a moment within the history of the Jewish people), and primordial (that the site of the Temple's holiness was already built into creation.

    As we look at the (dual) biblical view, while examine the stories of David's relationship with Jerusalem and Avraham's Akeida ordeal, difficult and disturbing questions arise about God's demands of humanity. How could God ask Avraham to sacrifice his son? Why was the punishment so harsh after David's census? 

    These stories are meant to disturb - and meant to tell us something about the place that God is going to select. The values of human autonomy and Divine will are intertwined in the Mikdash. Though free will is an important value, we must also remember that  human will is ultimately subordinate to the Divine will.

  7. An Unnatural Fault Line: Jerusalem

    The Biblical Significance of the Reunification of Jerusalem

    Rabbi Moshe Shulman

    תאריך פרסום: 5777 | | Hour

    In this shiur, we explore some of the issues surrounding the choice of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish people and as the place of the Mikdash.  We also look at the split between the northern and southern kingdoms.The kingdom was split on an unnatural fault-line - why? We go back to the roots of the split and explore what the division was, what was it that changed, and why. And did God choose Jerusalem, or did David?

    Jerusalem was chosen as a way to unite two groups that were already divided to some degree, and annexing Binyamin to Yehuda saved Jerusalem and the Beit haMikdash from becoming a  border city of warring nations.