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muman613:
This article sheds a little more light on what we are talking about:
http://vbm-torah.org/archive/mikdash3/70mikdash.htm
III. HAD DAVID BUILT THE TEMPLE, IT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
Midrash Tehillim states as follows (Midrash Shocher Tov, Psalm 62):[11]
R. Nechemya states: "'When You render to every man according to his work' (Tehillim 62:13) — what is 'according to his work'? There is a person who considers committing a sin, but fails to do so; the Holy One, blessed be He, does not ascribe it to him unless he [actually] does it. If, however, he intended to perform a mitzva, but because of circumstances beyond his control he fails to perform it, the Holy One, blessed be He, ascribes it to him as if he had done it.
From where do you learn this? You learn from David, who painfully wished to build the Temple… Immediately, the Holy One, blessed be He, appeared to him through Natan, as it is stated: "And it came to pass that night that the word of the Lord came to Natan, saying… You shall build Me a house" (Shmuel II 7:4-5), and another verse states: "You shall not build Me a house wherein to dwell" (I Divrei Ha-yamim 17:4). How can these two verses be reconciled? Rather, even though your son Shlomo will build it, it will be called by your name."
Indeed, David was worthy to build it, but the prophet Natan came and said to him: "You shall not build a house to My name, because You have shed much blood upon the earth before Me" (ibid. 22:7). When David heard this, he was frightened and said: "Surely, I have been disqualified from building the Temple!" R. Yehuda bar Ila'i said: The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: "Fear not, David, by your life, all the blood that you shed is before Me like that of a gazelle or a deer, about which it is stated: 'The unclean and the clean may eat of it as they do of the gazelle and the deer. Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it upon the earth like water' (Devarim 12:15-16)."[12]
He said to Him: "If so, why can't I build it?" The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Him: "If you build it, it will stand forever and never be destroyed." He said before Him: "Surely that is good!" The Holy One, blessed be He, said: "It is revealed and known to Me, that in the future Israel will sin, and I will diffuse My anger by destroying [the Temple], and Israel will be spared." This is what is written: "He has bent His bow like an enemy… He has poured out His fury like fire" (Eikha 2:4). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: "Even though you will not build it, since you wanted to build it, I will ascribe it to your name." As it is stated: "A psalm and song at the dedication of the house; of David" (Tehillim 30:1). It does not say "of Shlomo," but rather "of David." Why? This is because he desired to build it. Thus we learn that whoever intends to perform a mitzva, even if, on account of circumstances beyond his control, he fails to do it, the Holy One, blessed be He, regards him as if he had performed it."[13]
This midrash interprets the bloodshed in question not in accordance with the plain sense of the verses; it sees it as a neutral act (like the slaughter of "a gazelle or a deer") or perhaps even as a positive act (similar to sacrificial offerings — according to the reading of the Pesikta Rabbati, see note 11). Why, then, was David barred from building the Temple? The midrash answers that had David built the Temple, it would never have been destroyed, but rather it would have stood eternally and forever.
The level of eternity will be attained in actual fact only in the future Temple, described in the book of Yechezkel (e.g., 43:9), but not in the two Temples that will precede it. During the earlier stages, the Temple reflects the spiritual level of Israel, and therefore its existence is conditional upon their state: if their spiritual level is worthy, it will stand, but if not, it will be destroyed. Had David built the Temple, it would not have been able to give expression to this idea, and therefore, according to these midrashim, David was barred from building it. Furthermore, the potential gap between the level of Israel and the eternity of the Temple raises the danger that G-d will expend His anger on the nation of Israel directly, whereas a Temple that is not eternal can be destroyed, thereby sparing Israel.
I think this answers some of the question... As I said in my original posting...
Baruch Hashem! , I hope you find my writing pleasant and learned a thing or two from it...
angryChineseKahanist:
Do you wear festive yarmulkes
http://www.amazon.com/Hebrew-Alphabet-Embroidered-Jewish-YourHolyLandStore/dp/B0051SZW86/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1310062839&sr=8-14
muman613:
--- Quote from: angryChineseKahanist on July 07, 2011, 02:21:52 PM ---Do you wear festive yarmulkes
http://www.amazon.com/Hebrew-Alphabet-Embroidered-Jewish-YourHolyLandStore/dp/B0051SZW86/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1310062839&sr=8-14
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Actually... No... I always wear my standard knitted-kippah which looks somewhat like this one:
angryChineseKahanist:
are the ones like I showed you over priced?
muman613:
--- Quote from: angryChineseKahanist on July 07, 2011, 04:54:29 PM ---are the ones like I showed you over priced?
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Its been a while since I bought mine... But checking around the web it seems $8.99 for that Kippah is a good deal... The price of a knitted kippah like mine is about $14...
Although this site has many good kippot at reasonable prices...
http://www.judaicawebstore.com/kippahs-C109.aspx
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