Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Meaning is often found in details. It is not coincidental that the verb used to describe the completion of the creation of the world by God (ויכלו – Genesis 2:1) is the same verb used to mark the completion of the sanctuary in the desert: “Thus was completed (ותכל) all the work of the Tabernacle of the Tent of Assembly” (Exodus 39:32). The creation of the sanctuary was intended to be a “microcosmic” parallel to the cosmic creation of the world – human beings intentionally imitating God on a human scale. While “imitation may be the greatest form of flattery”, it is an obvious presumption that God did it better!