Constructive Demolition
All the Torah is G-d sharing with us, within the parameters of our world, the mysteries of His own being. In Torah, we mirror on earth that which G‑d performs on every plain of existence.
And the Torah prohibits dislocating even a single stone of the Holy Temple.
If so, how could it be that G‑d brought the entire structure to ruins? For it would certainly be absurd to imagine that the Assyrians or the Romans had the power to set fire to G-d’s house.
It must be that this was not an act of destruction. Rather, it was the initial phase of a much greater construction, one that would be eternally indestructible.
For that to occur, the Temple had to be temporarily concealed and G-d’s people had to be scattered to the furthest reaches of the human habitation.
Only there will we find indestructible materials for the Temple, in the wanderings of our exile as far as possible from the sacred space of Jerusalem and Israel.
Because as long as there is any place in this world that considers itself outside the realm of holiness, there remains a place for the destruction of G‑d’s Temple.
But in our exile, we meet face to face all that considers itself foreign to the divine. We grasp its reins, extract its poison, and channel its power.
This third and ultimate Temple, then, will be built of the outside turned inward, of darkness taught to shine, of the other converted to the One, of the most sinister enemy as a faithful ally.
No opposition will remain in the universe. And so it will last forever.
In truth, there was never any destruction. There was only rebuilding, growth, and eternal, deep love.
(Likutei Sichot, vol. 29, pg. 9)
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