- Does the mishkan require a specific geographic location — a hillock, a stream of water, to be under a particular tree?
- Is the place made “kadosh” (unique) by what is done/placed there and not the converse?
- Is any place suitable for a kirvah center (a place to “draw closer” to God)?
- Is the mishkan “filled with God” at times or always?
- While Divinity is everywhere are there “somewheres” where one can specifically hope to draw closer to Divinity?
- Are any of the objects of the mishkan of non-natural origin — i.e. do the furnishings reflect man-madeness?
- Is there anything in the mishkan which is “supernatural” or is it an extension of nature, that is, of man’s world?
- Why is a mishkan built — what purpose(s) does it fulfill?
- Is the mishkan “God’s dwelling” and if so, how — and if not, what is it?
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