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Moshe Rabbeinu could not comprehend how to make the Menorah from 5 bamidbar
one piece of gold. Therefore, Hashem fashioned it for him.

What was the difficulty that Moshe encountered in sculpting the Menorah
from a piece of gold?

Moshe did not have difficulty in understanding how to physically sculpt
the gold. What he found daunting was imbuing the Menorah with
spirituality. This demanded Hashem’s help.
The Menorah required inner purity as well as outer beauty, for it
represented the Torah, which demands wholeheartedness. Just as one
requires Hashem’s help, as well as the Torah, to battle the Yetzer Hara,
Moshe needed Hashem’s help in fashioning the Menorah.

The second Beit Hamikdash was destroyed on account of a lack of inner
harmony between Kamtza and Bar Kamtza. This indicated an overall
deficiency in the area of mitzvot between man and his fellow man.

A Rabbi who does not protest an iniquity does not deserve to be called a
Rabbi. His apathy indicates a defect in his Avodat Hashem and a fault in
his essence.
Yeravam ben Nevat merited becoming king because he did not hesitate to
rebuke Shlomo Hamelech for not paving the roads for those ascending to
the Beit Hamikdash. On the other hand, he lost his kingdom for defaming
the ritual of ascending on the festivals. This proved that his previous
words were not genuine.

Hashem preferred David over his brothers, in spite of their regal
appearance. “Man sees what his eyes behold, but Hashem sees into the
heart.”