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The word  (reward/outcome) literally means “heel.” One is adjured to
 subject his ego for the sake of Hashem and His Torah. Torah endures only
 in one who humbles himself before it.
 The gates of the Beit Hamikdash were too narrow for the Aron to fit
 through. This was purposely arranged in order to teach us a vital lesson.

 When Shlomo pronounced, “Raise up your heads, O gates, and be
 uplifted, you everlasting entrances, so that the King of Glory may enter,”
 the gates were ready to swallow him alive. They assumed that Shlomo was
 referring to himself as the King of Glory. Only after he said, “Hashem,
 Master of Legions, He is the King of Glory, Selah!” did they open wide,
 for they discerned his humility.
 The world stands on Torah, Avodah, and loving-kindness. When Shlomo
 built the Beit Hamikdash, he incorporated the first two components into
 its construction. But the pillar of loving-kindness was lacking. With                                        #                                                               26347-EYAL-6BOOKS - 26347-Dvarim-EYAL | 6 - B | 18-08-19 | 13:48:14 | SR:-- | Black   26347-EYAL-6BOOKS - 26347-Dvarim-EYAL | 6 - B | 18-08-19 | 13:48:14 | SR:-- | Cyan   26347-EYAL-6BOOKS - 26347-Dvarim-EY
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