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Connecting the 39 forbidden labors of Shabbos, defined by the work needed to build the Tabernacle, to Torah Portion Bamidbar. Why so much emphasis on a temporary structure? The Tabernacle is actually called Mishkan, Dwelling, or Ohel Moed, Tent of Meeting. From these names we learn a vital lesson about our values. The opposite of an Edifice Complex. How can the entire category of “building,” with all its disciplines from carpentry, to electrical, to plumbing, be a category on the same level as sifting and baking? What is the difference between separating food from waste and separating waste from food?