Brochas Daf Ches amud aleph
Raish Lokish said
anyone who has a Beis Knesses in his town and fails to attend Tefillah is
called a Shochein Ra, a bad neighbour.
Why specifically is he designated a bad
neighbour, as opposed to some other name?
The Mishkan (mem,
shin, chof, nun) held four main keylim, the Aron, also called the Mita (mem),
the Shulchan (shin), the Mizbeach, also called Cisei (chof) and the Menorah,
also called Ner (nun).
Post the Churban,
the Anshei Knesses haGedolah instituted the current form of the three daily
Tefillohs in recognition of what we had lost. We retained Torah, which
represents the Aron/Mita (mem), but lost the other three keylim. The Tefillohs
therefore hint at three lost Tamidim: "Aish Tamid" which represents
the Mizbeach/Cisei (chof), the "Ner Tamid" which represents the
Menorah/Ner (nun), and the "Lechem Tamid" which represents the
Shulchan (shin).
Therefore, one who
fails to daven in shul is designated a Shochein Ra. Interestingly, the same
keylim: Mita, Shulchan, Cisei and Menorah are tangentially referred to on daf Tes as the keylim which the
Shunamite woman requests her husband to provide Elisha (Melochim Beis, Daled),
perhaps creating a Shochein Tov for herself.
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