The availability of silver outweighs the value
of gold only because silver is itself valuable; although it is within
the mundane, it brings holiness to it. Copper, on the other hand, unlike
gold, is currency, but, unlike silver, it is not valuable. It therefore
represents someone who lives within the mundane but brings no light
into it. The Hebrew word for "copper", "nechoshet", comes from the word for "snake", "nachash". Copper is "snake-metal", a substance that recalls the stubborn impudence of the Primordial Snake's denial of G-d.
To merit the Divine Presence they must unite with those on the level of copper….
Yet, the Torah requires that all three metals be a part of the Tabernacle.
This is a lesson both to those who perceive themselves as gold and
silver and those who think of themselves as copper. The gold and silver
Jews must realize that to merit the Divine Presence they must unite with
those on the level of copper. And the copper Jews, who are yet
imperfect, must know that copper, too, was a part of the Tabernacle, and
that they are not absolved of doing their part in bring the Divine
Presence down to earth.
Adapted by Moshe Yakov Wisnefsky from Likutei Sichot, vol. 6, pp. 157-60.
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