The Temple Institute on Parshat Naso
The Temple Institute on Parshat Naso

Out in the desert the nation of Israel is instructed to set up encampments around all four sides of the Tabernacle.

This is not merely to provide equal access for all the tribes to the Tabernacle, nor is it merely for the purpose of defending the Tabernacle from outside threats, as essential as each of these things are.

The Tabernacle was stationed at the heart of the nation so that the entire nation and  all its individuals would embody its principle of holiness and embrace the challenge of making holy our lives even when outside the courtyards of the Holy Temple.