The world is round because it comes from a Creator that has no beginning and no end. The last chapters of Exodus speak about the accounting that Moses gives for the Tabernacle that he had built in the desert. For this project, people donated freely, without any accounting. Now an accounting is given. Some commentaries state that this is to show that Moses did not steal anything.
What does this say about the people who give such a reason? Often the way a person looks at something or explains it, is telling us something about that person.
In life, people, individuals or communities come to a stage when it is time to take in-depth personal accountings. The work that precipitates this accounting may be the external reason for a deeper internal examination. Moses taught people that an accounting is important even when no one asks for it. It then becomes a way to see a deeper purpose for all the physical materials and craftsmanship. The purpose is to create a space for the Divine life force to reveal itself in this plane of existence.
This is for people in general as we are each part of the whole and for each individual as a unique expression of the whole. In the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire a few boys were playing, throwing stones. It just so happened that the prince was riding by in a carriage and was hit by a stone. The boy that threw the stone was Naftoli. He was sentenced to die by public hanging for treason.
A guard escorted Naftoli to the capital. The weather was stormy and the guard stopped by an inn to rest. They came to a question for which they could find no explanation. Naftoli, overhearing the problem, told them the answer. When the innkeeper saw this, he asked Naftoli why he was under arrest.
