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In RSRH's commentary on Shemos 25:39 there is a long explanation dealing
with the significance of the Menorah. Towards the end of this Rav
Hirsch writes: <br><br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>All knowledge of the world must lead
to the perception of God’s<br>
existence and work in the world, and to the perception of the world
as<br>
derived from God. All knowledge of the Torah must lead to the fear
of<br>
God, to man’s knowledge and awareness of his own personal
relationship<br>
with God, to the desire to be a servant of God in the world He<br>
has created.<br><br>
Otherwise, the germs of deeds that should build the world and<br>
eternity — germs hidden in man’s capacity to make free decisions and<br>
to act — will lie dormant. The seeds will degenerate, and the
noblest<br>
and godliest qualities in man will remain unborn, because all his
wisdom<br>
and understanding, counsel and strength, will lack the vivifying and<br>
guiding spirit of God.<br><br>
The spirit of God dwells only where all wisdom and understanding<br>
culminate in knowledge of God, and all counsel and strength
culminate<br>
in the fear of God; where knowledge of God and the fear of God admit<br>
the spirit of God to fructify human counsel and strength; where
counsel<br>
and strength are offered (by the knowledge and fear of God) to the<br>
spirit of God, in order to attain life.<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Daas HaShem v'Yiras
HaShem</i> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>are the
“petals” which cause God’s fructifying and vivifying<br>
spirit to rest on the seeds which produce the resolutions and powers<br>
of human action.</font></i></body>
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