The Talmud Yerushalmi teaches us that within God's Creation there are no squares; everything is circular. A circle represents something complete. A circle rolls from place to place and doesn't stay in one place. Its place is every place, it is not limited. This symbolizes Hashem whose place is the entirety of Creation.
In the Mishkan (Tabernacle) everything was rectangular other than the Kiyor which stood outside. Rectangular objects don't just roll from place to place and symbolize Tzimtzum (limitation). Hashem chose his Creations to embody Him in the world in a finite manner. There were many half-measures in the Mishkan and the Ark had half measures in all of its dimensions. This is to indicate that we are seeking something, the Schechina, to complete us.
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In the Mishkan (Tabernacle) everything was rectangular other than the Kiyor which stood outside. Rectangular objects don't just roll from place to place and symbolize Tzimtzum (limitation). Hashem chose his Creations to embody Him in the world in a finite manner. There were many half-measures in the Mishkan and the Ark had half measures in all of its dimensions. This is to indicate that we are seeking something, the Schechina, to complete us.
א"ב שמות ר"ס
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