Our Rosh Hashanah prayers describe how all our actions are recorded in a book. I was always taught that, not only our actions, but our thoughts and words are recoded as well. There are some books I would really like to read: “The Life of Moses in Action, Word and Thought as Recorded By Heaven,” is high on the list. I would love to know what he was thinking, what he said in private conversations with his brother Aaron, and how he acted on a daily basis. Abraham’s life is right up there on the list. King David’s life story would be at the very top.

The problem is that it would take more than a lifetime to read all the actions and words and all the thoughts of any one of them. I wonder how thick each book is. How many of those books could fit on our planet? I imagine a regular flow of space shuttles traveling to distant planets storing all the books.

Which books are stored on which planet? We can assume that the books of Moses and King David would be housed in a special library in Jerusalem. Perhaps there will be a special planet or galaxy where the books of the wicked would be stored. Those whose evil influenced history would be housed on a more accessible planet. The lives of the insignificant wicked could be shuttled to the farthest reaches of the universe.

The Book of Betzalel, the Mishkan’s chief architect, would be shuttled back to earth this time of year when we study the Torah portions describing the Mishkan’s construction. It would only be fair to have Oholiab’s book available as well. “Who?” you ask. Oholiab? The one who worked with Betzalel. The Torah mentions him, but not much else. I wonder what went through the mind of a man significant enough to be mentioned, but not sufficiently important to be described. I must admit that the Torah does not offer much more information about Betzalel. Still, I hope they bring both books so I can skip straight to the “Thoughts Section,” and learn what these two were thinking as they worked on God’s house.

While I was looking through the rooms to find Betzalel’s records, I noticed an empty room between Moshe’s wing of the library and Aaron’s. It was directly opposite the room with Chur’s records. There were no signs on the door or walls; just blank plaques. I asked one of the ushers about the room. “That’s the guy who started the whole Golden Calf story. I don’t recommend that you enter,” he said.

I was confused. “Who? The Torah doesn’t mention a specific person, or even refer to one person as beginning the sin. Who was he?”

“The idea had to start with someone,” he answered. “Why do you think the room is empty? The Torah doesn’t mention him.”

“So why have a room at all?” I asked. “After all, even Menashe’s record has a room ever since he was mentioned on The Foundation Stone Blog! There are records of the most evil people; why not this guy who started the Golden Calf?”

Now, if you think there is high security in the Vatican archives, you should check out this library. You need very special credentials to access the Thoughts Sections of the VIPs. I began to suspect that this person’s records were actually there, just well hidden. I began to argue with the usher, “I’ve been granted access to some important records. Why can I not be allowed to view these records?”

The usher smiled in pride. “Everyone has access to all the rooms. All you need is to open a Torah.” He began to walk away, then turned back towards me and said, “You choose your level of access.” Then, he was gone.

I stood just before the empty room and began to imagine “picture the scene” of the first moments of the Golden Calf episode…

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