The Year 'Round by Rabbi Bernard L. Berzon 38. From the biblical account we know that there was no shortage of gold in the desert. An understanding of the nature of these substances will explain this seeming enigma. Each of these materials has a particular quality which was included in the ark. Gold is durable and strong.
Time attacks the preponderant majority of substances.
Its ravages can be seen everywhere. Man himself is one of the chief victims of the ravages of time. Then one day we look at ourselves in the mirror and discover his theft. This is also true in the realm of ideas. They, too, are transient.