Pekudei: An Arresting Question
A Final Accounting The previous three Torah portions dealt with the specifications for building the Tabernacle and its holy vestments. […]
March 13, 2006
Vayakhel Pekudei: Celestial Real-estate
According To G-d Our Parsha describes the building of the Mishkan and the specific details of craftsmanship involved. After describing
Pekudei: Learn to Love It
A Generous Text This week’s Parsha continues the theme from the previous Parsha in describing our ancestor’s enthusiasm for building
Vayakhel: The Real Shabbaton
Shabbat – A Day of Rest “Six days your work is done and the seventh day is Shabbat Shabbaton” (our
Purim: Every Moment Counts
Every Moment Counts The Midrash tells us that the in the merit of our matriarch Sarah’s one hundred and twenty
Purim: Celebrating the Inner Battle
A Curious Distinction Among the many rituals observed during the holiday of Purim are those of Mishloach Manot, sending food
Ki Tisa: The Money Trap
Forgetting G-d Moses was atop Mount Sinai, but he was slated to return the day before. When he failed to