Pekudei – in fact the whole cluster of chapters beginning with Terumah and Tetzaveh and culminating in Vayakhel and Pekudei – is an extraordinary way for the book of Exodus to end. The rest of the book is a tempestuous story of the Israelites’ exile and enslavement and the confrontation between the ruler of Egypt and the man he may…
…Tell (a Pesach-themed video) Taking it Personally (A Covenant & Conversation video for the parshat Korach) Two Types of Leadership (A Covenant & Conversation video for the parshat Beha’alotecha) Leadership Means Making Space (A Covenant & Conversation video for the parshat Tetzaveh) The Challenge of Jewish Leadership (A Covenant & Conversation video for the parshat Shemot) Further articles to read…
…– measure for measure – that just as Aaron made space for his younger brother to lead, so the Torah makes space for Aaron to lead. That is why Aaron is the hero of Tetzaveh: for once, not overshadowed by Moses… The story of Aaron and Moses, the fifth act in the biblical drama of brotherhood, is where, finally, fraternity…
…of the Torah that cries out for explanation. The first thing that strikes us is the sheer length of the account: one third of the book of Shemot, five parshiyot – Terumah, Tetzaveh, half of Ki Tissa, Vayakhel and Pekudei, interrupted only by the story of the Golden Calf. This becomes even more perplexing when we compare it with another…
…performances by Ishay Ribo. Please click “watch on YouTube”, above, if the video does not load from the player here. Keter Melucha A Royal Crown בֵּין תְּרוּמָה לְתְּצַוֶּה Between Terumah and Tetzaveh יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת קְצָת מְשֻׁנֶּה A somewhat strange birthday הַכֹּל רָגִיל כָּאן לִכְאוֹרָה Everything seems normal here בָּמָה קָהָל וְאַהֲבָה Stage, crowd, and love בֵּין תְּצַוֶּה לְכִּי…
There are lives that are lessons. The late Henry Knobil’s was one. He was born in Vienna in 1932. His father had come there in the 1920s to escape the rising tide of antisemitism in Poland, but like Jacob fleeing from Esau to Laban, he found that he had fled one danger only to arrive at another. After the Anschluss…
QUOTES Chiefly Quotes: A collection of quotes from Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l The Rabbi Sacks Legacy is delighted to share ‘Chiefly Quotes’, an inspirational PDF collection of 1600 quotes collated by Rabbi Johnny Solomon through his research of Rabbi Sacks’ canon of written work, and then arranged by theme. You can also find our growing bank of Rabbi Sacks…
Why is the Torah so specific and emphatic, in this week’s parsha, about the clothes to be worn by the Cohen and the Cohen Gadol? “These are the vestments that they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a knitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. Make them as sacred vestments for Aaron and his sons so that they…
…book of Shemot and spans five parshiyot (Terumah, Tetzaveh, half of Ki Tissa, Vayakhel, and Pekudei). It is interrupted only by the story of the Golden Calf. Why is it so long, and so detailed? In Bereishit, God’s creation of the entire universe is described in just thirty-four verses. Why focus on the Mishkan, which was just a temporary structure…
Creation: Where Did We Come From? Transcript Jodie Cohen: Good evening Chief Rabbi, ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the third in the Chief Rabbi’s lecture series on Faith. My name is Jodie Cohen and I have been asked to chair this evening’s proceedings. The subject for this evening’s discussion is “Creation – Where did we come from?” Following the…