…need that shock to help them change their lives. VAYAKHEL & PEKUDEI: The highest achievement is not self-expression but self-limitation: making space for something other and different from us. FROM THE BOOK OF VAYIKRA: VAYIKRA: For each of us God has a task. Discerning that task, hearing God’s call, is what gives a life meaning and purpose. TZAV: The more…
…shadow of God.” Art is the shadow cast by the radiance of God that suffuses all things: “The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil.” God’s Shadow, Covenant & Conversation, Vayakhel 5771 Around the Shabbat Table Why is Judaism wary of the values represented by clothing? How can the Mishkan…
The sequence of parsiyhot that begins with Terumah, and continues Tetzaveh, Ki Tissa, Vayakhel and Pekudei, is puzzling in many ways. First, it outlines the construction of the Tabernacle (Mishkan), the portable House of Worship the Israelites built and carried with them through the desert, in exhaustive and exhausting detail. The narrative takes almost the whole of the last third…
…revolutionary: the supreme power intervenes in history in defence of the powerless. Shemot Vaera Bo Beshallach Yitro Mishpatim Terumah Tetzaveh Ki Tissa Vayakhel Pekudei Vayikra (Leviticus) In Vayikra, the book of Leviticus, God sets out the mystery and majesty of holiness, summoning the people with whom He covenanted to a life driven by its energy, lit by its radiance, transformed…
…to make a unique contribution and then feel that it has been valued. Each must be able to say with pride: I helped make this. That is what Moses understood and did. He knew: if you want to build a team, create a team that builds. Vayakhel: Team Building If leaders are to bring out the best in those they…
…give me a lollipop.” The room immediately relaxed as Sacks began to explore his main passion, and something he hadn’t yet spoken of at much length during this visit – the deeper messages hidden in the stories of the Torah. The week’s portion was Vayakhel. On the surface, the text speaks in detail about the Israelites’ construction of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle,…
…for Personnel and Development (FCIPD). In 2020, Nicky participated in the first UK cohort of The Growth Project, a leadership programme for charity and business leaders. Nicky Goldman is the Chief Executive of the Jewish Volunteering Network in the UK. < Back to The Sacks Scholars More from Nicky Goldman Covenant & Conversation Family Edition for Vayakhel-Pekudei featuring Nicky Goldman…
…teachings, and wisdom. Taking place at South Hampstead Synagogue, the eighteen ambitious young professionals who are participating in this LSJS programme inspired by the late Chief Rabbi gathered together for the inaugural Shabbaton on parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei, 17-18 March, a week in the Torah cycle where Rabbi Sacks famously taught about the importance of community and the value of coming together…
Parshat Pekudei is also known as “The Accountant’s Parsha”, because it begins with the audited accounts of the money and materials donated to the Mishkan (Sanctuary). It is the Torah’s way of teaching us the need for financial transparency. But beneath the sometimes dry surface lie two extraordinary stories, one told in last week’s parsha (Vayakhel), the other the week…