Terumah (5774) – The Home We Build Together
The sequence of parshiyot, Terumah, Tetzaveh, Ki Tissa, Vayakhel and Pekudei, is puzzling in many ways. First, it outlines the … Read more
The sequence of parshiyot, Terumah, Tetzaveh, Ki Tissa, Vayakhel and Pekudei, is puzzling in many ways. First, it outlines the … Read more
As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we begin the massive shift from the intense drama of … Read more
From here to the end of the book of Exodus the Torah describes, in painstaking detail and great length, the … Read more
As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we begin the massive shift from the intense drama of … Read more
This week’s sedra and those that follow it to the end of the book of Exodus, describe the great collective … Read more
The sedra of Terumah describes the construction of the tabernacle, the first collective house of worship in the history of … Read more
As I have stressed many times in these studies, the Torah was meant to be listened to, not read. The … Read more
The Torah describes two acts of creation: G-d’s creation of the universe, and the Israelites’ creation of the mikdash or mishkan, … Read more