Parsha: Terumah

Terumah (5774) – The Home We Build Together

28th January 2014

The sequence of parshiyot, Terumah, Tetzaveh, Ki Tissa, Vayakhel and Pekudei, is puzzling in many ways. First, it outlines the … Read more

12th February 2013

As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we begin the massive shift from the intense drama of … Read more

25th February 2012

From here to the end of the book of Exodus the Torah describes, in painstaking detail and great length, the … Read more

5th February 2011

As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we begin the massive shift from the intense drama of … Read more

20th February 2010

This week’s sedra and those that follow it to the end of the book of Exodus, describe the great collective … Read more

28th February 2009

The sedra of Terumah describes the construction of the tabernacle, the first collective house of worship in the history of … Read more

9th February 2008

As I have stressed many times in these studies, the Torah was meant to be listened to, not read. The … Read more

24th February 2007

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