Every component of the Mishkan is iconic. Each article symbolizes a different aspect of religious experience. From the materials to the fabrics, from the dimensions
Parashat Teruma The charge given to B’nai Yisrael in this week’s parsha, i.e., to raise funds for the construction of a center of religious worship,
She returned from the cemetery on Friday afternoon, Erev Sukkot, just before sundown, after bidding him a final farewell. She took off her shoes and
When the foundation of the famed Volozhin Yeshiva was being poured, Rav Chaim Volozhin, the founder and rosh yeshiva, stood there saying Tehillim for hours,
“Tevyeh der Milchiker” is the beloved fictional protagonist series of short stories by Sholem Aleichem, including the most well known of them, “Fiddler on the
Part II כָּל מַה שֶּׁבָּרָא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּעוֹלָמוֹ, לֹא בְרָאוֹ אֶלָּא לִכְבוֹדוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה מג), כֹּל הַנִּקְרָא בִשְׁמִי וְלִכְבוֹדִי בְּרָאתִיו יְצַרְתִּיו אַף עֲשִׂיתִיו, וְאוֹמֵר
Judaism is a monotheistic religion. As Devarim 4:35 tells us, Hashem is God, and there is none beside Him. We shouldn’t mentally invest other entities
One night just before Tu b’Shevat, our five-year-old son Gavriel asked for an apple. My wife cut up the apple into pieces for him to
In Parshat Terumah, Hashem gave Moshe instructions to tell Bnei Yisrael that they may donate items in order to build Him a place to dwell.
In the first seven pesukim of parshat Terumah, there are either things missing or things that do not belong. The parsha begins by identifying items
Parshat Terumah begins with the mitzvah of asking each person to give a portion. Rashi translates this as requiring each person to set aside a
הוּא (רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא) הָיָה אוֹמֵר… חֲבִיבִין יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנִּקְרְאוּ בָנִים לַמָּקוֹם. חִבָּה יְתֵרָה נוֹדַעַת לָהֶם שֶׁנִּקְרְאוּ בָנִים לַמָּקוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יד) בָּנִים אַתֶּם לַה’ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (אבות
