The Path to Building the Third Temple In Parshat Pekudei (40:17) we read about the Mishkan being set up: It was in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the Mishkan was set up. In Shmot Raba 52:4, we learn that when the Mishkan was...
Parshat Pekudei (Shmot 38:21-22) opens with the words:These are the records of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of Testimony, which were drawn up at Moshe’s bidding—the work of the Levites under the direction of Itamar son of Aaron the priest. Now...
Parshat Pekudei, the last Parsha in the Book of Shmot is very moving. After reading about all of the contributions that B’nai Yisrael made to the Mishkan (Tabernacle), it is finally completed and ready to be dedicated on the First of Nisan. The Haftarah...
In Parshat Pekudei, we read that the copper which was donated to the Mishkan (Tabernacle) amounted to seventy talents and 2,400 shekels. This copper was used for the sockets for the door of Ohel Moed (Tent of Meeting), the copper alter and its copper grating.Shmot...
Sponsored by Sharona and Josh Halickman in Honor of Aaron Rosenberg’s Bar MitzvahIn Parshat Pekudei, Shmot 39:32 we read: “Thus was completed the work of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) of Ohel Moed (the Tent of Meeting). B’nei Yisrael did everything...
The Book of Shmot concludes with the subject of the completion of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) when the Glory of God filled it continuously. According to Ramban, in his Introduction to the Book of Shmot, the entire Book of Shmot is dedicated to the Egyptian...
Over the past few parshiot we have been reading about B’nai Yisrael’s contributions to the Mishkan. While teaching this topic over the last few weeks, I have been asked over and over again: “How did B’nai Yisrael, in the middle of the...
As the Mishkan is being dedicated, we must take note of the fact that all of B’nai Yisrael made contributions to help build it. When the Torah was given and the covenant was made, Dvarim 29:9-10, all were included, not just the wealthiest...
Parshat Pekudei (Shmot 38:21) begins with the words:These are the accounts of the Mishkan (Tabernacle), the Mishkan of Testimony that were drawn up by Moshe’s order...Midrash Tanchuma Pekudei 7 asks the question: Why did Moshe render account? God trusted him...
Sponsored by Adam Burnat in memory of my Grandmothers Enah Sheyna Bat Miriam and Esther Gitel Bat Chaya. The beginning of the first pasuk of Parshat Pekudei seems repetitive (Shmot 38:21) “These are the accounts of the mishkan (hamishkan), mishkan of...