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    Vayakhel

    Oh how much do I love Your Torah

    Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 28 Adar 1 5784
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    Vayakhel

    Israel's Special Need For Unity

    ...This week's Torah portion of Vayakhel describes how the various artisans executed the different activities necessary for the construction of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and the special furniture it held. These include, of course, the Menorah, Holy Ark, table, and altars. Something interesting stands out in this account, however. When the Holy Ark was fashioned, the Torah emphasizes that it was Betzalel ben Uri ben Hur who did it - but regarding the other items, the Torah simply says, "He made," over and over. Why does the Torah not seem to "care" who exactly made the other vessels?

    Rabbi Dov Lior | Adar 24 5782
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    Vayakhel

    The Social Animal

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Adar 5783
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    Vayakhel

    What Was the Point of the Mechonot?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Adar 5783
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    Vayakhel

    The Great Cottage Cheese Controversy

    This week’s parsha includes one of the places where the Torah teaches about mixing milk and meat together

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
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    Vayakhel

    The Mishkan

    Rabbi Berel Wein | Adar 5783
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    2 min
    Vayakhel

    What links the size of the world and the size of the tabernacle?

    Why was the temple built by Solomon larger than the Tabernacle in the desert? What was the Second Holy Temple's effect on the world? And what can we expect in the future?

    Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu | Adar I 23 5782
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    Vayakhel

    More Than the Jews Have Preserved Shabbat...

    There is, perhaps, no more striking a mark of absolute Jewish identity that exists in our society than that of observing, sanctifying, and enjoying the Sabbath day.

    Rabbi Berel Wein | Adar I 24 5782
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    Vayakhel

    The Spirit of Community

    What do you do when your people have just made a Golden Calf? How do you restore moral order? The answer lies in the first word of today’s parsha: Vayakhel.

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Adar I 23 5782
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    Terumah

    Whatever Happened to the Mishkan?

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar I 21 5782
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    Vayakhel

    I Got Plenty of Nuthin’…

    Why should the women be rewarded for holding on to their rings & bracelets & necklaces?! It’s only natural that they should want to keep them!

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar I 21 5782
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    Parashat Hashavua

    “I Shall Dwell in the Midst of Bnei Yisrael” – part II

    What is the correlation between the intensity of the Divine Presence and the ability of people to prophesy? How does the dwelling of the Divine Presence cause an increase in prophecy?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Adar I 21 5782
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    Vayakhel

    How is Living in the Diaspora Idolatry?

    Israel National Torah

    examining the two rectifications of idolatry: Shabbat and the Land of Israel.

    Baruch Gordon | Adar 27 5781
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    Vayakhel

    Celebrate

    If leaders are to bring out the best in those they lead, they must give them the chance to show they are capable of great things, and then they must celebrate their achievements.

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Adar 27 5781
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    Vayakhel

    What Was the Mysterious "Tachash" Used in the Mishkan?

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar 27 5781
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    2 min
    Vayakhel

    The Ultimate Labor Saver

    Man has always dreamed about a robot that would do everything for him. But the ultimate labor saver has been around for more than three thousand years.

    Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair | Adar 25 5781
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    Vayakhel

    The Great People Who Could

    It would have been wise for the Egyptians,to have developed some of our forefathers into fine craftsmen who could have contributed to society. This would have come in handy for us, especially when we had the necessity to build the Mishkan. I Yet, I am unaware of statements of Chazal that speak of the artisans of the Mishkan having such training, and the p’sukim imply the opposite.

    Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar 23 5781
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    3 min
    Vayakhel

    Living In Diaspora is Idolatry

    Beyond the 4 Amot

    The Parasha opens with the command to refrain from working on Shabbat. There is a story where Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was against his students leaving Israel in order to work.

    Baruch Gordon | Adar 27 5780
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    Vayakhel

    What’s New, You Ask?!

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar 22 5780
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    Parashat Hashavua

    More on the Revelation of Divine Presence

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Adar 21 5780
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