parshat Trumah
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Do I Deserve It? The mindset is that the State of Israel is a kind of "service provider" and the citizen is the customer. Once this is the way of thinking, it is also clear what "I deserve", and woe betide those who will not give it to me.
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Two faces of relationship
They are two "faces", or view points to the Cherubim, a baby face who is completely dependent on his mother, and a couple with a great affection between them. -
Change our nature
The Torah recognizes that what is mine is mine and what is yours is yours and yet it points out that this seemingly logical balanced view eventually leads down the slippery slope of Sodomite behavior. One must therefore train one’s self in the art of giving and donating one’s wealth to others. -
Levels of Faith
The pegs holding down the covering of the Mishkan teach us an important lesson it the levels of faith we should expect our children to gain.
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