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BS”DVolume 39, No. 2329 Adar 5785March 29, 2025 Sponsored by Gilla and Harold Saltzman in memory of his father Yosef Noach ben Yitzchak Isaac a”h Mrs. Elaine Taragin, on the yahrzeit of her father-in-law Asriel Taragin a”h In this week’s Parashah, Moshe Rabbeinu gives an accounting of the donations that Bnei Yisrael gave toward the…

IT IS INTERESTING that accounting should be a part of Torah. Torah is the word of God, our instructions for living. It is so holy that if a Torah falls to the ground, God forbid, the congregation has to fast. It has seventy “faces” and four levels of Pardes built into it. What does accounting…

In Parshas Vayakhel, all of the vessels of the mishkan and the mishkan itself are fashioned. Pekudei, completes the Sefer of Shemos. Pekudei, meaning counting, refers to the calculation and the accounting done by Moshe for all the materials gathered. The parsha and sefer conclude with the Holy Shechinah, the Presence of Hashem, filling the…

Melachim I 7:51–8:21 Attributing Credit to its Rightful Source This week’s Haftarah recounts the ecstatic moment when Shlomo Hamelech completed the construction of the Bais Hamikdash. He gathered the prominent members of the Jewish nation and ordered the transport of the sacred ark from its temporary location to its permanent home. The ark was brought…

“…These are the things that Hashem commanded, to do them”(35:1) Moshe assembles the entire nation and charges them with the thirty-nine categories of labor prohibited on the Shabbos day. From the words that introduce the commandment to observe the Shabbos, “eileh hadevarim asher tziva Hashem” – “these are the things Hashem commanded”, the Talmud derives…

Posted on March 25, 2025 (5785) By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky | Series: Drasha | Level: Beginner In the final Torah portion that details the completion of the Mishkan, an expression that describes the accomplishment is repeated over and over. In fact, the descriptive assertion is repeated no less than eighteen times! After the Torah details…

Posted on March 25, 2025 (5785) By Rabbi Naftali Reich | Series: Legacy | Level: Beginner If we were to count up all the verses in the Torah that describe the construction of the Mishkan in minute detail, beginning with Parashas Terumah and culminating with this week’s Torah portion, the number would reach into the…

A person should always accustom himself to keeping silent (lit., ‘should increase his silence’). He should speak only of matters of wisdom or matters pertaining to his living needs. It was said regarding [the Talmudic scholar] Rav, the student of our holy teacher (R. Yehuda haNasi), that he never engaged in idle chatter his entire…

Moshe called the whole community of the Children of Israel to assemble, and he said to them: “These are the things that HASHEM commanded to make. Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have sanctity, a day of complete rest to HASHEM; whoever performs work shall be put to…

When it comes to Mishnah or Gemora, there is no disagreement in the Torah world regarding their universal importance. Mishnah is the basis of Torah law, and the Gemora explains how to implement it. Kabbalah is a very different story. Some hold that it is essential to learn Sod (secrets of Torah), others, that it…