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7 years ago
Korban – lost in translation
Rav Shimshon Refoel Hirsch comments that, as with many Torah words we have translated into other languages, the word korban has fallen prey to a nefarious mistranslation. ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
What does the Mishkan testify about? (and a short idea about the shekalim)
1)Witnesses of the Lord The opening pasuk of Pekudei refers to the Mishkan as Mishkan ha’eidus – literally ‘the Mishkan of testimony/witness. What exactly ..
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7 years ago
Limited Minds!
Nature dictates that children look somewhat like their parents, fruits look like other similar fruits, and animals act in predictable ways. But if that were always ..
Written by Rafi Jager
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7 years ago
2 ideas about Shabbos
1)Fire! The Zohar has a novel understanding/reading of the third pasuk in Vayakhel. The pasuk reads (35:3) ‘do not ignite a fire in your dwellings on the day of Shabbos. ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
corrected half-shekel vort
Half perfect (/are Jews that stingy that they can’t afford a whole shekel?!) As the start of our sedra tells us, the (male) members of Bnei Yisrael were to give ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Why only half a shekel?
Half perfect (/are Jews that stingy that they can’t afford a whole shekel?!) As the start of our sedra tells us, the (male) members of Bnei Yisrael were to give ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Why not get a better builder?
In the opening of perek 31, HaShem tells Moshe that He has called (up) Betzalel from the tribe of Yehudah and has filled Betzalel with a Divine spirit to be able ..
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7 years ago
How does the me’il atone for lashon hara?
One of the clothes of the kohen gadol mentioned in our sedra is the me’il (28:4). The gemarra (Erchin 16a) tells us that the me’il atones for lashon hara, for ‘HaShem ..
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7 years ago
You, yes you!
The first words in our sedra are instructions from HaShem to Moshe ‘and you, command Bnei Yisrael…’ But Moshe has been conveying instructions regarding the Mishkan ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Glean Machine
Here’s one for the secret amateur grammarians out there. The pasuk (25:31) calls the Menorah a menoras zahav – a golden Menorah. The words the pasuk uses ..
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