Archive for February, 2005

 Over three thousand years ago, there was a gathering of the Jewish people to study Torah. This week’s Torah portion, Vayakhel, opens with the words: “And Moses gathered all the congregation of the people of Israel together and said to them, These are the words which the Lord has commanded, that you should do them.”...
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“And He called to Moses, and the Lord spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting.” …Leviticus 1:1 “And He called to Moses.” Rashi, the most famous of all Biblical commentators, tells us that vayikra, He called, is a phrase indicating affection, in this case God’s affection for Moses. It is the kind...
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“This is the accounting of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Pact”…Exodus 38:21 This week’s Torah portion begins with an accounting of the gold, silver, copper and other valuable things that were used in constructing the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, which represented God’s presence among the people of Israel. Like any good leader, Moses knew...
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