The term pikudei means accounts or recordings as in the opening verse of the Torah reading Pikudei (Exodus 38, 21) - “These are the accounts of the tabernacle”. The Tabernacle…
The Torah reading of Vayakel concerns the building of the Tabernacle, which is a portable tent like structure that is seen as the dwelling place of the presence of God,…
As part of the story of the golden calf (after the making of the calf), Moses makes two requests of God - "make known to me Your way, that I…
The Torah reading of Tetzaveh is the only Torah reading since the beginning of the Book of Exodus, when the story of Moses begins, until the end of the Torah…
The Tabernacle occupies a central position in the Torah (the 5 Books of Moses), and is the center of ritual and sacrificial worship of the Israelites in their wanderings in…
The Tabernacle, which in Hebrew (משכן) literally means dwelling is a portable tent like structure that is seen as the dwelling place of the presence of God. In the command…
The Torah reading of Mishpatim contains commandments that in the plain meaning of Scripture are given on Mount Sinai together with the tablets containing the ten statements (and, the Biblical…
The opening verse of the Torah reading Mishpatim is “And these are the ordinances which you shall set before them” - and, Rashi, the great Biblical commentator of the Jewish…
There is a parallel relationship between two great stories that stand out in the Hebrew Bible - the story of the binding of Isaac and the story of the great…
In the Torah reading of Yitro is the story of the revelation of the tablets on Sinai and the ten statements - and, the Biblical term is ten statements and…