All posts in: Book of Shemos
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3 years agoWe all need to be accountants – Pekudei
אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן. . . These are the accountings of the Mishkan. . . (38:21) This verse, writes Rav Moshe Feinstein, teaches ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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3 years agoPekudei – Gaining Clarity
Parshas Pikudei, the last Parsha in Sefer Shemos, ends with us saying “Chazak”. This is similar to finishing a Mesechta, so I want to share a thought ..
Written by Rabbi Shmuel Gluck
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3 years agoWords to the Wise: Spiritual Compartmentalization
Pekudei: Spiritual Compartmentalization Compartmentalizing our emotions is an important psychological tool. It allows us to set aside emotional distress so that ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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3 years agoWhen Times Are Tough – Pekudei Haftarah
“And it was when the Kohanim left the Kodesh … the Cloud covered the House of Hashem and the Kohanim were unable to stand to serve … then Shlomoh said ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoWhat is there to think about? Vayakhel
And Moshe said to the Children of Israel, “See, Hashem has called by name Betzalel, son of Uri, son of Chor, from the Tribe of Yehudah. He imbued him with a Godly ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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3 years agoWay out , Pray out 2022 [Book of Shemot]
Way Out, Pray out. Rabbi Daniel Leeman ‘Shemos’, the second of the five books of the Torah, is ‘the book of exile and redemption’. In the book of Shemos ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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3 years agoVAYAKHEL – LEARNING ON SHABBOS
Shemos, 35:1-2: “And Moshe gathered all the assembly of the Children of Israel, and he said to them, ‘these are the matters that HaShem commanded, to do them. ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
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3 years agoThe Urge to Create – Parshas Vayakhel
The Akeida talks about the human urge to create and what people should do with that urge. He writes that since people weren’t created to do nothing (rather to achieve), ..
Written by Rabbi Shmuel Gluck
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3 years agoTo Do or Not to Do – Vayakhel
“ … these are the things that Hashem commanded to do them” (ibid.). Why, asks the Or ha’Chayim, does the Torah find it necessary to add the words “to ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoUnity – Parshas Ki Sisa
זֶה יִתְּנוּ כָּל הָעבֵר עַל הַפְּקֻדִים מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקּדֶשׁ This they should ..
Written by Rabbi Moishe Kormornick
