Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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Like many other passages in the description of the making of the Mishkan, the completion of the building echoes a line from the creation narrative: “God...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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One of the most mysterious subjects in the Torah concerns Moshe's family. There is nothing strange about the fact that the text talks about this great...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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The lack of symmetry between the text's portrayal of God's commands pertaining to the Mishkan and Moshe's fulfilment of those commands hints to a message...
Dr. Brachi Elitzur
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In this article we shall try to review testimonies concerning the attitude towards the building of the Mishkan and the Temple, and the Divine service...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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Why is the fulfillment of God's command for sanctifying the Kohanim not described in its entirety within Sefer Shemot, and rather waits until the seven...
Sharón Rimón
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The phrases “nediv lev” and “chakham lev” repeat continuously throughout the description of the construction of the Mishkan in Parshat Vayakhel. An...
Rabbi Gad Eldad
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Parshat Ki-Tisa begins with the description of a census of Bnei Yisrael, which was carried out by means of the half-shekel. Up until now, the subject has...
Dr. Brachi Elitzur
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The discussion in rabbinical literature of Aharon's role in the sin of the golden calf, familiar to us from Rashi's commentary, is characterized by a...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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Twice in our Parshat Ki-Tisa, Moshe descends from Mount Sinai: he brings down the first set of tablets prior to the sin of the Golden Calf and then the...
Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
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Parshat Ki-Tisa opens with the subject of the half-shekel. What are Bnei Yisrael being commanded to do here? What is the purpose of giving a half-shekel?...
