Rabbi Gad Eldad
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The command concerning the menorah in Parshat Teruma seems to be out of place, and linguistically difficult. The command is addressed throughout in the...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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From Parshat Teruma to the end of the book of Exodus the Torah describes, in painstaking detail and great length, the construction of the Mishkan, the...
Rabbi Meir Spiegelman
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What is the goal of the Mishkan? An analysis of the text suggests that the Mishkan’s purpose is twofold: the Mishkan represents a permanent continuation...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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What is the purpose of the Ark of the Covenant? Through a textual analysis in Parshat Teruma, it is clear that the Ark (containing the Tablets of...
Rabbi Gad Eldad
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We find a number of variable terms in the legal presentation of the laws of the Torah. Sometimes the command is addressed in the second person; at other...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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In Parshat Yitro there were the Aseret Hadibrot, the “ten utterances” or general principles. Now in Parshat Mishpatim come the details. They begin by...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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Parshat Mishpatim takes us through a bewildering transition. Until now in Shemot we have been carried along by the sweep and drama of the narrative: the...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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One of the most famous phrases in the Torah makes its appearance in this week’s parsha. It has often been used to characterise Jewish faith as a whole. It...
Rabbi David Sabato
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In our previous study-guide we learned the first two prophecies in Sefer Malachi. We will now complete the remaining four prophecies in the book. These...
Rabbi David Sabato
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Malachi is the last of the prophets of the Second Temple, and he ends the sequence of prophecy in the Tanakh. His time period is not mentioned explicitly...
