Role of the Mishkan

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1. The Mishkan and the Nazir (audio)

   Prof. Jonathan Grossman | 17 minutes

   This shiur explores the role of the mishkan in the journey of the people and looks at how Naso presents a new perspective on the dedication of the Tabernacle. Instead of involving only the Kohanim and Leviim, the laws in Naso demonstrate that the individual's spiritual world is strongly connected to the mishkan.

2. Structure and Meaning of Sefer Shemot

   Dr. Yael Ziegler | 36 minutes

   This shiur looks at some of the broader themes in Sefer Shemot, the story of Bnei Yisrael’s development into a nation. Why was the nation created? What was the purpose of the idea of a nation with a special relationship with God? The Book of Shemot can be divided into three broad sections, but how do the stories between the Song at the Sea and Mount Sinai fit into these categories? We return to some of the motifs in the first section of Shemot in order to answer our questions.

   The story of Yitro serves as Shemot’s finale to the universalist goal of the Exodus story—that Egypt will recognize God. The rest of Shemot – the Giving of the Torah and the setting up of the Mishkan – begins to fulfill the other goal of the Exodus story: helping the People of Israel cultivate their own recognition of and relationship with God.

3. The Mishkan was Built from Voluntary Donations

   Rabbi Ezra Bick | 11 minutes

   The first verse in Parashat Teruma indicates that the Mishkan was built from voluntary donations. The ambiguity in the phrasing allows us to ask about the instructions: are you giving your heart, or is your heart giving you?

   What is being given is generosity, and that is what the Mishkan is really made out of: aside from the physical materials, the real substance is the will of the giver-- appropriate for a place where people come to bring offerings to God. 

    

4. “Let Them Make Themselves a Sanctuary, That I Might Dwell in its Midst”

   Rabbi Gad Eldad

   One of the most conspicuous examples of repetition in the Torah is found in the section devoted to the Mishkan. Following the detailed list of commands in the Parashot of Teruma and Tetzaveh, instead of simply noting, “And the people did as Moshe had commanded,” we find all the details of the construction repeated over again. In this article, we will examine the sin of the golden calf, which is recorded in between the commands concerning the Mishkan and their fulfillment, and its results and ramifications, with a view to explaining this phenomenon.

5. Tetzaveh - Mishkan, Aharon, and the Sin of the Golden Calf

   Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell | 20 minutes

   Parashat Tetzaveh offers us a vantage point onto the place of sin in our reality.  There is a well-known debate between Rashi and Ramban about the placement of Tetzaveh vis a vis the Sin of the Golden Calf. Was the command to build the Mishkan given before the Sin of the Golden Calf as a way to continue the experience of the Revelation at Sinai, or was it a way to facilitate an atonement process after the Sin of the Golden Calf?

   We look at the implications to gain insight into the function and role of the mishkan according to each view – how does each deal with possibility of sin,  and failure? And where does Aharon fit in with all of this?

6. Terumah: Is There a Face Hiding in the Tabernacle?

   Rabbi David Fohrman |

   In Parshat Terumah, we are given explicit details about how to build the mishkan, the Tabernacle that traveled with the nation of Israel through the wilderness. In this video, Rabbi Fohrman suggests that the mishkan might represent a hidden 'face' - and asks us to think about who we really are, our physical bodies, or the souls that lies behind them?

    

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7. Parshat Vayikra Part 1: Introduction to Sefer Vayikra

   Shani Taragin | 25 minutes

   This podcast presents an introduction to Sefer Vayikra, allowing us to appreciate this sefer based on both its unique content as well as its context and juxtaposition to the previous sefarim. An analysis of the verses in both Vayikra and Shemot allow us to understand the role of Sefer Vayikra as a model of the relationship between the people and God through the Mishkan, and learning to live in the presence of God both within and outside of the Mishkan. We also discuss the differences in the order of korbanot listing between parshiot Vayikra and Tzav, and what may account for those discrepancies.

   Courtesy of www.tanachstudy.com

8. Veno’adeti – And I will meet with you

   Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky

9. As the LORD had commanded Moshe

   Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky