Shalom JTF members,
I am sorry that I did not start this thread earlier... I have been busy with all kinds of personal business this week and also have been battling a cold/flu which (Baruch Hashem) I am almost completely over...
This week is a portion which some years are read as two seperate portions, Vayakel and Pekudie. This year they are read together.
Most of the portion discusses the completion of the building of the Mishkan (tabernacle) and the creation of the clothing for the Kohen...
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2843/jewish/Vayakhel-Pekudei-in-a-Nutshell.htm
Moses assembles the people of Israel and reiterates to them the commandment to observe the Shabbat. He then conveys G‑d’s instructions regarding the making of the Mishkan (Tabernacle). The people donate the required materials in abundance, bringing gold, silver and copper; blue-, purple- and red-dyed wool; goat hair, spun linen, animal skins, wood, olive oil, herbs and precious stones. Moses has to tell them to stop giving.
A team of wise-hearted artisans make the Mishkan and its furnishings (as detailed in the previous Torah readings of Terumah, Tetzaveh and Ki Tisa): three layers of roof coverings; 48 gold-plated wall panels, and 100 silver foundation sockets; the parochet (veil) that separates between the Sanctuary’s two chambers, and the masach (screen) that fronts it; the Ark and its cover with the Cherubim; the table and its showbread; the seven-branched menorah with its specially prepared oil; the golden altar and the incense burned on it; the anointing oil; the outdoor altar for burnt offerings and all its implements; the hangings, posts and foundation sockets for the courtyard; and the basin and its pedestal, made out of copper mirrors.
An accounting is made of the gold, silver and copper donated by the people for the making of the Mishkan. Betzalel, Aholiav and their assistants make the eight priestly garments—the ephod, breastplate, cloak, crown, turban, tunic, sash and breeches—according to the specifications communicated to Moses in the Parshah of Tetzaveh.
The Mishkan is completed and all its components are brought to Moses, who erects it and anoints it with the holy anointing oil, and initiates Aaron and his four sons into the priesthood. A cloud appears over the Mishkan, signifying the divine presence that has come to dwell within it.
Here is Rabbi Chaim Richmans latest video on this weeks portion:
Rabbi Machlis in Jerusalem on the parsha:
Topic: Video Study for Parsha Vayakel-Pekudie (Read 2571 times)