Terumah 5769 - February 27, 2009 |
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Does G-d Like Playing Games With Us?
By Chana Weisberg
I try to follow the rules of the game. I need to teach her how to graciously accept a setback. But with each roll of the dice, I am inwardly holding my breath, secretly longing for her victory. |
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Impeccable Logic
By Elisha Greenbaum
"I accept that my business failure is punishment for deserting you," he cried to Reb Zushe, "but why? What was wrong with my logic?" |
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A Wave of Light
By Bronya Shaffer
"I had a bad feeling," he tells me, "I saw in their eyes the sudden realization: this is real. This is thighs shattered, limbs detached...this is war." |
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No Comparisons Please
By Sara Chana Radcliffe
There is a human tendency to look around and see what's better. So it's perfectly understandable that we look at other's marriages or spouses and compare them to our own. |
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Is That J-Lo Style?
by Linda Korn
The hats and scarves have led to many great discussions with Jews and non-Jews alike and many admire me for the choice. But the all time greatest head covering moment, and the moment that KosherCool was born, took place in the elevator at Time Warner... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Fifteen materials - including gold, silver, copper, wood, wool, animal skins and gemstones - are forged into a "dwelling for G‑d" and a "Tent of Meeting" of Heaven and earth |
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Sinai or Sanctuary?
By Yossy Goldman
To put it simply: are we waiting for G‑d or is G‑d waiting for us? Who makes the next move? |
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The Wood of Folly
By Tali Loewenthal
The acacia wood of which the Sanctuary was made has in Hebrew a strange name -- it can be translated as "the wood of folly." |
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Why Gold?
By Shimon Posner
Considering that gold has virtually no practical use, why is it so treasured? And why did G-d command us to use it in the construction of the Tabernacle? |
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Lighting up the Table
By Naftali Silberberg
The menorah symbolizes our spiritual needs and the Table is a metaphor for our material needs. But there is a connection between the two... |
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Is G‑d Talking to Me?
By Baruch Epstein
G‑d is everywhere, who could keep Him out? The more pertinent question is where does G‑d make Himself "at home"? More germane to us: Is it up to us where He dwells? |
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The Glory of the Single-Minded Person
By Yanki Tauber
Single-minded people aren't much fun. We wouldn't want to be like them -- well, maybe just a little bit... |
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The Anatomy of a Dwelling
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
13 chapters are filled with the details of the Sanctuary's construction, from the dimensions of its pillars to the colors of its tapestries. In contrast, the Torah devotes one chapter to its account of the creation and three chapters to the revelation at Mount Sinai... |
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Rabbi David B. Hollander, Defender of Jewish Faith and Practice, Passes Away
By Dovid Zaklikowski
Rabbi David B. Hollander, a longtime orator who worked tirelessly to defend Jewish faith and practice, passed away at the age of 96 last month, having never retired from the pulpit. |
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