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Terumah 5767 - February 23, 2007

The Jewish Idea of Joy

What is happiness? How does it work? Why is it it so important to our spiritual and physical well-being? Sixteen insights, stories, personal voices, meditations, readings and recordings on joy
Parshah
Terumah in a Nutshell
The Jews are commanded to gather materials for the building of the Tabernacle. Moses is given specific directions for its construction; it must be easy to dismantle and reassemble. The ark, the showbread table and the menorah, the tapestries, beam structure, etc., are described in detail.
Story
The Chase

"I've been running away from greatness all my life," the man insisted, "yet greatness is not running after me!"
A Life-Changing Purim

There I was again, in the familiar corridor at the Bikur Cholim hospital in Jerusalem. But this time I had two healthy children at home, which gave me hope that maybe, just maybe, there would be good news...
Parenting
The Self-Made Child

My daughter is always complaining that “all the other mothers” always do their children’s projects and homework for them . . .
They shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and I shall dwell amidst them.
— Exodus 25:8
Print Magazine

For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.

And your soul, from the time it was first emanated and conceived, waited above to descend to this world and carry out that mission.

And your footsteps were guided to reach th...