From the Rebbe's Talks

Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Terumah.

Our Sages point out that there were “three types of offerings (terumos) mentioned: the offering for the sockets that held the boards of the Sanctuary, the offering of the shekalim [the coins used to purchase the communal sacrifices,] and the offerings [of the materials with which] the Sanctuary [was constructed].” A deeper look into these three types of service.

G‑d commanded the Jews to build a Sanctuary for Him using boards made of cedar wood as walls. How would the Jews get enough cedarwood in the desert to fulfill this instruction?