Parshah (Weekly Torah Reading)

I Kings 7:13-26. This week's haftorah describes the construction of several components of the Holy Temple by the wise craftsman Hiram of Tyre, paralleling the Torah portion which describes the construction of the Tabernacle by the wise Bezalel and his cre...

Should they have donated more?

Most years, the Torah portions of Vayakhel and Pekudei are combined and read in the same week. In a Jewish leap year like the current one, however, they are read separately, each assigned its own week. The Rebbe often expounded upon the significance of th...

Neither family background nor social status influence G‑d.

The Mishkan has two distinct elements that reflect the two distinct ways in which we connect to G-d. (Based on Likkutei Sichos vol. 16 Vayakhel)

Introduction The sichah that follows is in many ways an archetype for the Rebbe’s approach to the study of Rashi’s commentary. Fundamental to this approach is that Rashi did not merely collect and present commentaries from our Sages on Scripture. Instead,...

Introduction Why does the Torah repeat all the details of the construction of the Sanctuary in Parshas Vayakhel and Parshas Pekudei? How to construct the Sanctuary and all its particulars was already specified in Parshas Terumah and Parshas Tetzaveh, so w...

Make a food craft of sweet Shabbat Candles for a tasty dessert.