Donating to the Mishkan

Building a Temple in the desert!? Where do you get all the materials from?

"The Tabernacle was based precisely on the totality of what the people have inside them, on each person’s generosity and capacity for giving: the small and the great, the rich and the generous. From the combination of all of them together, from top to bot...

After being found everywhere, but dwelling nowhere specific for 2249 years, G-d has informed the Jewish people that he now intends to dwell amongst them. He'd like them to craft a mobile home so that he can move along with them through the Sinai desert. H...

Learn to choose from your own heart what your work is and then to put your entire heart in your work.

The average person donated of 1/50th of his crop; the generous gave 1/40th.

The way they contributed to the Mishkan was not completely mandated, but it needed to come from their own hearts. Discover the power of being self-motivated.

An analysis of the Torah’s command to contribute the materials necessary for the construction of the Mishkan (Sanctuary), leads to a novel appreciation of the role of the recipient of beneficence.

Gold, silver and copper, dyed wool, animal skins, wood, olive oil, spices and gems are some of the donations the Jewish people were instructed to donate for the purpose of constructing the Tabernacle. This would be the place where they would serve G-d unt...

Why the leaders of the Tribes delayed donating to the Mishkan. A fundamental lesson in leadership.

The mirror does not completely obstruct the light, as do other objects. Instead, it reflects the light that shines upon it. It symbolizes how the creation itself can reflect and express the Divine light.