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And HASHEM spoke to Moshe saying; “Speak to the Children of Israel and let them take for (Li) Me (TERUMA) a portion, from every man… Read More »Torah with a MEM in the Mix

You shall make an aron…and you shall make a gold crown surrounding it[2] Everyone knows that there are three crowns regally placed upon the Jewish… Read More »One Crown, Two Crowns, Three Crowns, Four

BS”D Volume 39, No. 19 1 Adar 5785 March 1, 2025 Sponsored by Mrs. Rochelle Dimont and family on the yahrzeit of father-in-law and grandfather… Read More »In the Shadows

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #87, Microphone on Shabbos. Good… Read More »“And You Shall Take for Me Teruma” — Doing for Oneself

Kings I – 5 & 6This week’s Haftorah from Kings I- 5 and 6, describes the construction of the first Bais Hamikdash. Shlomo Hamelech –… Read More »Haftorah Summary for Parshas Terumah

This week we read the parsha of T’rumah–the donations of materials that were given toward the Mishkan {Tabernacle}. After listing the materials that were needed,… Read More »The Divine Expectation

“and stones for the settings…and the Breastplate”(25:7) Among the items to be contributed by Bnei Yisroel for the construction of the Tabernacle and the Priestly… Read More »A Place To Grow

The winged seraphs that rest atop the Aron Kodesh in the Holy of Holies are known as the cherubim. These cherubs, the Midrash explains, have… Read More »Job Placement

And these are the laws that you should set before them. (Shemos 21:1) Like a laid-out table (Shulchan Aruch) and prepared for a meal before… Read More »Teaching Torah

Moshe took half the blood, and placed it in basins. Half the blood, he threw on the mizbe’ach.[2] Take notice. Just prior to this event,… Read More »In Praise of Half Measures