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
MISHPATIM Yirmiyahu 34:8–22, 33:25–26 We often wonder how far Hashem is willing to extend Himself for the sake of His people. Although we know that… Read More »Eliciting Hashem’s Grace
BS”D Volume 39, No. 18 24 Shevat 5785 February 22, 2025 Sponsored by Martin and Michelle Swartz on the yahrzeit of his father Paul S.… Read More »A Higher Standard
Chinuch is everything. Life is an educated guess, and the more educated you are, the less you have to guess what to do. It is… Read More »Good Education