Can we do תפילות prayers for:
Ardelle and Call?
That also through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?
Shalom!
This is the week that we read of the completion of the Tabernacle. This is also the week that our family set as a goal for finishing the house we’ve been building for our daughter, son-in-law and their three small children. We worked with all our strength, but we did not accomplish our goal. Moshe did, however! Shemot 40:17 says that “in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, the Tabernacle was raised up.” Working together as a community and under the authority of the Almighty, they met HIS goal date.
I am passing along a 60 year old Jewish commentary from SichosinEnglish.org that I enjoyed this week. It is easy to parallel this teaching with what we understand to be the community of believers, made up of its various individuals….
What is the true importance of every individual?
On one hand, our society often exaggerates the importance of self, putting a great emphasis on the gratification of one's goals and aspirations.
In actual life, however, many people feel dwarfed by their surroundings, utterly small in face of the burgeoning sea of experience to which contemporary life exposes us.
This question receives focus in this week's Torah reading, Parshas Pekudei.
The word pekudei means "reckoning," "the account of the sums of gold, silver, and brass donated for the Sanctuary, and the account of all its utensils, and its services." [1]
After the construction of the Sanctuary was completed, the Torah gives an overview of all its particulars.
A reckoning involves an interplay of antithetical concepts.
For the fact a reckoning is required indicates the existence of a multitude of individual elements. The focus of the reckoning, however, is not on the multitude, but rather on the individual entities which comprise it.
And yet, this focus on the individual should not be to the exclusion of the whole.
On the contrary, the ultimate importance of all these individual elements stems from the fact that they are included in the Sanctuary and function as part of that whole.
On one hand, the Sanctuary as a whole is dependent on its individual elements.
If one of those elements, no matter how insignificant it appears, is lacking, the Sanctuary as a whole is incomplete, and unfit to serve as a resting place for G-d's Presence.
Simultaneously, the whole which is forged by the combination of these different elements represents a new entity that is far more than an aggregate of its components.
When brought together, the different elements of the Sanctuary are granted a measure of importance that surpasses their individual qualities. For as parts of the Sanctuary, each element fosters the revelation of G-d's Presence.
True Accomplishment
Every person's heart is described as "a sanctuary in microcosm," [2] and all the dimensions of the Sanctuary's worship are reflected in our divine service. [3]
Similarly, with regard to the above concepts, every individual must appreciate that he is far greater than his individual self.
He contains the potential to serve as the medium for the revelation of G-d's Presence within our world.
How is that potential realized?
When the person
a) develops his own potential to the utmost, shouldering all the
responsibility that he has been given;
b) he joins together with others, becoming part of a greater
whole.
Shabbat Shalom!
Ardelle
Nederlands: 23 Pekudei
English:
 | Pekudei-1.pdf 68K |
| Vayakehel-Pekudei-2.pdf 102K |
| Vayakhel-Pekudei-3.pdf 21K |
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