HaMaayan / The Torah Spring - Parshas Terumah

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So that 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?

Hamaayan         by Shlomo Katz         Print Version
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Parshas Terumah Symbols Volume 26, No. 19 2 Adar 5772 February 25, 2012 Sponsored by Eli, Rachel Adina, Daniel Avraham, Yonatan and Chana Rutstein in honor of the birthday of wife and mother Galit Rutstein Mrs. Rochelle Dimont and family on the yahrzeits of father-in-law and grandfather Rabbi Shmuel Elchanan Dimont a”h (2 Adar) and mother and grandmother Mrs. Chaya Tarshish a”h (7 Adar) Martin and Michelle Swartz on the 100th Yahrzeit of Martin’s great-great-grandmother Regine (nee Paschkes) Oesterreicher a”h (6 Adar) The Katz family on the yahrzeit of uncle Avraham Abba ben Avigdor Moshe Hakohen a”h Today’s Learning: Tanach: Yirmiyah 45-46 Mishnah: Rosh Hashanah 2:7-8 Daf Yomi (Bavli): Temurah 10 Daf Yomi (Yerushalmi): Shekalim 11 Halachah Yomit: Orach Chaim 15:5-16:1 In this week’s parashah, we begin to read about the design and construction of the mishkan / Tabernacle. R’ Menachem ben Meir Tzioni z”l (Speyer, Germany; 15th century) quotes the kabbalistic midrash, Sefer Ha’bahir, as follows: The structure of the mishkan parallels the creation of the world. We read about Creation (Bereishit 1:1), “In the beginning of G-d’s creating the heavens . . . ,” and regarding the mishkan G-d said (Shmot 26:7), “You shall make curtains of goat hair for a covering over the Tabernacle.”

Rabbi Wein - Parshas Terumah

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Rabbi Berel Wein         Print Version
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Parshas Terumah The Symbol of the Tabernacle The detailed description of the dimensions and materials of the mishkan/tabernacle as listed in this week’s parsha must contain great cosmic, if murkily unknown importance. The question of the purpose of these myriad details being included in the Torah has been asked by all students of the Torah over the ages. While the answers advanced have also been many, few of them have been truly satisfactory. The matter remains a mystery.

Sfas Emes - Parshas Teruma

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Sfas Emes         by Nosson Chayim Leff         Print Version
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The weekly Sfas Emes is now available in a Sefer. The Seferis called Emes Ve'emunah : A Sfas Emes Companion. This Sefer contains all of the materials in the weekly emails, plus new insights. The Sefer also contains the text in lashon hakodesh on which the Sfas Emes worked to produce his ma'amar. Accessing the the Sfas Emes via the Sefer offers advantages. You have the week's Torah without having to print the email. You have the Sfas Emes' text--which could not be sent by email. Also many people who would enjoy the Sfas Emes do not have internet. You can purchase this Sefer at your favorite bokstore, or online, at the Targum or Feldheim websites. Emes Ve'Emunah will also be available for purchase or perusal at the SOY Seform Sale, January 15-January 24.   Parshas Teruma Sfas Emes, Zechuso Tagein Aleinu, Teruma, 5631 The Sfas Emes begins by citing the first Medrash Rabbah on the parsha. That Medrash poses the following question. How can one ascertain the nature of a given business deal? (The transaction that the Medrash has in mind is our acquiring the Torah from HaShem.) The Medrash answers: to know the nature of a transaction, look at the commission that the broker received for intermediating it. In the case of the Torah, we can learn about the transaction by considering the commission that Moshe Rabbeinu earned for brokering our receiving the Torah from HaShem. In fact, Moshes 'commission' was truly extraordinary. When we accepted the Torah, Moshe Rabbeinu's "panim " (face) glowed (Shemos, 34:29). Moshe Rabeinu's panim shone with such radiance that Moshe had to wear a face-covering when people wanted to talk to him.

Haftorah - Parshas Terumah

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Haftorah         by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
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Parshas Terumah M'lochim 1 5:26 This week's haftorah teaches us an important perspective about the Holy Temple and our synagogue. The haftorah opens with a detailed account of Shlomo Hamelech's construction of the Bais Hamikdash. He engaged nearly two hundred thousand workers in hewing and transporting scarce heavy stones for the Bais Hamikdash's foundation. He built its exterior walls from perfectly hewed stones from the quarry that did not require any cutting or planing. He enhanced the basic structure with numerous chambers, annexes and winding staircases and paneled the entire structure with impressive cedar wood.