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Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes — Terumah 5783

Выпуск: Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes — Terumah 5783. Темы: shabbat_laws, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: шаббат, законы шаббата, melacha, hilchot shabbat, שבת, הלכות שבת, מלאכה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. It is compelling to note that when Esther orders Mordechai to gather the Jews of Shushan, as she prepares to go to King Achashveirosh and plead for the life of her nation, Esther sends a message to Mordechai: ‫ּתִׁשְּתּו‬-‫ּתֹאכְלּו וְאַל‬-‫ וְצּומּו עָלַי וְאַל‬,‫הַּיְהּוִדים הַּנִמְצְאִים ּבְׁשּוׁשָן‬-‫ּכָל‬-‫לְֵ ּכְנֹוס אֶת‬ ‫ׁשְֹלׁשֶת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיֹום‬, go and gather all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, do not eat and do not drink for three days, night and day, me and my maidens will fast as well (Esther 4:16). The keilim (vessels) of the Mishkan included the copper laver for the kohanim’s washing of hands and feet before service, the copper altar for animal sacri ces, the golden altar for the daily incense offerings, the golden table which housed the show bread, the golden menorah which was lit every evening, as well as the holy ark in the Holy of Holies, where the Divine Presence rested (keviyachol). The Mishkan was the precursor to the Batei Mikdash that would eventually be built in Jerusalem, where the nation would ascend three times a year to celebrate the Three Festivals of Pesach, Shavuos and Succos, and around which Jewish life revolved during Temple times, under independent Jewish commonwealths. What, then has been the unifying, central place that has kept our people intact throughout our long exile and dispersion, has allowed for communities to thrive, established connections between Jews and their leaders, and perpetuated the dual mesoros of Torah and Te llah? www.michalhorowitz.com 1 of 2 fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi A Short Vort - Terumah 5783 (2.23) BS”D “The synagogue is one of the most remarkable examples of an ‘awakening from below.’ It came into being not through words spoken by G-d to Israel, but by words spoken by Israel to G-d. (Ex.25:8)… The Divine Presence lives not in a building but in its builders; not in a physical place but in the human heart… The essence of ‘the holy’ is that it is a place where we set aside all human devices and desires and enter a domain wholly set aside for G-d. As the prayers of the Jews of Shushan were answered in response to their repentance, praye

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Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes

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23 февраля 2023 г.

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Темы: shabbat_laws, parsha_commentary