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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — ker — Terumah 5784

Выпуск: Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — ker — Terumah 5784. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. It then says, “And this is the offering you shall accept from them: gold, silver and copper.” The words for these metals allude to the days throughout the year upon which we read the Torah publicly in the synagogue: ‫ זהב‬- The days of the week: 7th, 5th and 2nd - Shabbos, Thursday and Monday ‫ כסף‬- (Yom) Kippur, Sukkos, Pesach/Purim ‫ נחשת‬- Nairot (Chanukah), (Rosh) Chodesh, Shavuos/Shmini Atzeres, Taanis (fast days). It seems unusual, then, that the Posuk should tell us that the branches should extend from “the Menorah.” Wasn’t it all “the Menorah?” Indeed, as we look at the verses, the various parts of this golden candelabrum had different names and are described individually as descending or extending from “the Menorah,” as though the Menorah was something else, perhaps a reference to the central core of the candelabrum. And, just as we explained that the Menorah refers to the basic starting material and the desire to bring about a development and change to it, so does Man’s journey from being a clump of earth to becoming greater than an angel require not only the material, being the living person, but the desire to transform that person into something greater. On the other hand, the idea that the pegs might have been staked into the ground, teaches us that at the beginning, when a person is not that strong yet, he must endeavor to surround himself with teachers and friends who will be a support system for him and reinforce the ideals and principles for which he stands. “…so too for the six branches that come out of the Menorah.” (Shmos 25:33) The Menorah’s specific designs and forms were to be beaten and cut from a single block of gold rather than from different pieces assembled or soldered together. At first, Rashi states that he is unsure whether the pegs were staked into the ground, or whether they were merely tied to the flaps of the Mishkan’s fabric and held them down against the wind by virtue of their own weight. Taking this idea further, the Menorah doesn’t just refer to the physical lampstand, but rather to the source, the essence of the Menorah, from which it expanded and became the vessel as Hashem commanded. A person, he says, must be strong enough in his own Torah, faith, and knowledge to

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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk

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16 февраля 2024 г.

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Темы: parsha_commentary