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A Collection of Essays — Vayakhel/Pekudei 5783

Выпуск: A Collection of Essays — Vayakhel/Pekudei 5783. Темы: family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה, шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית. Now we can understand why the Mishkan is the atonement for the sin of the golden calf, because the idea of the Mishkan is that Hashem wants to dwell in each and every one of us, in that, we make a dwelling for Him in our 3 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ חזק‬- ‫ החודש‬- ‫פרשת ויקהל פקודי‬ mundane activities. 4 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ חזק‬- ‫ החודש‬- ‫פרשת ויקהל פקודי‬ In this week's Torah reading, Pikudei (Exodus 38-40), we learn that way back in the days of Moses a transparent accounting and detailed audit was conducted over the donations made by the Israelites towards the building campaign for the Sanctuary and its sacred vessels. The Bible (Genesis 33:17) says that: "for his cattle he made sukkot [booths or huts]; therefore the name of the place is called Sukkot." Jacob cared for his animals and 13 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ חזק‬- ‫ החודש‬- ‫פרשת ויקהל פקודי‬ built sukkot to protect them from the elements. Rashi explains: "This was extraordinary craftsmanship, for they would spin [the panels using] the fleece on the backs of the goats, before it was shorn from them." (This acrobatic feat was performed in order to produce "live" fleece rather than "dead" fleece, considered a more advantageous offering.) 14 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ חזק‬- ‫ החודש‬- ‫פרשת ויקהל פקודי‬ It turned out, though, that due to the women's enthusiasm being greater than the men's, the beams and sockets that would make up the walls would be longer in coming. 15 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ חזק‬- ‫ החודש‬- ‫פרשת ויקהל פקודי‬ The extent of this mitzvah's importance is underscored by the words of Rabbi Chanina, a Talmudic sage, who declared that his son Shivchat actually died because he cut down a fig tree before its time; i.e., while it was still productive.9 The inorganic world, called domem, does not escape our consideration and respect, either. When the Rebbe edited the translation for the final time, he removed the brackets around "silent" and placed them around "inanimate." 17 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ חזק‬- ‫ החודש‬- ‫פרשת ויקהל פקודי‬ The word "inanimate" in that context wasn't just a misnomer, a technical misuse of a word; the

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A Collection of Essays

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17 марта 2023 г.

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35

Темы: family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary