Dear Parents,
Sefer Vayikra begins with the words: “And He called to Moshe, and Hashem spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying …”
Rashi explains that לאמר teaches us that the Voice stopped and did not emanate beyond the Ohel Moed. If someone had tried listening in behind the curtains of the Ohel Moed on...
Dear Parents,
The Jews in the Midbar had spent their lives as slaves and were certainly not trained as architects or artisans. Yet the כלים in the משכן—and the building itself—were intricate works of art, which Bnei Yisroel were able to create. The Ramban says that somehow the people found it within their nature to do what...
Dear Parents,
Did you notice that Moshe’s name is not mentioned in this parshah? The Baal HaTurim says that when Moshe davened to Hashem to save Klal Yisroel after the חטא העגל, he pleaded, “Erase me from Your Book.” As a result of Moshe’s emphatic statement, Hashem chose one parshah in which Moshe’s name...
Dear Parents,
“How is it possible to build a physical house for Hashem?” The פסיקתא דרב כהנא recounts that this was Moshe’s trembling response when told, וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ"—Make for Me a sanctuary.” But Hashem reassured him, ”ועשית יריעות עזים—Make curtains…”
The פסיקתא mentions two other times that Moshe trembled. When the...
