parshat Vayakhel

Man has always dreamed about a robot that would do everything for him. But the ultimate labor saver has been around for more than three thousand years.

It would have been wise for the Egyptians,to have developed some of our forefathers into fine craftsmen who could have contributed to society. This would have come in handy for us, especially when we had the necessity to build the Mishkan. I Yet, I am unaware of statements of Chazal that speak of the artisans of the Mishkan having such training, and the p’sukim imply the opposite.

The Parasha opens with the command to refrain from working on Shabbat. There is a story where Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was against his students leaving Israel in order to work.

A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Vayakhel- Pekudei"

A weekly shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Vayakhel- Pekudei".