parshat Vayakhel
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A Community Coin The Sin of the Golden Calf is rectified by the communal service in the Holy Temple. This is achieved via the precept of the half-shekel offering.
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The Great People Who Could
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. -
Living In Diaspora is Idolatry
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. -
Shmot Draws to a Close
A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Vayakhel- Pekudei" -
Communities and Crowds
A weekly shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Vayakhel- Pekudei".
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