by Yiska Guberman | Feb 27, 2025 | Terumah, Weekly Parsha, Yiska Guberman
In Parashat Terumah, Hashem commands Bnei Yisrael: “וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם” – “They shall make Me a Sanctuary, and I shall dwell among them” (Shemot 25:8). The expected phrase should have been “וְשָׁכַנְתִּי...
by Rabbi Shaps | Feb 4, 2022 | Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Terumah, Weekly Parsha
They say it is the thought that counts. Generally, we understand this to mean that I had good intentions even though things didn’t work out as planned so don’t hold it against me that something negative happened to you. I meant well. In this week’s Torah reading...