Living in the Shadow of Hashem

וּבְצַלְאֵל בֶּן-אוּרִי.. עָשָׂה אֵת כָּל-אֲשֶׁר-צִוָּה ה’ אֶת-מֹשֶׁה. Bezalel, son of Uri.. had done all that Hashem had commanded Moshe. (Shmot 38, 22) When reading this Pasuk we immediately see a troubling change. Instead of writing that Bezalel is doing what Moshe...

The Two Sided Menorah

Reading the parshiyot of Vayakhel and Pekudei can seem, at times, like a prolonged experience of deja vu. Time and again we are told that Betzalel and Moshe followed G-d’s instructions for building the Mishkan to the letter, many times emphasizing this by using the...

Mishkan, Mikdash and Moshe

Mishkan, Mikdash and Moshe By Rabbi Ilan Goldman  Former Rav-Shaliach, Bnei Akiva England Currently Executive Director, Project Aseret and  Head of Student Beit Midrash, Lod אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה  ‘These are the...

Pekudei

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein Former Rosh Kollel in Memphis (2002-05) Currently Rabbi of Nitzanim Shul Pekudei