March 15, 2024 | 5 Adar II, 5784 | Torah Portion: Pekudei, Exodus 38:21-40:38 | Haftorah: Kings I 7:51-8:21
Torah Portion
This Week: Pekudei
TorahMedia Audio
Recent Additions
Torah Portion & Holidays
Deconstructing the Mishkan
Moshe saw the entire work, and behold, they had done it as Hashem had commanded. So had they done. Moshe blessed them.[1]
Let’s backtrack. ...read more
The Source of Holiness
BS”D
Volume 38, No. 23
6 Adar II 5784
March 16, 2024
Sponsored by Mrs. Rochelle Dimont and family on the yahrzeit of mother and ...read more
Parshas Pekudei’s Positive Pride Preempts Previous Pernicious Pride
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1285 "It's ...read more
At The Gravesite of Mother Goose
This week we conclude the Sefer {Book} of Shemos with Parshas Pekudai the accounting of materials used for the construction of the Mishkan ...read more
A Golden Opportunity
"...These are the things that Hashem commanded, to do them"(35:1)
Moshe assembles the entire nation and charges them with the thirty-nine ...read more
A House of Hearts
If we were to count up all the verses in the Torah that describe the construction of the Mishkan in minute detail, beginning with Parashas ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Pekudei
M'lochim I, 7:51-8
This week's haftorah describes the glorious moment when Shlomo Hamelech completed the construction of the Bais Hamikdash. ...read more
Dire Precautions
Most building dedications are joyous events filled with upbeat speeches and predictions of growth and unyielding expansion. This week, Moshe ...read more
Down for the Count?
Friday Night
SOME OF YOU might have wondered at some point if it is the parsha that inspires me to write what I do about the current world ...read more
HASHEM Commanded to Do!
Moshe called the whole community of the Children of Israel to assemble, and he said to them: "These are the things that HASHEM commanded to do ...read more
Other Articles
Check-Out Line In Supermarket
QUESTION 54:
I was shopping at Pathmark with my wife and was ready to get into a check-out line. I saw that the express lines that accept ...read more
Defamation
These are the chronicles of Yaakov: Yosef was 17 years old. As a lad, he would tend the sheep with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, ...read more
Wash Your Mouth
While sleeping at night bacteria develop in the mouth, which generally results in bad breath. Most people find bad breath particularly ...read more
Exploring the Jewish Woman’s Unique Potential
Part I:
"DO NOT FORESAKE THE TORAH OF YOUR MOTHER" (PROVERBS 1:8): RABBI MEIR SHAPIRO'S ATTACHMENT TO HIS MOTHER'S ADVICE
In the days of ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 9: Torah Scholar or Apparition?
Seven things apply to an uncultured person (Heb: 'golem'), and seven to a wise person. A wise person does not speak before one who is greater ...read more
Chapter 7, Laws 1-2 – Souls of Infinity
[Law 1] Since every person has free will, as we have explained, a person should make the effort to repent and to shake his sins off his hands so ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 8(b): What’s Special About Sabbath? Part II
Ten things were created on the Sabbath eve at twilight. They are: the mouth of the earth [which swallowed Korach and his co-conspirators] ...read more
Chapter 6, Law 5(b) – Following Orders
[Note: The first part of this law I translated in the previous class.]
Isn't it written in the Torah, '[And [G-d] said to Abraham, 'Know well ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 8(a): What’s Special About Sabbath? Part I
Ten things were created on the Sabbath eve at twilight. They are: the mouth of the earth [which swallowed Korach and his co-conspirators] ...read more
Using an IRA to Pay Debts
QUESTION 53:
Let's say a person owes money to a variety of places (Yeshiva, the person who takes care of the lawn, etc), and it is very ...read more