Terumah
It isn’t enough to go to temple. One must also become a temple.
A home for the Divine, a spiritual dwelling, is built out of mundane matter. From metals, to fabrics, to woods, the various materials of earth fashion the heavenly house. This is, essentially, life’s goal, to turn everything and everyone into a dwelling for the Divine. Upon the peaks of Sinai, the Creator blueprints for Moses the nuances of what exactly this temple looks like and how to carry its etherealness with us through any of life’s threatening wildernesses. The inner sanctum contains the ark, crowned by the cherubim and home to the tablets of the covenant. There is the menorah, the bread table, curtains, pillars, and altars. This building is up to code.
Have Word, Will Travel
Just as the Holy Ark was always ready to be moved, we must always be ready to carry and share the Divine wisdom with others.
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Same Address
Paradise and purgatory are just two different reactions to the same place, full of G-d’s glory.
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Child’s Play
To a young child, the era of Moshaich seems like a fantasy world. Yet later it becomes a vision for a time when G-dliness is openly revealed.
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Terumah: The World Is Not Flat
What is Israel – that sliver of land surrounded by hundreds of millions of hostile neighbors – to do amidst all the storms thundering around it?
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Terumah: Where Death Meets Life
Cynics argue that at the end of it all, almighty death vanquishes life. Yet life can triumph over death, transforming the deepest grief into the greatest of joys.
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Terumah: Menorah
In Parshat Terumah, G/d shows Moses how to build the menorah from one piece of gold, showing how all details of life are an extension of one single entity.
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Terumah: The Passion
Once again the Jews are up on trial against the other religions of the world. Yet the nation must continue to stand strong as a “light unto the nations.”
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Terumah: Yet Again
The world’s infrastructure is built on selfishness and leading to tragedy after tragedy. Instead, we must usher in a new era of spirituality and unity.
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