Insights in Pirkei Avot by Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, WebYeshiva
Be careful with the authorities because they only become close to a person for their own benefit They befriend when it helps them but do not stand up for you when things are difficult. (A
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In continuing its description of the artifacts that were to be placed in the mishkan, the Torah informs us regarding the kiyor – the type of laver or fountain that was installed in the courtyard of the mishkan and la
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The story of the Golden Calf is really a hard one to swallow at face value. The entire nation of three million people stood at Mt. Sinai and saw with their own eyes the entire unraveling of the fabric of space/time as w
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For the cloud of HASHEM would be on the Tabernacle by day, and the fire would be on it by night before the eyes of all the children of Israel throughout their journeys. (Shemos 40:38)
Perhaps your heart will say, “Just as i
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Moshe Rabbeinu exhorts Bnei Yisrael to keep Shabbat, and requests donations for the materials for making the Mishkan. He collects gold, silver, precious stones, skins and yarn, as well
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The haftorah for this week’s parsha describes the efforts of the great King Shlomo in the construction of the First Temple. King Shlomo himself is a great and tragic figure. The attitude of the Talmud towards him is an ambiva
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The Book of Shemot concludes with this Parsha. After finishing all the different parts, vessels and garments used in the Mishkan, Moshe gives a complete accounting and enumeration of al
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The conclusion of the book of Shmot describes the attainment of Israel in having the Divine Presence rest upon the Jewish people through the medium of the Mishkan that it had built in the desert of Sinai. Ramban states that t
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“These are the reckonings of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of Testimony, which were reckoned at Moshe's bidding; the labor of the Levites was under the authority of Isamar, son of Aharon the Kohen” (38:21)