Parsha 23 of 54 · Sefer Shemos
6 pieces on Parshas Pekudei, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 1 page
Parshas Vayakhel–Pekudei
Issue 2 Vol 10 March 12- 13, 2021 Adar 28-29, 5781. This week’s pair of parshios Vayakhel and Pekudei culminate the second book Shemos of the Chumash. The parsheos mostly cover the actual building of the Mishkan and the various activities involved in the…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 1 page
This week’s parsha concludes the second of the five books. Pekudei is the accounting of the gold, silver, copper, and other materials that were donated for the building of the Mishkan. Accounting, and accountability is not a modern phenomenon, it seems to be…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 1 page
Parshas Vayakhel–Pekudei
This week’s Parshas concludes the book of Shemos. It is also Shabbos Mevorchim, and Parshas HaChodesh. The juxtaposition of the commandment of keeping Shabbos with the laws and the description of the building of the Mishkan connects the two in that we know…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 1 page
This week’s Parsha is Pekudei, where we are told about the donations given by the Jews for the building and operation of the Mishkan. At the beginning of the Parsha, the first posuk says Mishkan- Mishkan and Rashi points out that it references the first and…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
In this week’s Parsha, all the contributions are listed, as is the dedication of the Mishkan; although it was completed in Kislev, the dedication took place on 1 Nissan. This coincides with Shabbos Mevarchim Nissan being this week. Midrash Rabba explains that…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 1 page
Parshas Vayakhel–Pekudei
This week we read three “Parshas”: the two full Parsheos of Vayakhel and Pekudei, and the added reading of Hachodesh, which was also read a few weeks back in Parshas Bo. The first two Parsheos mark the completion of the book of Shemos. Earlier this week, my…
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