Parsha 22 of 54 · Sefer Shemos
6 pieces on Parshas Vayakhel, 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 · 3 pages
This week’s Parsha-Vayakheil is the ingathering of the Jews after Yom Kippur as a congregation who were forgiven for the sin of the eigel. The first Mitzvah that is repeated is that of Shabbos. Rashi on the Gemara in Shabbos 49b states that the juxtaposition…
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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 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha is Vayakhel, and it is Shabbos Mevorchim Adar 2. According to Rashi, Vayakhel happened the day after Yom Kippur after Moshe descended from Har Sinai with a second set of Luchos. We know that Yom Kippur is called Yom Kipurim as if to say the…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha is Vayakhel. The literal translation of Vayakhel is gathering; in this instance, Moshe gathered the Jews after Yom Kippur (after the Eigel and the second Luchos). Moshe instituted hearing Parsha every Shabbos. The laws regarding the…
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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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