Friday, February 4, 2011

Terumah - Spiritual gravity

Why does the Torah go straight from the story of Moshe going up on Har Sinai into the commandment to build the mishkan? What do chazal mean when they say that "ויקחו לי" means that it should be taken "לשמי" - for My name's sake? Why is the Aron the first of the kelim mentioned if it is not the first to be built? Why is the Divine presence of Hashem, the Shechinah, referred to as the 'kavod' - honor - of Hashem? Why is the root of kavod "כבד" - weight? How does one create spiritual gravity?

Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.

Running time: 19:25

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