weekly Torah reading (Exodus 25:1 through 27:19)
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Mishkan significance
Why does the Torah feel the Need to tell me the rules for making the Mishkan? First, it is no longer relevant, as, even if we build, we will build a Beis Hamikdash. Plus, the Medrashim say it will be ...
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Make a Mikdash but we are making a Mishkan?
The Posuk says (Shemot 25:8):
וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם
And let them make Me a sanctuary ('Mikdash'), that I may dwell among them.
I have two questions: first, this was ...
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Why are Parshiyos T'ruma and on not in Sefer Vayikra?
Why is Parshas T'ruma through P'kuday in Sefer Sh'mos and not in Sefer Vayikra? It's all dealing with the building of the Mishkan and the vessels and the Bigday Kihuna. Isn't Sh'mos supposed to be ...
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Missing Vov: what Vov?
The Posuk in Terumah says (Exodus 25:22):
וְנוֹעַדְתִּי לְךָ שָׁם וְדִבַּרְתִּי אִתְּךָ מֵעַל הַכַּפֹּרֶת מִבֵּין שְׁנֵי הַכְּרֻבִים אֲשֶׁר עַל אֲרֹן הָעֵדֻת אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּה אוֹתְךָ אֶל ...
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Good sources for Mishkan and Beis Hamikdsah study
Anyone aware of any website, book, or video that you consider a really good resource for Mishkan and Beis Hamikdsah study? It would optimally include diagrams, video animations, and other interactive ...
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The mishkan and the fencepost problem
Rashi (Shemos 26:6,26) counts out the number of poles for the chazer on each side in parshas Terumah. He seems to ignore what is called the Fencepost Problem. The same problem exists for the 20 amah ...
