This week’s double portion, Vaykhel-Pekudei (Exodus 35:1 – 40:38 is about the building of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, an accounting of the material used, and the actual dedication of the Mishkan. I ...

Rabbi Mordecai Finley, Ph. D. The fire that appeared in the burning bush on Mt. Sinai at the beginning of the book of Exodus never returned to the bush. The angel that spoke out of the heart of the ...

No fewer than seven portions are dedicated to the building of the Tabernacle and the sacrificial service offered there. One wonders why the text includes so much detail. This emphasis is especially ...

The last Torah portion of the Book of Exodus details the completion and accounting of the construction of the Tabernacle. It reminds us that it is the “Tabernacle of the Pact,” meaning that it ...