TERUMAH:
DVAR TORAH-
1) The Pasuk states: (25:8), "V'asu Li Mikdash Vishachanti Bisocham", "And they shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and i shall dwell among them." The Alshich comments on the word "Bisocham" : "Bekol Echad V'echad", H-Shem is saying that He will dwell inside each and every Jew. The next Pasuk, Pasuk Tes (25:9) states: "Kechol Asher Ani Ma'areh Osach...", "(the aforementioned Mikdash shall be made) in accordance with all that I will show you..."
I was thinking that these two introductory statements to the building of the Mishkan teach us an important lesson. The Torah tells us that H-shem will dwell in the Mikdash that we make before it details the specifications of how exactly it should be made. Using the idea from the Alshich, this concept may be take on an individual level: Even before we attain the level of "Kechol Asher Ani Ma'areh Osach", and in our struggle toward making the Mikdash in our hearts in accordance with H-shem's express wishes, are maintaining a Sanctuarey for H-shem that only bears the merest semblance to what a proper Mikdash should look like, H-shem is with us; dwelling "Besoch Kol Echad V'echad".
Obviously we must not just stop there, and should constantly strive toward making our hearts the optimum Mikdash to house the presence of H-shem,"V'assu Li Mikdash", all we must do is take the first step and begin building the outer shell, and already, "V'shachanti Bisocham", H-shem is within each and every one of us, encouraging us to grow, and continue singing "Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh"...
2) Q: The measurements of the Aron (29:10) were all half-measurements: "Two and a half Amos its length; an Amah and a half its width; and an Amah and a half its height." What lesson is the Torah coming to teach us?
A1] The measurements were given in half measures to show Torah Scholars that even they have not reached perfection in their wholeness. The Torah is so vast, there is always more to learn!! (Rav Nosson ben Shimon Hakohen Adler)
A2] The half measures hint to the lesson that the Torah can only be recieved prperly by a keli/person who is humble. (Ba'al Haturim)
INTERESTING POINT-
The Chasam Sofer explains that the words "Zahav, Kesef U'nechoshes" brought in 25:3 hint to all of the days that the Torah is read in Shul:
Z = Shabbos (7) K = Yom Kippur N = Chanuka (Neros)
a e e
H = Thursday (5) S = Succos CH = Rosh Chodesh
a e o
V = Monday (2) F = Pesach (Peh) S = (Shvuos, Shmini Atzeres, Simchas Torah)
H
e
S = Ta'anis
STORY-
It was Shushan Purim when the Bobover Rebbe and a large crowd of his followers showed up at the house of a Chossid he was close to who had no children. The shocked Chassid ushered the Rebbe in and offered him a cup of wine, which the Rebbe turned down, asking instead for a cup of water. "I want to be able to make a 'Borei Nefashos' " he said, intending that it be a Beracha for the couple to have children. The Rebbe drank the water and as he was about to make the Beracha Achrona, another childless chassid who was there cried out "Rebbe, me too!" The Rebbe nodded and said "Nu nu, Borei Nefashos RABOS!" with tremendous Kavanah.
The first couple had a son within the year, and the second had a daughter. Twenty years later the two of them got married.
QUOTES-
“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. “
“Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing."
DVAR TORAH-
1) The Pasuk states: (25:8), "V'asu Li Mikdash Vishachanti Bisocham", "And they shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and i shall dwell among them." The Alshich comments on the word "Bisocham" : "Bekol Echad V'echad", H-Shem is saying that He will dwell inside each and every Jew. The next Pasuk, Pasuk Tes (25:9) states: "Kechol Asher Ani Ma'areh Osach...", "(the aforementioned Mikdash shall be made) in accordance with all that I will show you..."
I was thinking that these two introductory statements to the building of the Mishkan teach us an important lesson. The Torah tells us that H-shem will dwell in the Mikdash that we make before it details the specifications of how exactly it should be made. Using the idea from the Alshich, this concept may be take on an individual level: Even before we attain the level of "Kechol Asher Ani Ma'areh Osach", and in our struggle toward making the Mikdash in our hearts in accordance with H-shem's express wishes, are maintaining a Sanctuarey for H-shem that only bears the merest semblance to what a proper Mikdash should look like, H-shem is with us; dwelling "Besoch Kol Echad V'echad".
Obviously we must not just stop there, and should constantly strive toward making our hearts the optimum Mikdash to house the presence of H-shem,"V'assu Li Mikdash", all we must do is take the first step and begin building the outer shell, and already, "V'shachanti Bisocham", H-shem is within each and every one of us, encouraging us to grow, and continue singing "Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh"...
2) Q: The measurements of the Aron (29:10) were all half-measurements: "Two and a half Amos its length; an Amah and a half its width; and an Amah and a half its height." What lesson is the Torah coming to teach us?
A1] The measurements were given in half measures to show Torah Scholars that even they have not reached perfection in their wholeness. The Torah is so vast, there is always more to learn!! (Rav Nosson ben Shimon Hakohen Adler)
A2] The half measures hint to the lesson that the Torah can only be recieved prperly by a keli/person who is humble. (Ba'al Haturim)
INTERESTING POINT-
The Chasam Sofer explains that the words "Zahav, Kesef U'nechoshes" brought in 25:3 hint to all of the days that the Torah is read in Shul:
Z = Shabbos (7) K = Yom Kippur N = Chanuka (Neros)
a e e
H = Thursday (5) S = Succos CH = Rosh Chodesh
a e o
V = Monday (2) F = Pesach (Peh) S = (Shvuos, Shmini Atzeres, Simchas Torah)
H
e
S = Ta'anis
STORY-
It was Shushan Purim when the Bobover Rebbe and a large crowd of his followers showed up at the house of a Chossid he was close to who had no children. The shocked Chassid ushered the Rebbe in and offered him a cup of wine, which the Rebbe turned down, asking instead for a cup of water. "I want to be able to make a 'Borei Nefashos' " he said, intending that it be a Beracha for the couple to have children. The Rebbe drank the water and as he was about to make the Beracha Achrona, another childless chassid who was there cried out "Rebbe, me too!" The Rebbe nodded and said "Nu nu, Borei Nefashos RABOS!" with tremendous Kavanah.
The first couple had a son within the year, and the second had a daughter. Twenty years later the two of them got married.
QUOTES-
“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. “
“Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing."