Shabbat
Teruma ; The portion of Getting the Temple Together
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Teruma ; The portion of Getting the Temple Together
There had to be donations -
and Everyone wanted to donate-
All our great great grandparents were in on the building of the Tabernacle-
The Almighty suggested to Moses - and he inspired the PEOPLE to be CONSTRUCTIVE!
But TERUMA means "UPLIFTING" not "BUILDING" - and why?
The Israelites in the desert needed:
Gold and Silver and Copper -
sounds like the Commodity Exchange was pretty busy in the desert while they were building the Tabernacle!
While flying to NY yesterday I met some nice people from Michigan and we were talking a bit
about some Torah thoughts
and about paganism versus Judaism in the Old Testament - and discussions in the Talmud.
What is paganism - avoda zara - STRANGE WORK or NEGATIVISM
Bottom line -
YOU CAN SEE WHAT A LITTLE METAL CAN DO IF IT IS FOR WORSHIPPING THE ALMIGHTY IN BEAUTY
and you can see what evil can do with all that stuff
The FBI just arrested a teacher who was preparing bombs using students to get gunpowder for him and his brother
right HERE IN NYC - Pelham Parkway!
We need to teach that all the stuff in the world needs to be used to be TERUMA- meaning
(spiritually) UPLIFTING - like the Tabernacle (and the Temples)
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz