Weekly Parsha Thoughts

[print-me The passuk states “נפש כי תמעל מעל וחטאה בשגגה מקדשי ה’, a person who will be mo’el and sin by accident from the holies of Hashem.” What does it mean to be mo’el? Rashi explains wherever it says the lashon מעילה... Read More

The passuk states “ובהעלות הענן מעל המשכן יסעו בני ישראל, when the cloud ascended from upon the Mishkon, Bnei Yisrael would travel.” The Seforno says the Shechinah was permanent by the Mishkon and did not leave at all until Yisrael needed to... Read More

The passuk states “ויבאו כל איש אשר נשאו לבו וכל אשר נדבה רוחו אתו הביאו את תרומת ה’.” Who are the נשאו לבו and נדבה רוחו? Onkelos translates נשאו לבו as “his heart had interest.” The Nefesh HaGer says, this is the... Read More

Hashem sanctified the first-borns of Bnei Yisrael in Mitzrayim when He smote the first-born Mitzri’im and saved the first born of Yisrael. After Bnei Yisrael sinned by the golden calf, Hashem separated the Levi’im from Bnei Yisrael, elevated them, and sanctified them... Read More

The passuk states “ועשית על שוליו רמני… על שוליו סביב ופעמני זהב בתוכם סביב and you shall make on its bottom, pomegranates… on its bottom around, and gold bells בתוכם around.” What does the Torah mean, to make gold bells בתוכם? Onkelos... Read More

The passuk states “אבני שהם ואבני מִלֻּאִ֑ים לאפוד ולחושן.” Rashi explains there were 2 shoham stones for the Eifod and there were 12 milu’im stones for the Choshen. A gold-setting called משבצות was made like a groove, in which the stones were... Read More