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Terumah Vol.30 No.22.Qxp Layout 1 17 February 2018 2 Adar 5778 Shabbat ends London 6.06pm Jerusalem 6.04pm Volume 30 No. 22 Terumah Artscroll p.444 | Haftarah p.1157 Hertz p.326 | Haftarah p.336 Soncino p.500 | Haftarah p.515 In loving memory of Moshe ben Avraham Zarach Drawing of the Temple menorah, in the Rambam’s (Maimonides') own hand, in a manuscript of his Perush Hamishnayot (Menachot 3:7). Reproduced in Rabbi Y. Kafich’s edition, Jerusalem, 1967 "You shall make a menorah of pure gold, hammered out shall the menorah be made, its base, its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its blossoms shall be [hammered] from it" (Shemot 25:32). 1 Sidrah Summary: Terumah 1st Aliya (Kohen) – Shemot 25:1-16 made of 11 curtains of goat hair, with a further God tells Moshe to ask the Jews for a voluntary double michse (cover) on top, one made from offering towards the construction and functioning dyed ram skins, the other from tachash skins. of the Mishkan (Tabernacle). The materials 4th Aliya (Revi’i) – 26:15-30 needed are gold, silver and copper; turquoise, purple and scarlet wool; linen, goat hair, dyed ram The kerashim (planks) and their enjoining bars skins, skins of the tachash animal, acacia wood, were made from gold plated acacia wood. oil, specific spices and particular precious stones Question: How tall were these planks? (26:16) (for placing in the Kohen Gadol’s garments). God Answer on bottom of page 6. then instructs Moshe about how to make different features of the Mishkan: The Aron (ark) was made 5th Aliya (Chamishi) – 26:31-37 from acacia wood, plated with gold on both the The Parochet (partition), was made of wool and inside and outside, and with a gold crown (zer) linen. It was placed on the southern side of the around the top. It had four gold rings attached to Mishkan, to cordon off the Kodesh HaKedoshim it, two on each side, with a gold-plated wooden (Holy of Holies) area, which housed the Aron. stave left permanently between each pair of rings, in order to carry the Aron. The Tablets of the Ten Commandments were placed in the Aron. 6th Aliya (Shishi) – 27:1-8 The Mizbeach (altar) was made of copper-plated Point to Consider: How many times is the word wood, with four corner pieces and with staves ‘terumah’ used in verses 25:2-3? What does this attached to rings to carry it. hint to? (see Rashi to 25:2) 7th Aliya (Shevi’i) – 27:9-19 2nd Aliya (Levi) – 25:17-30 The Chatzer (courtyard) surrounded the Mishkan; The Kaporet (cover) of the Aron was made of pure its outer ‘fence’ was made of linen yiriyot gold, with two cherubs moulded on top, facing (curtains), attached to wooden pillars. one another and with their wings touching. The Shulchan (table) was made from gold-plated acacia wood, with a gold crown (zer) on its lid Haftarah (misgeret). It had rings and staves to carry it, like The reading, from the Book of Kings, records the Aron. The show bread (Lechem Hapanim) King Shlomo’s (Solomon) construction of was placed on it. the Beit Hamikdash (Temple) in Jerusalem, which was completed 480 years after the Exodus from Egypt. The construction involved mobilising 3rd Aliya (Shlishi) – 25:31-26:14 close to 200,000 workers. The Menorah was hammered from one piece of pure gold, with seven lamps. The Mishkan had ten yiriyot (curtains), made of linen and patterned wool, with golden hooks joining them together. The Ohel (tent), draped over the Mishkan, was United Synagogue Daf Hashavua Produced by US Living & Learning together with the Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue Editor: Rabbi Chaim Gross Editor-in-Chief: Rabbi Baruch Davis Editorial Team: Ilana Epstein, Michael Laitner, Sharon Radley Available also via email US website www.theus.org.uk ©United Synagogue To sponsor Daf Hashavua please contact Loraine Young on 020 8343 5653, or [email protected] If you have any comments or questions regarding Daf Hashavua please email [email protected] 2 Preparing the Way by Rabbi Jonathan Hughes, Radlett United Synagogue Last week’s sidrah, this concept is actually a verse in the Biblical Mishpatim, detailed a prophet Malachi, in which he conveys the whole range of civil laws, unacceptability of a stolen animal offering in the including the laws of Temple. The terminology used in the verse is guardians, the penalties for telling, relating the gravity of the matter, that “God damaging others’ property despises stolen elevation (olah) offerings” (see and the mitzvah to return Talmud Succot 30a). lost objects. This week’s sidrah, Terumah, begins by detailing donations The Torah's laws regarding monetary matters are collected for the construction of the Tabernacle complex and sophisticated. In fact, the section (Mishkan). of Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law, written 1563) detailing financial laws contains over four Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (d. 1993) points out times as many laws as the sections concerning that these topics seem entirely different, and kashrut (dietary laws). Again, this emphasises therefore asks why these two parashiyot are how seriously the Torah takes integrity in these juxtaposed. Do they have a sequential link? areas. He answers by noting that many of Mishpatim’s Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, the founder of the Mussar commandments concern the fine details of (ethics) movement (d.1883) once had a student financial honesty, whilst the first verse of who stopped pursuing a career in the Rabbinate Terumah tells us that the Mishkan was built because he did not want to take responsibility entirely from tzedakah (charity) money: for answering halachic questions concerning Jewish ritual, such as Shabbat and kashrut. "God spoke to Moshe, saying: ‘Speak to the Rabbi Salanter told him that he should be even children of Israel, and have them take for more afraid of answering questions about Me an offering; from every person whose financial matters, which are often even more heart inspires him to generosity, you shall take complicated. My offering’” (Shemot 25:1-2). When giving charity, we need to try to acquaint This juxtaposition teaches a very important ourselves as much as possible with the laws lesson. Whilst giving charity (tzedakah) is a pertaining to business, so that the donation wonderful mitzvah, it carries with it a qualification money is ‘clean’, earned with full integrity. that the funds donated come from the right Make sure to know your Mishpatim, so that sources. Ill-gotten gain is forbidden as the basis your Terumah will be maximised! of charitable donations. Mishpatim demands fair play in financial dealings; that is the necessary precursor to Terumah. Indeed, in general halacha, if any mitzvah is performed using a stolen item, the attempted mitzvah is disqualified because it is deemed a "mitzvah haba'a b'aveira"- a mitzvah performed through a transgression. Therefore, a stolen lulav cannot be used on Succot, nor can one use a stolen shofar on Rosh Hashanah. The source for In memory of Yaakov Yehoshua ben Ephraim Hirsch 3 Bein Adam Lechaveiro Part 26: Honouring Parents (Kibud Av V’eim) VIII: Practical Laws of Kaddish by Rabbi Daniel Fine, Community Rabbi, Stanmore & Canons Park United Synagogue In this final article about Kaddish Derabanan). This similarity underlines honouring parents, we will our belief that the eternal achievements in this focus on some laws of the world are spiritual and that the merit for the Kaddish prayer: Torah one studies is everlasting, even beyond this world. There are six forms of Kaddish: • In Ashkenazi communities, Kaddish is recited standing up, and the congregation stands up I. Chatzi Kaddish – 'Half-Kaddish'. This is the too. One should not walk in front of the shortest Kaddish, and is recited, for example, Kaddish-sayer during Kaddish, nor should in the Shacharit service by the chazzan one talk during Kaddish. before Barechu (see green siddur, p. 60) • Kaddish is recited facing the same way one II. Kaddish Shalem – 'Full Kaddish'. This is faces when praying the Amidah (standing recited by the chazzan before the Aleinu prayer): towards Jerusalem (east, in Britain). prayer. It consists of the half- Kaddish, plus a request to accept our prayers and then two • Kaddish is only recited when a minyan – requests for peace (p.138) a quorum of ten males over barmitzvah age – is present. III. Kaddish Yatom – 'Mourner’s Kaddish'. This is recited by mourners for eleven months • At the end of Kaddish, the reciter takes three following the death of a parent. Its text is the steps back, faces left and says oseh shalom same as the Kaddish Shalem, minus the post- bimromav, then faces right and says prayer request for one's prayers to be hu ya’ase shalom aleinu, then bows forward answered (p. 142). and says ve'al kol Yisrael, ve’imru Amen. The three steps back represent departing from the IV. Kaddish Derabanan – 'the Rabbis' Kaddish’. Divine Presence. The bowing to the left and This is recited after Torah study in a public then to the right represent acknowledging setting. Mourners also recite it after the the Divine attributes of justice and mercy Mishnayot texts pertaining to the sacrifices (symbolised by left and right respectively) and and the interpretive principles of Rabbi that only He can balance these two qualities. Yishmael recited during the morning service. It is the same as Kaddish Yatom, with an • Kaddish may be said for more than one additional paragraph asking for God to give deceased relative, or by many people for the longevity and success to those who engage same deceased person. in Torah study (p.
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