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TERUMAH Vol.29 No.23:Layout 1 4 March 2017 6 Adar 5777 Shabbat ends London 6.33pm Jerusalem 6.25pm Volume 29 No. 23 Terumah Artscroll p. 444 | Hertz p. 325 | Soncino p. 500 In memory of David Yochanan ben Moshe “They shall make an ark of acacia wood... You shall cover it with pure gold... from the cover 1 you shall make the Cherubs at its two ends" (Shemot 25:10,11,19). Sidrah Summary: Terumah 1st Aliya (Kohen) – Shemot 25:1-16 The ohel (tent), draped over the Mishkan, was God tells Moshe to ask the Jews for a voluntary made of 11 curtains of goat hair, with a further offering towards the construction and functioning double michse (cover) on top, one made from of the Mishkan (Tabernacle). The materials dyed ram skins, the other from tachash skins. needed were gold, silver and copper; turquoise, Question: What design did the yiriyot have on purple and scarlet wool; linen, goat hair, dyed them? (26:1). Answer on bottom of page 6. ram skins, skins of the tachash animal, acacia wood, oil, specific spices and particular precious 4th Aliya (Revi’i) – 26:15-30 stones (for placing in the Kohen Gadol’s The kerashim (planks) and their enjoining bars garments). God then instructs Moshe about how were made from gold plated acacia wood. to make different features of the Mishkan: The aron (ark) was made from acacia wood, plated 5th Aliya (Chamishi) – 26:31-37 with gold on both the inside and outside, and The parochet (partition), was made of wool and with a gold crown (zer) around the top. It had four linen and was placed on the southern side of the gold rings attached to it, two on each side, with Mishkan to cordon off the Holy of Holies area, a gold-plated wooden stave left permanently which housed the aron. between each pair of rings, in order to carry the aron. The Tablets of the Ten Commandments 6th Aliya (Shishi) – 27:1-8 were placed in the aron. The mizbeach (altar) was made of copper-plated Point to Consider: The word ‘terumah’ is wood, with four corner pieces and with staves mentioned three times in the first three verses – attached to rings to carry it. what does this allude to? (25:1-3 ) see Rashi. 7th Aliya (Shevi’i) – 27:9-19 2nd Aliya (Levi) – 25:17-30 The chatzer (courtyard) surrounded the The kaporet (cover) of the aron was made of pure Mishkan; its outer ‘fence’ was made of linen gold, with two cherubs moulded on top, facing yiriyot (curtains), attached to wooden pillars. one another and with their wings touching (see p.4 article). The shulchan (table) was made from Haftarah gold-plated acacia wood, with a gold crown (zer) The reading, from the Book of Kings, records on its lid (misgeret). It had rings and staves to King Shlomo’s (Solomon) construction of the carry it, like the aron. The show bread (lechem Beit Hamikdash (Temple) in Jerusalem, hapanim) was placed on it. 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. 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 Solutions in the Sidrah: Wick, Candle & Flame by Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum, Hadley Wood Jewish Community The late Yehuda Avner Of all the implements constructed for use in the (d.2015) served as Mishkan (Tabernacle), the Midrash notes that diplomatic advisor to four Moshe particularly struggled with the Israeli Prime Ministers, Levi construction of the Menorah. Eventually, God Eshkol, Golda Meir, Himself had to show Moshe a vision of a Menachem Begin and ‘Menorah of fire’ to demonstrate how it was to be Yitzchak Rabin. In his constructed (see Rashi to Shemot 25:31). excellent memoirs, ‘The Prime Ministers’ (London, Toby Press, pp443- Rabbi J.B Soloveitchik (d. 1993) explains that it 446), Avner shared the details of an inspirational was not the technical details of the Menorah that idea he heard from the late Lubavitcher Rebbe perplexed Moshe. He had able workers who (Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, d. 1994) could ensure that all the beautiful decorations on during a visit to the USA. Following an incisive it were correctly crafted. Moshe’s real challenge discussion surrounding the latest developments was how to convey the spiritual essence of this in Begin’s ongoing negotiations with President structure to the people. Effectively, he asked God Carter in the run-up to the Camp David Accords for guidance as to how he could ensure that the in the late 1970s, the Rebbe set out his ‘fire’ of the Menorah would burn in Jewish hearts perspective on his own life’s work: for all eternity. That is why God Himself showed Moshe a ‘Menorah of fire’, imbuing it Himself “Reb Yehuda, let me tell you what I try to do. with the qualities to encourage those who saw Imagine you’re looking at a candle. What you it to take the personal responsibility to carry its are really seeing is a mere lump of wax with lessons well beyond the initial moments of a thread down its middle. So, when do the inspiration. thread and the wax become a candle? Or, in other words, when do they fulfil the purpose In retelling the lesson taught to him by Rabbi for which they were created? When you put a Schneerson that evening, Yehuda Avner recalled flame to the thread, then the wax and the that as the Rebbe escorted him to the door he thread become a candle”. posed his final question of the evening: “Has the Rebbe lit my candle?” The Rebbe’s voice now shifted into the chanting cadence in which the Talmud is studied: “No,” the Rebbe said, clasping Avner’s hand and sending him out with one final thought, “The wax is the body and the wick is the soul. “I have given you the match. Only you can light Bring the flame of Torah to the soul, then the your own candle”. body will fulfil the purpose for which it was created. And that, Reb Yehuda, is what I try to do – to ignite the soul of every Jew….with the fire of Torah, with the passion of our tradition, and with the sanctity of our heritage, so that each individual will fulfil the real purpose for which he or she was created….” In memory of Yehudah Lev ben Shevach 3 Where is God Found? by Rabbi Alan Garber, Shenley United Jewish Community When I was working in The Presence would have come from within the box Great Synagogue in Sydney, itself, as that is where the two holy tablets I ran a Shabbat morning (luchot) and the original Torah scroll, written by children’s service. The first Moshe, were kept. Yet the Torah is teaching us service was this week’s that in fact God manifests Himself in the world sidrah, Terumah. I wanted when and where people learn how to face each to explain what the Aron other, whether it is husband and wife, parent and HaKodesh (the Holy Ark) child, friends, siblings, or two lively children in a looked like. There were two particularly lively childrens’ service! children in the service and I thought that the best way to engage them (and keep them under How is this achieved? The cherubs face each control!) would be to choose them as the other when they are standing ‘on top of the volunteers to assist in the explanation of what the Torah’. In other words, their interaction is based Aron HaKodesh looked like. So I told these two on the teachings of the Torah. Loving, getting on children, a boy and a girl, that they were going with and dealing with other people can be to be “the angels” and would act out what the challenging. The Torah, our instruction manual cherubs (keruvim) looked like above the Ark. for life, guides us to be able to overcome I had them facing each other with their arms difficulties. As it says in Proverbs: “Her [the raised above their heads like wings. Torah’s] ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are of peace” (Mishlei 3:17). When we Whilst they were in this position, happy to be the successfully ‘face the other’ guided by the Torah, centre of attention, and with the other children we bring the Divine into the world. and some parents watching, I went on to explain the following idea: We are now in the month of Adar, the 12th and last month of the Jewish calendar (counting from The verse states that: “I [God] will make myself Nisan). The name Adar (4rda) can be split into two known there and I will speak with you from upon parts; a is the numerical value of One (i.e. God); the cover, between the two cherubs that are on rd means to dwell. May we merit to have God the Ark” (Shemot 25:22).
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