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“The Word of Hashem Is Perfect. It Restores the Soul. It ShabbosOHRNETO Parshas VayakhelH - Pekudei - ParahR For the week endingN 23 Adar 5758 E Mar. 21, 1998 Vol.T 5 No. 22 THE OHR SOMAYACH TORAH MAGAZINE ON THE INTERNET PARSHA INSIGHTS vehicle for the Divine Presence to presence to dwell in our lives, the WE HAVE rest amongst them. only way is through following the In this assumption they were not Makers instructions to the letter. THE TECHNOLOGY far off the mark. But theres another Otherwise we end up with a golden ...As Hashem commanded Moshe. American folk saying: Close only calf. (39:1) counts in horseshoes and hand- It is for this reason that after each ne guaranteed way to grenades. Not being far from the detail of the Mishkan the Torah says O increase sales of a product is mark can be as far as day is from as Hashem commanded Moshe. O night. The essence of the Mishkan was to put a flash on the box say- ing New!!! Improved!!! True, there would be a vehicle that it was as Hashem commanded Inevitably, the veracity of this claim through which the Divine Presence Moshe and not through the mistaken is in inverse proportion to the num- would rest on the Jewish People, and good intentions of man. ber of exclamation marks which fol- its name was the Mishkan. However, low it. the Mishkan could only be built NO PREVIOUS We have an almost insatiable desire for new. Our society is founded on the self-evident premise The word of EXPERIENCE REQUIRED that everything can and needs to be And each person whose heart moti- improved. Hashem is vated him came. (35:21) Theres an old American folk say- ake a look at the really wealthy ing: If it aint broke, dont fix it. perfect. It TTpeople in the world. What is it In this weeks Parsha, the words that they all have in common? As Hashem commanded Moshe Tremendous initiative. Initiative appear over and over again. Twenty- restores the means not focusing on what you have two times. At the end of every single now, but having the confidence to detail of the Mishkan, As Hashem project what might be, and to act on commanded ... as Hashem commanded soul. It is like it. Moshe ... as Hashem commanded And each person whose heart moti- Moshe. no man-made vated him came. Why this seeming redundancy? The workers who made the The purpose of the Mishkan was to panacea. Mishkan needed to be motivated by atone for the making of the golden their hearts because none of them calf. And the underlying flaw evinced had any previous experience in the by the golden calf was the desire to skills necessary for building it, and be smarter than Hashem. according to the original Makers there were no teachers to train them! The Jewish People had seen that instructions. No improvements are They were the true pioneers. They Moshe had acted as an intermediary possible on these instructions. And were successful because they had the between them and Hashem. When when we try to make improvements, inner courage to come forth and vol- Moshe failed to come down from the we end up with a golden calf. When unteer to do whatever was needed. mountain they saw in the clouds a we try and modernize and pluralize They didnt think about their short- vision of his dead body being carried we end up with a golden calf. comings. They projected their on a bier. In their confusion, the Jews The word of Hashem is perfect. It dreams. surmised they would need someone restores the soul. It is like no man- Just as it takes great initiative to or something to replace Moshe; some made panacea. If we want Hashems become materially wealthy, so too it continued on page three 1 P ARSHA OVERVIEW VAYAKHEL incense, made of wood overlaid with gold, and a larger altar for oshe exhorts the Bnei Yisrael to keep Shabbos, and the purpose of sacrifices that was made of wood that was cov- MMrequests donations for the materials for the construc- ered with copper. tion of the Mishkan (tent of meeting). He collects gold, PEKUDEI silver, precious stones, animal skins and yarn, as well as incense he Book of Shemos comes to its conclusion with this and olive oil for the Menorah and for anointing. The princes of Parsha. After finishing all the different parts, vessels and each of the twelve tribes bring the precious stones for the Kohen TT garments used in the Mishkan, Moshe gives a complete Gadols breastplate and ephod. Hashem appoints Betzalel and accounting and enumeration of all the contributions and of the Oholiav as the master craftsmen for the building of the Mishkan various clothing and vessels which had been fashioned. The Bnei and its vessels. The Bnei Yisrael contribute so much that Moshe Yisrael bring everything to Moshe. He inspects the handiwork begins to refuse donations. Special curtains with two different and notes that everything was made according to Hashems covers were designed to serve as the material for the Mishkans specifications. Moshe blesses the people. Hashem speaks to roof and door. Gold-covered boards set in silver bases were Moshe and tells him that the Mishkan should be set up on the first connected and formed the walls of the Mishkan. Betzalel made day of the first month, Nissan. He also tells Moshe the order of the Aron Hakodesh (Ark), which contained the Tablets of the assembly for the Mishkan and its vessels. Moshe does everything Covenant, from wood that was covered with gold on the inside in the prescribed manner. When the Mishkan is finally complete and outside. On the cover of the Ark were two small figures fac- with every vessel in its place, a cloud descends upon it, indicating ing each other with wings arching over the Ark. The Menorah that Hashems glory was resting there. Whenever the cloud and the Shulchan, the table with the showbreads, were also made moved away from the Mishkan, the Bnei Yisrael would follow it. of gold. Two altars were made: A smaller one for burning At night the cloud was replaced by a pillar of fire. HAFTORAH: YECHEZKEL 36:16-38 Parshas Parah time of the Beis Hamikdash, it was on the When we neglect them, our hearts freeze 14th of Nissan that the Pesach sacrifice over, severed from their lifeline. We HEART OF STONE was brought by all the Jewish People. become spiritually rigid. Our hearts atro- Parshas Parah deals with the laws of phy, coarsen and eventually become as ne who aspires to purify himself purification that were needed to purify the rigid as stone. OO spiritually is given help from Jewish People from contact with a dead And because we then have made our- above. body a necessary preliminary to enter- selves a heart of stone, we dont realize The period before Rosh Chodesh ing the Beis Hamikdash and bringing the that this is why we have so little faith. Nissan is especially favorable for purifica- Pesach sacrifice. How can a heart of stone have faith? We tion. This is one of the reasons that we The Haftorah describes the time of dont realize that our complaints against read Parshas Parah at this time of the year. Mashiach, when Hashem will sprinkle Hashem come from a rock chamber But there is a more basic reason: In the purifying waters on the Bnei Yisrael and entombed in our chests. remove from them all the impurities that Eventually it will be too late for a have encrusted their souls. bypass. Hashem will come and give us a O H R N E T I will remove the heart of stone from heart that is soft, that cries, that wants to your flesh and give you a heart of flesh hear the word of Hashem and beats in instead. (46:26) time to its Maker. THE OHR SOMAYACH TORAH MAGAZINE ON THE INTERNET Hashems mitzvos are our life blood. 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