Tag: Parshat Terumah
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This Shabbat, we read Parshat Shekalim, the first of the Arba Parshiyot—a reminder of the mitzvah of the half-shekel, which Bnei Yisrael gave to sustain the Communal Korbanot. But this mitzvah is far more than just a historical tax. The Gemara Yerushalmi reveals something incredible:Haman paid a sum of silver to buy the right to…
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The Torah Commands “וְיִקְחוּ־לִי תְּרוּמָה” — “And they shall take for Me a donation.”(Shemot 25:2) Am Yisrael had just witnessed the greatest miracles in history — Yetziat Mitzrayim, Kriyat Yam Suf, and Matan Torah. They stood at the peak of spiritual elevation. And now, Hashem asks them to give. But not just gold and silver…