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Reuven Chaim Klein

Feb 23, 2026, 1:15 PM

Naming Mordecai – Mordechai, Malachi, & Petachyah

Throughout the Scroll of Esther, Mordechai (Mordecai) — the lead male hero of the story — is known by the name Mordechai. The Talmud (Chullin 139b) famously asks where we find an allusion to the name Mordechai in the Torah,...

Feb 22, 2026, 5:34 PM

Terumah 2026 — When a Home Becomes a Dwelling

PARASHAH TERUMAH 2026 — WHEN A HOME BECOMES A DWELLING Year 2026. A man lives alone in a small flat. In a city that never sleeps. He works in front of a screen. Meetings. Emails. Messages. Alerts. Everything functions. Everything responds. Everything...

Feb 22, 2026, 12:53 AM

Parashah Terumah — Existential Lessons

There comes a moment when simply complying is no longer enough. You have done what is right. You have walked straight. You have repaired mistakes. And yet, you feel empty. It is not a lack of discipline. It is not rebellion. It...

Feb 20, 2026, 7:05 PM

Parsha Terumah ~ 5786

Shemot 25:8: חוְעָ֥שׂוּ לִ֖י מִקְדָּ֑שׁ וְשָֽׁכַנְתִּ֖י בְּתוֹכָֽם “They must make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell in their midst.” Our free will leads us to exciting destinations, but inevitably, off the beaten derech (path). We commute, travel, and relocate. There is always a point...

Feb 20, 2026, 6:03 PM

Parashah Terumah — When the Invisible Takes Form

PARASHAH TERUMAH — WHEN THE INVISIBLE TAKES FORM The echo of Sinai still vibrates in the air. The words remain hot. The law burns in the blood. The people walk straight. They obey. They remember. They fulfil. And yet, something is missing. There is...

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Feb 20, 2026, 5:51 PM

Parashat Terumah – The Ark and Quantum Theory

Scientific discoveries come in numerous forms. Some are achieved through careful observation and disciplined experimentation. Others, far more rare, erupt into history as sudden and unimaginable visions of reality—revelations that expose dimensions of existence no one suspected. There are “known...

Feb 20, 2026, 5:41 PM

Two Narratives of Creation (Terumah, Covenant & Conversation)

The Torah describes two acts of creation: God’s creation of the universe, and the Israelites’ creation of the Mikdash, or Mishkan, the Sanctuary that travelled with them in the desert, the prototype of the Temple in Jerusalem. The connection between...

Feb 20, 2026, 5:17 PM

The Tent Returns

God created the world, a home for us. This is how the Torah begins. In this week’s parashah, the inverse begins to happen. The Jewish People are commanded to build a house for God, a Mishkan: וְעָ֥שׂוּ לִ֖י מִקְדָּ֑שׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י...

Feb 20, 2026, 2:33 PM

The inward focus of the selfie culture goes too far

Young girl with her arms to the sky. (iStock)

When we give of ourselves without expectation of return, we awaken the divine spark that is in each of us (Terumah)

Feb 20, 2026, 1:30 PM

Judaism needs stakeholders, not spectators

'The Jewish Tabernacle and Priesthood,' by George C. Needham, 1874. (Wikimedia Commons)

When Jewish leadership pitches the religion as there for the taking, many opt out, but when God needs every Jew's involvement, who'd want to walk away? (Terumah)

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