PARSHA POSTS: VAYAKHEL

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Jonathan Muskat

Mar 24, 2025, 5:27 AM

Hearts Ablaze: Finding Passion and Meaning in Challenging Times

Our hearts go out to our brothers and sisters in Israel, who are preparing to return to Gaza to complete the mission of eradicating Hamas. Is this the right course of action? Should Israel instead focus on negotiating for...

William Hamilton

Mar 21, 2025, 5:09 PM

“Look at all of us sitting here. This is how he would have wanted the scenario to end” Shaked Haran tells of the most poignant of moments. Her mother, released from Hamas’s harmful captivity, first learns that her husband...

Este Abramowitz

Mar 21, 2025, 6:41 AM

A great Rabbanit once told me, “Sometimes we don’t know and we will never know why.” There are moments in life where we realize we could’ve done better and are able to recognize this; and there are moments that...

Mar 21, 2025, 6:31 AM

Israel is Back at war. What should/can we do?

Israel is back at war, a war they should have and could have finished months ago. The situation we are in today is far from simple, and no need for me to get into the political arena and the...

Itzchak Evan-Shayish

Mar 21, 2025, 12:23 AM

Rav Kook on Vayakhel: Cultivating the Genius of Generosity and Kindness

RAV KOOK ON VAYAKHEL: CULTIVATING THE GENIUS OF GENEROSITY AND KINDNESS וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל־כׇּל־עֲדַ֥ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃ ...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Mar 20, 2025, 11:10 PM

Poem Parashat Vayakhel: Vertical Imprecation

What if the Mishkan could feel like a more personal experience - one of infinite discovery? The Zohar on this week's parasha discusses meditation on our unity with Gd. The parasha itself primarily focuses on building the Mishkan and...

Mordechai Silverstein

Mar 20, 2025, 10:35 PM

Who’s Got the Talent?

The “hero” of Parshat Vayakel was not a military leader, nor a king or prophet. He was a master craftsman, Betzalel be Uri ben Hur, who was described in the Torah in these words: And Moshe said to the children...

Ben-Tzion Spitz

Mar 20, 2025, 10:00 PM

The Finest Workmanship (Vayakhel)

"Goldsmith" (AI image by author)

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. -Vince Lombardi There is a story told to young design engineers about a car inventor who was always...

Mar 20, 2025, 3:23 PM

A Generous Community: Parshat Vayakhel

REAL LIFE COMMUNITIES We all have different communities, starting from the micro, in person ones, to the macro-ones, some of which are virtual. My micro-one is my immediate family, and sadly enough I lost two beloved members this year, my...

Mar 20, 2025, 2:25 PM

Vayakhel: When We Come Together as a Community — Then and Now

Helen Keller famously said, "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much". The biblical term for coming together as a community or nation derives from the root k-h-l (קהל), which is the root of the...

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