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Mar 19, 2026, 9:33 PM

Clouds, Sacrifice, and Living on the Threshold: Parshat Vayikra

Transitions matter. They are the moments when one chapter closes and another begins, when certainty gives way to possibility—or to anxiety. The Bible, like life, is full of such thresholds. When one of its sacred books ends and another...

Mar 16, 2026, 3:12 AM

Vayakhel–Pekudei: When Holiness Dwells Among Us

Parashat Vayakhel–Pekudei brings Book of Exodus to its conclusion. The story that began with slavery in Egypt ends with the Divine Presence filling the Mishkan — the portable sanctuary that accompanied the Israelites in the wilderness. Between those two moments unfolds...

Reuven Chaim Klein

Mar 15, 2026, 2:11 AM

Advice from the Kidneys – kilayot, atzeh, and tuchot

The kidneys are vital organs that essentially act as the body's filtration system, ensuring that toxins are removed from the blood. They are thus responsible for filtering waste products and other excess substances from the blood, which are then...

Mar 13, 2026, 7:28 PM

Betraying Our Tabernacle: Vayakhel – Pekudei

I can’t add much to the statement signed by former Likud ministers Dan Meridor and Meir Shitrit that the pogroms in the West Bank are war crimes. And before we put all the blame on the settlers, the next sentence...

Mar 13, 2026, 7:23 PM

Shalom Brothers: Let the Record Show That We Gathered (Vayakhel-Pikudei)

Two words name this double portion: Vayakhel–Pekudei. They don’t sound dramatic. They are. Vayakhel means and he gathered—not that Moses gathered himself, but that the people gathered. Pekudei means these are the records—the accounting of what was built, what...

Michel M.J. Shore

Mar 13, 2026, 5:58 PM

To Make a Place for the Divine’s Space

To Make a Place for the Divine's Space (Reflections on the Haftorah for Vayakhel- Pikudei) ( Ezekiel 45:18-46:15) Without place for the Divine within, There is no space made for the Divine. The Divine resides wherein we welcome G-d. The external sanctuary will be built When...

Mar 13, 2026, 5:20 PM

Vayakhel–Pekudei

When Silence Becomes Architecture and Precision Becomes Dwelling The Summoning After the calf there are no shouts. No fire. No punishment. There is work. Moshe gathers the people. Not to correct them. Not to humiliate them. To summon them. For the...

William Hamilton

Mar 13, 2026, 5:13 PM

Inviting Hannah Senesh To This Year’s Seder

The world knows Anne Frank. Israelis also know another young woman named Hannah Senesh. Anne once wrote that people are “truly good at heart.” Hannah, who parachuted back into 1944-Nazi Europe, “knew many people aren’t good at all and...

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Mar 13, 2026, 5:09 PM

The Tent of Meeting and the Danger of Organized Religion

One of the greatest dangers to religious life is organized religion—when religion turns into religious conformity and, in the case of Judaism, Halakhah (Jewish law) becomes commonplace. At that moment it loses its excitement, vitality, and grandeur and becomes...

Mar 13, 2026, 4:59 AM

My beloved friend Avraham Beard worked for the legendary advertiser Colin Millward as a marketing creator. When Avraham brought him an idea, Millward would simply look at it and either nod or shake his head. If he shook it,...

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