“Vayakel Moshe — and Moses gathered the whole community of Israelites and said unto them, these are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do.” — Exodus 35:1 For centuries, Jews have gathered ...

As Israel faces its greatest challenges, the lessons of Vayakhel remind us of the power of unity in times of crisis. The great and ambitious project of building a house to host the presence of Hashem ...

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 ...

Our guest this week is Rabbi Dan Ornstein, rabbi at Congregation Ohav Shalom in Albany, New York. Rabbi Ornstein is a graduate of the joint program of the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Columbia ...

Mori ve-rabi R. Aharon Lichtenstein, zt”l, had an insight into Parshat VaYakhel which at its most basic level answers a technical question, why does the Torah record the detailed list of the items ...

look at the beauty of the Temple, built in harmony and generosity, and let this be the foundation of your own home – built on love and overflowing kindness. Parashat “Vayakhel,” which we read this ...

This week’s Parshah, Parshat Vayakhel, contains the final instructions and layout of the Mishkan\tabernacle, that would eventually serve as the prototype of the Beit Hamikdash. As an introduction to ...

As the Tabernacle is completed, Moses renders an accounting of monies donated to its construction (Exodus 38:21–31). One wonders why this accounting is necessary. After all, the Torah tells us that ...

The last two portions of the Book of Exodus repeat information found in previous portions of the Torah. In Parashat Vayakhel, the Tabernacle is constructed following the detailed prescriptions found ...

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 ...

The fiscal year in the Beit Hamikdash starts on Rosh Chodesh Nissan. The public sacrifices, such as Tamid and Musaf, were to be purchased from the new Machtzit Hashekel collection. In order to ...