Trumah and Adar and Purim - and who are we really

 

The Torah is about Abraham's journey and his childrens' - all the way down to US.

 

The 2nd thru the 5th Books of the 5 Books of Moses are about Moses' journey - and about US.

 

On the surface we read this week's Portion and it is about Building a Temple on the shifting sands of the Sinai desert-

BUT IT IS REALLY ABOUT US!

 

As Rabbi Neria wrote - Moses was sent a vision from the Almighty about how the Tabernacle should look. But as the work progressed it did not always seem correct - 

until he realized there were arguments between the worlers!

 

So he spent time smoothing out the disagreements - and then the pieces of the Tabernacle fit together perfectly.

 

That is our task individually and as a people  - Am Yisrael - the People of the Book - which is 

the Plan of the Al-mighty!

 

So - what are the tools?     PURIM teaches that!

 

As Rebbe Nachman taught -

 

By joy, by dancing, by clapping to the beat -

and by desiring to bring G-d's Holiness into this world!

 

As Mordechai Told Esther "Revach V Hatzalah ... Me Makom ..." -

you can interpret his words to her as

 

" G-d's will is done anyway - so let's be a part of it!"

 

Shabbat Shalom

 

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

in frozen New York