There had to be donations -

and Everyone wanted to donate-

 

All our great great grandparents were in on the building of the Tabernacle- 

 

The Almighty suggested to Moses - and he inspired the PEOPLE to be CONSTRUCTIVE!

 

But TERUMA means "UPLIFTING" not "BUILDING" - and why?

 

The Israelites in the desert  needed:

 

Gold and Silver and Copper - 

 

sounds like the Commodity Exchange was pretty busy in the desert while they were building the Tabernacle!

 

While flying to NY yesterday I met some nice people from Michigan and we were talking a bit

 about some Torah thoughts

 

and about paganism versus Judaism in the Old Testament - and discussions in the Talmud.

 

What is paganism - avoda zara - STRANGE WORK or NEGATIVISM

 

Bottom line - 

 

YOU CAN SEE WHAT A LITTLE METAL CAN DO IF IT IS FOR WORSHIPPING THE ALMIGHTY IN BEAUTY

 

and you can see what evil can do with all that stuff

 

The FBI just arrested a teacher who was preparing bombs using students to get gunpowder for him and his brother

 

right HERE IN NYC - Pelham Parkway! 

 

We need to teach that all the stuff in the world needs to be used to be TERUMA- meaning

 

(spiritually) UPLIFTING - like the Tabernacle (and the Temples)

 

Shabbat Shalom

 

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz