Serving with a Full Heart

Parashat VaYaqhel (And He Assembled)Shemot (Exodus) 35:1–38:20Maftir: Numbers 19:1-22Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16-38Shabbat Parah (Cow) This week is Shabbat Parah (Cow). Shabbat Parah, observed before Shabbat HaChodesh, includes a special Torah reading from Numbers 19:1-22 about the … Read More

Serving Him Through Serving Others

Parashat VaYaqhel (And He Assembled) Shemot (Exodus) 35:1–38:20 Special reading for Shabbat Shekalim: Shemot (Exodus) 30:11–16 Haftarah: 2 Kings 11:17–12:17 (Sephardic) We have a special reading this week for “Shabbat Shekalim”, which is the Shabbat … Read More

A Passover Prince

Parashat VaYaqhel (And He Assembled) & Parashat Pequdei (Accounts Of) Shemot (Exodus) 35:1–38:20 & 38:21–40:38 Shabbat HaChodesh (Shabbat of The Month) : Exodus 12:1-20 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 This week we have a special reading for … Read More

A Willing Heart

Parashat VaYaqhel (And He Assembled) Shemot (Exodus) 35:1–38:20 Special reading for Shabbat Shekalim: Shemot (Exodus) 30:11–16 Haftarah: 2 Kings 11:17–12:17 (Sephardic) We have a special reading this week for “Shabbat Shekalim”, which is the Shabbat … Read More

A Different Kind of Offering

Parashat VaYaqhel (And He Assembled) & Parashat Pequdei (Accounts Of) Shemot (Exodus) 35:1–38:20 & 38:21–40:38 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45–46 In this week’s readings, we find repeated instructions for collecting an offering for the LORD in order … Read More

More Than Enough

Parashat VaYaqhel (And He Assembled) & Parashat Pequdei (Accounts Of) Shemot (Exodus) 35:1–38:20 & 38:21–40:38 This week we read of one of my favorite accounts with regard to the building of the Mishqan (God’s dwelling … Read More

Resting from the Daily Grind

Parashat Vayakhel (And he assembled) Shemot (Exodus) 35:1–38:20 I marvel at God’s Word and the amazing wisdom and insight that it contains! In it, we find instructions that are relevant until today, and that enrich … Read More

Parashat Vayakhel (And He Assembled)

Shemot (Exodus) 35:1-38:20 In my previous blog, Parashat Ki Tisa (When You Lift Up), I wrote that whatever God asks or requires of us, He will also give us the tools by which to do … Read More