Parshas Pekudei - Building Again and Again | Rabbi Shay Schachter

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[music] >> Parshas Pekudei, we read about Moshe Rabbeinu and Hakamas Hamishkan. And at the very end of the Hakamas [music] Hamishkan, we are told at the culmination of all this hard work, finally, Hukam Hamishkan. Rashi there, quoting Chazal, tells us that this was something that was not a one-time event, but every day, Hayo Moshe Ma'amido U'mafarko, every day Moshe Rabbeinu would construct the Mishkan, and then Moshe Rabbeinu would take it down once again. And of course, that's something that needs a lot of explanation. What that needs a lot of explanation. What was it necessary for Moshe Rabbeinu to be involved in building the Mishkan every day and taking it down? After all, he had many other important things [music] to be busy with. The Nesivos Shalom has a beautiful shot, and he says, "The truth is, it's not only about Moshe Rabbeinu, it's really about all of us who live our own journey of our own lives trying to build and construct [music] our own personal Mishkan." And he says, as we all know, people unfortunately sometimes face [music] adversity, and sometimes they even fail. They have Nisyonos in the way. That is

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1. 0:03[music] >> Parshas Pekudei, we read about Moshe Rabbeinu and Hakamas Hamishkan. And at the very…
2. 0:34that needs a lot of explanation. What was it necessary for Moshe Rabbeinu to be involved…
3. 1:04They have Nisyonos in the way. That is the journey of life. That's what it is…
4. 1:35>> to get to where I need to be to build that beautiful Mishkan that is…
5. 2:07is a Keil emunah? It should be that we are the ones who believe in him.…
6. 2:37emunasecha. It's a gratitude to the Ribono shel Olam that [music] he has a tremendous amount…
7. 3:08Mishkan that is going to be the journey of my own life.…

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