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Vayakhel - Pekudei: The Transformation of the Mishkan - The Approach of Rav Yehoshua Heller

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

A discussion on the transformation of the Mishkan in Vayakhel-Pekudei.

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Okay, good evening everyone. Shalom aleichem. Baruchim haba'im. We have a amazing shear. Maybe this shear of the year even. Parshas Vayakhel Pekudei. Last year in Sefer Shemot, shear on Sefer Shemot. First of all, the shear of Taf Shin Pei Vav, dedicated by the Israeli family of Great Neck leil nishmas Malkah bas Yosef. Beganei Eden timnuha sheyishyu ameilim Yosher um l'Shamayim l'itzcha sheyishyu l'chol family ad bias Goel Tzedek. The shear of Sefer Shemot were dedicated by Dr. Zachim umishpacha l'ilui nishmas Sham Eliezer ben Rabbi Yaakov Zachim, Rivka bas Rabbi Halevi, Rav Dovid ben Rav Yaakov Tzvi Hakohen. And tonight's shear is dedicated uh by Mr. and Mrs. David and Aviva Weber l'ilui nishmas his grandfather Avraham One Weber on Chaf Alef Adar Alter Avraham ben Elkana nishmas Avraham ben Eliyahu sheyishyu ameilim Yosher um l'Shamayim l'itzcha sheyishyu l'simchas nachas um bisuros tovos ad bias Goel Tzedek. And also in honor of the upcoming bar mitzvah of his grandson Azriel Tzvi Noach Avriel Tzvi Noach ben Avraham Moshe tizku l'gadluhu l'Torah, l'chuppah ul'maasim tovim. Amen. Mazel tov. Tonight's shear is also dedicated by Rav Avi Tuckman l'ilui nishmas his father Rav Yisrael Isser ben Rav Mordechai Yaakov whose 10th yahrtzeit is Chaf Hei Adar beganei Eden timnuha sheyishyu ameilim Yosher um l'Shamayim l'itzcha sheyishyu l'bisuros tovos, simchas nachas um gezunt ad bias Goel Tzedek. Okay, you ready? Fasten your seat belts. Here we go. Parshas Vayakel >> [snorts] >> The final pasuk of Parshas Vayakel seems innocuous. But last year I was very

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  1. 0:00Okay, good evening everyone. Shalom aleichem. Baruchim haba'im. We have a amazing shear. Maybe this shear
  2. 5:26tallis bags, why doesn't anyone make like a nice yarmulke box, you know, to give you
  3. 10:45It sounds funny. I mean it so seriously by the way. Now usually I say it
  4. 15:57So be your Moshe Rabbeinu for a second, okay? So Hashem comes out, "Hey Moshe! Vayedaber
  5. 21:12Let's clarify so you know what I'm asking. I'm My question is number one. I'll go
  6. 26:57marriage is consummated, so the woman is uh more intimate with her husband. So it depending
  7. 32:23The higher level we are on and the Torah is on, the more unity that exists,
  8. 37:41make four letters of space? I guess you have to erase the whole line and squeeze
  9. 43:07make the Mishkan. Of course that was the original command to Moshe Rabbeinu. That there's no
  10. 48:20made us eternally wed to Hashem, and it would have brought Mashiach, would have brought the

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