Parsha Perspectives for Today (Vayakhel-Pekudei, 5781) - Where There is a Will

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

exactly a repetition of true matatsava leaving the reader wondering why do we need to be told again does hashem think we have such a short memory such a short attention span that we can't remember what we were reading why are vayakel and pakude repeated all over again the truth is the answer is found in the opening words not only of but of pakude ela pekudei hamishkan these are the accountings of the mishkan the measure tells us that the word elah the word these is an atonement it is a kapara it is a repair from having said with the ego when it from having said with the ego when it came to the mistake the horrific judgment of the ego as of the golden calf we said allah aloha israel this is the god of the jewish people the a le pekude a mishkan came in order to upset in order to repair the damage that was done from ela elohecha israel so they follow the haita ego because first we were told trump god told us here's if you want me to live among you you want to feel my presence you want to connect intensely to me here is the prescription here is the

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