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Terumah: 1 + 1 = 1

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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Hi, this is David Alowski with the para in five where in five minutes we give you a little insight into the para and this is paras truma and I'm going to go here this is those of you who are only listening you'll have to imagine this on your own but there'll be some audio visual aids here as I go I'm right at the beginning of the parish um I'm starting pa giml z one cassv silver two copper Three. two copper Three. Three different types of dyed wool. That's six and linen and goats. And this really means goat skins. Orosim dyed ram skins and skins. We're up to 10. She oil for the and bimish and spices for the Mishka and for theim 14. These are all different gems that are there for the aphot and the kosh. Okay, I just counted 15 things. I read rashi chumasi. He says there were three trumas taken. The last truma is the one that's listed here to donate the 13 things that are mentioned in this para 13. I just counted 15. I know I did. If you were watching audio visually, I actually held up my fingers on each one. So why does Rashi say 13? I'm guessing Rashi can count as well as I can. So the first Rashi give different reasons, different answers. Uh they say, well maybe he left out the luim and the sham because only the nim the princes brought those and

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  1. 0:00Hi, this is David Alowski with the para in five where in five minutes we give…
  2. 0:32two copper Three. Three different types of dyed wool. That's six and linen and goats. And…
  3. 1:06and spices for the Mishka and for theim 14. These are all different gems that are…
  4. 1:40to donate the 13 things that are mentioned in this para 13. I just counted 15.…
  5. 2:12the nim the princes brought those and not all Israel. Others say are counted as one…
  6. 2:42and Rashi says 13 things. Why is that? And I believe the answer is because there…
  7. 3:15represents man and he represents woman. And the bas mikdash is where it comes together and…
  8. 3:45middle when Shvet Ley with the Mishkan in it Mishkan is the number 13 that brings…
  9. 4:16the Mishkan itself is that 13 which 13 begamatria numerical value of and 13 is also…
  10. 4:47brought us together by creating that relationship of the yud and the h of hashem's name.…

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