The Seventh and last Day of Passover is called “Shevi’i shel Pesach”. The song of Moses (Exodus 15) in the Torah reading and the song of Thanksgiving by David (Samuel II 22:1-51) in the haftarah reading are both dramatic accounts of the hidden power and protective care and guidance of G-d over the Jewish people.
The Rabbis pictured the Laws of Shabbat as “A mountain suspended by a thread” Why does the Torah goes into such detailed descriptions of the sacrifices? like wise, twelve chapters in Shemot describes detailed instructions of the Tabernacle, the Mishkan, while Shabbat gets only a few lines?!
“The really tough thing about humility is that you can’t brag about it.”-Gene Brown. The Torah describes Mosheh as the most humble person on earth, and yet, Mosheh was considered as the greatest man on earth. How can a person be both humble and so great? The entire world is a spiritual world, everything happens in our minds. When we act by thought, the world becomes much more spiritual. The work of the offerings teaches us how to correct our nature and achieve the state of “loving your neighbor as yourself”
Many people observe Shabbat each week. Our body is like the Mishkan, a dwelling place for G‑d so that it could be readily dismantled, transported and reassembled as we, the people, change and grow with every experience, in our own individual journey throughout life.
Which was Mosheh’ greatest achievement? Taking the Jews out of Egypt? Splitting the Red Sea? Receiving the Torah from G‑d and transmitting it to humanity? Or The breaking of the tablets?
Judaism usually focus on the inner qualities, not outward materialism such as clothing, so what is so important about the garments of the High Priest? Does “Clothes make the man”? Should we judge a book by its cover? Also, Parashat Tetzaveh is the only parashah in the 3 books of: Shemot, Vayikra, and Bamidbar in which Mosheh’s name is not mentioned. Is it a sign that his physical presence is gone?
Trumah means offering, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”-Mahatma Gandhi. On Mount Sinai G-d first instructs Mosheh to call upon the people of Israel, only those whose heart so moved them to bring gifts and contribute the thirteen materials needed to build the Mishkan.
“Aizehu ashir? Hasameach bechelko, Who is rich? He that rejoices in his own portion (Pirkei Avot 4:1).” The most recognized word for happiness in Hebrew is Simchah. The noun Simchah is mentioned in the Bible 94 times. The Zohar notes that the Hebrew word for “in happiness” b’simchah, בשמחה contain the same letters as the Hebrew word for “thought” machshava, מחשבה referring to idea that the key to happiness is found in our thoughts, by training oneself to weed out any negative thought that prevent one from experiencing happiness.
The 53 mitzvot in Parshat Mishpatim fall primarily under the category of “bein adam l’chavero”, commandments governing relationships between man and man. Before Parashat Mishpatim, we studied the development of the relationship between Man and G-d through a series of open miracles culminating on Har Sinai experience. Now the Torah shifts gears and focuses on mitzvot bein adam l’chaveiro.
G‑d created the world with 10 words. There were 10 generations from Adam to Noah. 10 generations from Shem (Noah’s son) to Abvraham. The Israelites were saved from Egypt by 10 plagues, accepting the 10 Commandments at Mount Sinai.