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God is in the Details Dr. Paul Mandel on Parshat Terumah

Dr. Paul Mandel
| 04/02/2018
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Symbols and Rituals

This week in Parshat Terumah Moses and the Israelites are given detailed instructions on how to construct the Tabernacle in the wilderness.

How do we make sense of this detailed blueprint: “Make five posts of acacia wood for the screen and overlay them with gold—their hooks being of gold—and cast for them five sockets of copper?”

Dr. Paul Mandel, senior lecturer in Midrash at The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, offers an intriguing explanation on Moses and the Israelites for the use of different materials in the construction of the tabernacle and the special dividing curtain.

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Image Credit: TALI Virtual Midrash, Unknown artist North French Miscellany (Add. 11639 fol.522): Angels with the Ark of Covenant

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The Golden Calf and the Red Heifer: A Bovine Coincidence?

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Dr. Shula Laderman
| 03/07/2022

This week in Parashat Hukkat, we read about the commandment of the Red Heifer. Dr. Shula Laderman, lecturer of Judaism...

A punishment reminiscent of creation

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Prof. Moshe Benovitz
| 22/06/2022

This week Moshe Benovitz, Professor of Talmud, Jewish Law at the Schechter Institutes of Jewish Studies​, discusses Parashat Korach. Prof....

The never-ending journey to holiness

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Rabbi Prof. David Frankel
| 19/06/2022

This week, Rabbi Professor David Frankel, Associate Professor of Bible at The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, shares insight on Parashat Shelach and next...

Judaism: A two-sided coin

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Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin
| 09/06/2022

This week,  Rabbi Professor David Golinkin, President of The Schechter Institutes, describes Judaism as a two-sided coin which encompasses both joys...

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