Terumah

Exodus 25:1-27:19

In this Torah portion, Moses receives God's commandments on stone tablets. God tells Moses to create a dwelling place for God, where the Israelites can bring God gifts. God details what the Mishkan (Tabernacle) will look like and how it should be made. The Tabernacle includes an ark, two cherubim, curtains, and a menorah.

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There was a pure gold menorah in the Mishkan.

Text Studies	Social Action and Environmentalism
A Santuary Within Rabbi Hyim Shafner, Hillel	Mishkan as Signifier Rabbi Brent Spodek, AJWS
Give & Take Rabbi Jordan Cohen, KOLEL	Mishkan as Model Evan Wolkenstein, AJWS
Gifts Freely Given Rabbi Maynard Bell, Union for Reform Judaism	Establishing a System Daniel Bloom, AJWS
	Using Our Contributions Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow, socialaction.com
	Is God Present in Our Consumption? Ariel Shalem, Canfei Nesharim

From the Denominations	Pluralism and Outreach
Let Your Light Shine Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish Unversity	The Role of Ritual Rabbi Shimon Felix, Bronfman Youth Fellowship
Creating Sacred Space Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, JTS	More Than a Contractor's List Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Jewish Outreach Institute
On the Way to Sanctify Rabbi Avraham Fischer, Orthodox Union	God's Home Rabbi Moti Bar-Or, UJA-Federation of New York
	Making Free Will Offerings Rabbi Denise Eger, Women of Reform Judaism
Multimedia
Parashat Terumah Quiz Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
Parashat Terumah Challah Julie Seltzer
Parashat Terumah for Families Torah Topics for Today