Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei

Avoiding Deification in Creating the Mishkan

If the Golden Calf was an abomination, why is the Tabernacle okay?

Six Days Shall You Work

Shabbat is important, yet our behavior during the other six days is no less a part of religious life.

Parashat Pekudei Quiz

Learn more about the weekly Torah portion.

Parashat Vayakhel Quiz

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Team Effort

Building global community, like the construction of the mishkan, requires everyone to participate.

God Is In The Details

The Torah teaches us to think globally and act locally.

Ecology & Shabbat

Shabbat gives us an opportunity to stop trying to control the world.

We Have Only Our Hearts

It is easy to feel disconnected from those who are most unlike us.

Initiative and Self-Sufficiency

God met the Israelites' need to relate to God on their own terms — we must do the same.

Moving Towards Redemption

The messages of hope and togetherness in Vayakhel and Pekudei prepare us for Passover.