Tuesday
Feb162021
OPENING THE MIND OF SUPERNAL MAN
February 16, 2021The beauty of women “expands the mind of (Supernal) man” by perfecting the world we live in. * Women teach us what we truly are – gold, “one who donates it is healthy.”
Entries in Truma (16)
Friday
Feb152019
A VULNERABLE REBBE
When G-d spoke and the world came into being, a world where He sent the souls of His beloved nation, the Jewish people, G-d became “vulnerable,” dependent on us to succeed in our mission. Likewise, the Rebbe spoke words of prophecy about the imminence of redemption – and it is up to us to see it through!
Thursday
Feb072019
MOSHIACH FOR THE CHILD IN YOU
How is it appropriate to include in the description of the Messianic Era the concept that “delicacies will be commonly available, like dust”? Delicacies are things that are connected with the body viewed in its most despicable capacity, “the skin of a snake”!
Thursday
Feb072019
GOING IN REVERSE TO THE GEULA
The Midrash connects the opening words of this Parsha, “Speak to the children of Israel, that they shall take for Me an offering…” with the response the Jewish people gave when they were offered the Torah.
Tuesday
Feb132018
WE ARE READY!
The opening verse of this week’s parsha contains a key phrase, “They shall take for Me an offering.” This was G-d’s commandment to the Jewish people to contribute to the construction of the Mishkan, the portable Sanctuary in the desert
Tuesday
Feb282017
OUR COLLECTIVE BAR MITZVAH
In the construction of the Mishkan— the portable Sanctuary—as is recounted in this week’s parsha, the Jews were commanded to contribute their resources to this holy project.
Tuesday
Feb282017
WE MUST STOP BEING APOLOGETIC ABOUT MOSHIACH
This Shabbos (Parshas Truma) falls out right before Zayin Adar, the birthday and Yahrtzait of Moshe Rabbeinu. It is a very special day as in its merit the Jewish nation was saved during the time of the miracle of Purim.
Wednesday
Feb102016
DIVINE EXCLUSIVITY
The story of the building of the Mishkan contains a lot of guidance for us in the area of Bitachon, as we know that the point of building the Mishkan was that the G-dliness that came down during Mattan Torah should remain in this world permanently. Having an abode (for Hashem) among us, whether in the form of a unique edifice or in the figure of a great tzaddik, assists us in living in a way that Hashem is a reality in our lives, not something abstract.
Wednesday
Feb102016
“AND YOU SHALL MAKE AN ARON”
The boy from the vocational school in Kfar Chabad, when asked to construct an Aron Kodesh for his father’s shul, blazed a new trail in shul furnishings. To mark the sidra in which we read of the design of the aron and the Mishkan, we met with Pinchas Lachiani, owner of “Finish” synagogue furnishings, who has devoted his life to beautify miniature sanctuaries in Eretz Yisroel and abroad. * Lachiani shares moving stories and tells of the life altering month that he spent with the Rebbe, about his personal encounter with the Rebbe, the mysterious blessing he received as a boy and which was understood years later, and which aron kodesh required rappelling to construct.
Wednesday
Feb102016
WHOSE GIFT WILL MOSHIACH REJECT?
The Mishkan, the portable Sanctuary the Jewish people constructed in the desert, was constructed out of gold, silver and copper.
Wednesday
Feb102016
MI’SH’NICHNAS ADAR RISHON MARBIM B’SIMCHA
This Shabbos – Parshas Truma – is also the first Shabbos of Chodesh Adar Rishon. Everyone knows that Chazal say (Taanis 29) “Mi’sh’nichnas Adar Marbim B’simcha, When the month of Adar arrives we should increase our joy.”
Wednesday
Mar112015
TRAGEDY TRANSFORMED INTO LAUGHTER
In place of all this tragedy and suffering “our mouths will be filled with laugher and our tongues will sing.”
Wednesday
Feb182015
THE TEMPLE “SUBSTITUTES”
The Torah is, first and foremost, a Book that directs our lives. The Torah contains a total of 613 commandments. One of the commands in this week’s parsha is particularly relevant as we approach the final days of Galus: “Make for Me a Sanctuary and I will dwell in them.