Parshas Pekudei
7 maamarim of the tzaddikim on this week's reading, each in Hebrew and English with a takeaway.
Lehavas David
Rav Dovid Matisyohu Rabinowitz ›Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzTwo Dwellings in One: Torah with Yiras ShamayimThe Mishkan was built to house both the Shechinah and the Torah, and the doubled “Mishkan” teaches that the two belong together: Torah is truly what it should be when it is…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzThe Leftover Donation: Witness to ForgivenessWhen we finish a mitzvah or a project for Hashem, the danger is the pride that comes with success, just when we see the work complete. The Mishkan's leftover gifts kept every…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzPreparing for the Mitzvah Is Itself AvodahMuch of our day goes not into the mitzvos themselves but into getting ready for them, and the tzaddikim teach that this preparation, done for Hashem's honor, is already part of…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzDone at the Command: Longing That Counts as DeedHashem counts our longing for a mitzvah as part of the mitzvah itself: from the moment we truly want to do His command, it is counted as though we are already doing it. The…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzHashem's Presence in the Work of Our HandsMost of our day is spent on the work of our hands, the ordinary physical business of living. The builders of the Mishkan did even their physical labor for the sake of Heaven, so…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzMoshe's Humility in Every Hand That BuiltHoly work, whether teaching Torah or building a Mishkan, can be spoiled by a thread of pride, and on our own we could not keep our service clean of it. But Moshe Rabbeinu drew…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzBound to Moshe: The Shechinah in the Work of Their HandsPride hides most easily in our best deeds: in giving to others, and in the moment a mitzvah is finished and looks beautiful. Bnei Yisrael built the Mishkan as true *avodah*…