by Rabbi Margie Cella In this last parashah of the book of Shemot we find a full inventory of the materials required to make the Mishkan, Tabernacle, its furnishings, and the priestly...
by Rabbi Margie Cella Parashat Vayakhel begins with Moses reiterating the commandment to observe Shabbat: no work is to be done nor fires kindled on the seventh day. He instructs the people to make...
by Rabbi Margie Cella This week’s parashah begins with Moses taking a census, requiring each man aged 20-60 years old to bring a half shekel to God. Following this, God gave the final instructions...
by Rabbi Margie Cella This week’s parashah begins with God addressing Moses, charging him to deliver a message to the nation, explaining in great detail how they are to construct a portable...
by Rabbi Margie Cella The outlines of the covenant have been given; the next step is to build a sanctuary; God instructs Moses to ask the people to bring a terumah, a free-will offering of all the...
by Rabbi Margie Cella In this week’s parashah, God directs Moses to list many more of the mishpatim, the laws, which form the terms of the brit (covenant) defining the relationship...
by Rabbi Margie Cella This week’s parashah is well-known for including the first telling of the encounter between Israel and God at Sinai and the giving of the Ten Commandments. But it is the...
by Rabbi Margie Cella Parashat Beshalach tells the dramatic story of our liberation from Egypt. The nation went out into the desert, guided by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night....
by Rabbi Margie Cella Parashat Bo tells us of the continued confrontations between Moses and Pharaoh, beginning with the description of the eighth and ninth plagues: first locusts, followed by thick...
by Rabbi Margie Cella In this week’s parashah Moses receives his commission from God, Who has heard the outcry of the enslaved Israelites and, remembering the covenant made with Abraham, now recruits him...
