Vayakhel-Pekudei - 4th Portion

Join me as we learn for the fourth Torah reading of parishes Vayak and Pakud when they are combined on a non- leap year. So this Torah reading will take us from Vayakl which and then into the last Torah reading of the book of Exodus Pakud. Yesterday we learned about the construction of the manora and the inner altar. Today we'll continue to learn about the outer altar, the lavver and the hangings in the courtyard. Moving into the tow reading of Pakud where we now makes a summary and accounting as well as the making of the garments for the chapter 38 verse1 and he now makes the sacrificial altar made out of which were five cubits in its length five cubits in its width. It was a square and three, three cubits in it height and he made protrusions on all of its four corners. From it itself were coming those protrusions and he covered it in copper. And therefore he made all the vessels utensils that were needed for the altar the pots the scoops and the basins and the flesh and the fire pans and all of the utensils were made in copper. Verse four and then he made for the alter he made a copper network which was under the decorative border under the decorative border. from the bottom downwards towards until the middle. Verse five. Then he put four rings on the four edges of the copper gate of the copper gate which these would house the poles that when they would carry it and he made the poles out of wood and made them and coated them in copper. Verse seven and then they inserted the rods in the rings. on the sides of the altar to carry them. He made the altar a hollow structure of panels because they would fill it with earth. Rashi seven. What does it means? It was empty. It was hollow on the inside. But um is we so find it as in Jeremiah uses a terminology and we talks about the describing of the thickness of the walls of every pillar that was in the holy temple was four fingers by four fingers and hollow on the inside. What does it mean? Hollow meaning boards that were ofac on each side and then it was hollow on the insert which they would then fill with earth. Verse eight. And then he made the copper lver. And then the basin of it was also made out of copper. What was it made from? Sat. It was used the mirrors of the legions of women who congregated at the entrance of the tent of meeting. What does this mean? And Rashi explains why and what the significance and unique quality that these mirrors had. Rashi explains the Jewish women, girls, heads that they would use them when they would decorate themselves and they did not withhold from being bringing them to the holy temple as a donation. However, however, Moshe was disgusted by it and said, "How can you bring these mirrors? They were used to pretty yourself." And this was towards the evil inclination. God said to Moshe, "Take these mirrors. I cherish these mirrors more than anything else. Because of this, the Jewish people were were able to have legions and legions of Jews because in Egypt when their husbands were working really hard in the field, they would go to their husbands in the field and bring them food and drink. And they would take the mirrors and they would show themselves together with their husbands in the mirror and show how beautiful they are. And they would try to convince him with words saying look I am beautiful from you and this way seducing their husbands that they should be together with them and to be able to be intimate and thereby becoming pregnant and giving birth to children. This was the ability and getting their husbands to be with him as it says under the uh apple tree I inspired you to give birth and that's why it says with the mirrors of the legions the copper basin was made out of it being that this was going to make bring peace between man and woman because eventually this would also bring peace that when a sto and a person was alleged his wife for being promiscuous. So they would bring them to the holy temple and they would have to drink the special potion of waters. They would have to take the water from the k or mix it together and it would say if it was happened or not you should know and a proof that they would made from these actual mirrors. And as it says later on when it talks about the accounting of how much copper there was there was 70 kar but it doesn't mention that the k and the amongst them the washing basin and the lever. This teaches us that when the k was made when the washing basin was made it did not include from the regular copper that was donated. It was special from the copper that was from the mirrors of these women who had a special merit that they brought the Jewish children into this world. This is the way explains it as well as the way the translates it with the mirrors of the women. find us in Yeshuates the jewelry and the items that women had and he translate the things that you see yourself in that they were gathering and they gathered together by the tent of gathering to bring their donation. Verse nas. Now we go on to the construction of the courtyard. And he made the courtyard on the south. There were twined linen 100 cubits long. There were 20 pillars and 20 sockets made out of the sockets made out of copper. The hooks and the bands that were made for the bands around the pillars were made out of silver. Verse 11 and then to the north side was another 20 pillars 20 sockets made out of copper and the decoration out of silver and then to the west side there was also curtains made 50 cubits over there was 10 pillars 10 sockets over there the hooks and the decorations were all silver. Then to the east side, you also had 50s, 50 cubits. Claim you had 15 cubits on each side and it was three pillars and three sockets 15. And then on the other side on both sides to the opening of the courtyard there were curtains 15 cubits long on each side. had three pillars and three sockets to each one. All the curtains that were used were lined linen was the material 17 and the sockets that were used for the pillars of the courtyard were made out of copper. However, the hooks and the decoration around the pillars were silver and the covering on the top of them was also silver and they were all uh silver b banded with silver on all the pillars of the courtyard. Verse 18, the curtain, the screen of the entrance to the courtyard. Was this woven tapestry of tapestry made out of turquoise and purple wool and red wool, scarlet wool, and linen twin? And it was uh 20 almost 20 cubits long height 5 cubits on the crocheted hanging side of the courtyard. Verse 19, I'm sorry, the measurement of the hanging curtain of the courtyard. Verse 19. And the pillars were four and its sockets were four and were made out of copper hooks for silver. The top of them and their decorations were silverishk and all the different pegs stakes that were used for the tabernacle and for the courtyard around all around were made out of copper. We now go into the chapter 38 verse 21 starting the se the section of reading of now that everybody donated and the things were made a tally had to be made of everything that was donated this is the count this is the appointments that were made over the tabernacle the tabernacle of testimony which was commanded and assigned by Moshe the work of the Levites Aaron in the hands of Isar the son of Aaron the Rashi. What is the saying? And he tells us as follows. Why is this called? These are the assignments because in this Torah reading everything was counted of whatever was contributed the silver, the gold and the copper as well. All the items that were needed were counted as well. Why does it say the wordishkan and then Mishkan again? a double terminology. It was alluding to the fact that the holy temple and the that was destroyed twice and it was taken as a collateral. The word mishkan can also come from the word mashk which means a collateral was taken because of the sins of the Jewish people. The testimony of the tabernacle. The tabernacle would be a testimony for the Jewish people that God has forgiven them on the sin of the golden calf. The very fact that the divine presence would rest among them amongst them. The work of the assignment of the Mishk and its vessels would be done. was given as a service to the Levites in the desert to take to carry to take down and to put back up. Each person according to their appointment as described in the Torah reading of in the book of numbers in the hands of he was in charge of all the Levites to give each person their exact job that they needed to do. the son of the son of the tribe of Yehuda did everything that God commanded Moshe. verse 22 that God commanded Moshe here says everything that God commanded Moshe not that Moshe told him meaning even things that Moshe did not tell him God agreed and said this is the way I intended and what it should be said from a mount si for example refers to the vessel And then afterwards do the tabernacle the building the structure tells Moshe generally in the world if you don't have a house what are you buying furniture for first you got to build a house and then you can get furniture tells him but this is what God told him but so Mosha says you their name but salah is a makes up of two words in the shadow of God in the advice of God meaning that you understand yourself what God really intended should be done probably that's what God commanded me to do and that's exactly what he did first he did the actual tabernacle and only afterwards and afterwards he did the vessels verse 24 all the gold that was used for the work of the tabernacle all the holy work and the amount that it weighed of the gold that was used further work. The gold of the wave offering it was 24 talent of gold and 730 shekel and the holy shekele. So Rashi gives us a count here to be able to figure out how much this is which is 60. Then if you count one of the holy ones because it says is double. So a talent of is 120. Each is worth 25. So if you take a talent of gold would be about 3,000. Therefore, he counts in detailed all the different scholum that were extra that didn't make it to the 3,000 Shane because it wouldn't fit into the talent of gold because a talent is worth of seven of 3,000 shekel. Today that would be worth about £3,095. Do the math. At $4,000 an ounce, you're talking about a lot of gold. Verse 25. And the silver that came from the community was 100 talents, which would mean the math, and 75. That's 1775 in holy shekele. Rashi I'm sorry for next one then acka went perhead which was a half a of those that were 20 years and up that were count that was 600,000 6 and 3,550 people in total were counted that had to give a half a shekel becca the word becka who mishkll is the name of a weight of of the 600,000. This was the amount of Jewish people that gave the half a shekele of 63,000 to 550. And so too is the same count when they uh put up the the tabernacle say the beginning of you'll notice that the count hasn't changed from now until then, which was about even though six months passed. in between the two counts and the amount of the half a shekel of the 600,000 comes out to 100 because every is about 3,000. How do you get that math? And if you have 600 half a shekel that makes you three thou 300,000 whole shekele you have 100 ker and 3550 halves of besides whatever was there gives you amount of 3,550* 2 makes it 17 I'm sorry divided by half gives you 1775 5 verse 27 asked what did they use with all this 100 kar that they had at the time they used it for the 100 kar which this was used for casting the holy sockets and the sockets of the of the of the curtain 100 sockets that means you have 100 sockets 100 kar so you have every socket with weighed a kar was a talent of silver to cast the holy sockets for the beams for the for the planks that we use for the tabernacle were 48 um planks that makes it 96 sockets then for the curtain had another four so total you have 100 The other ones were made out of copper. Verse 28. And then you have another,700 in 75. Another 1775 of the silver was used were made for hooks for rings of the pillars and the tops of the pillars and its decoration around the side. Verse 29. And all the other pilgrims, even the ones in the courtyard, they had this decoration around it that was made out of silver and the top of it was coated in silver as well. Verse 29. And the amount that weighed for the copper was 70 and 2,400 shekel. Verse 30. With that copper, they made the sockets of the entrance of the tent of gathering and the altar for the copper altar for sacrifices and its netting and all its utensils as well as the sockets of the courtyard around it and the sockets of the courtyard's opening and all the pegs, the stakes that we use to be able to bang into the ground to keep it going. and all the stakes of the court around chapter 39:1 from the turquoise wall, purple wool and and the scarlet will also be they made these packing blankets, the netted packing that they would use to move all the items and they made the holy garments for like God commanded Moshe and from the turquoise wool and the purple wool It doesn't say from here I say therefore if you remember mentioned earlier that when he talks about it's not talking about the actual garments that the cohen were because in the garments that the cohen wore there was linen these were the garments these were the moving blankets that they used to cover all the items of the vessels when they were moving from place to place and there was no linen in it. 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