Shnayim Yomi - Ki Tisa - Rishon - #1- Rabbi Yaacov Laredo

[Music] the last five parot in the book of shimo deal with the details of the mishan and its vessels so going back to par tells us about the mish's fundraising and the directions for its construction last week's T portion tells us about the fabrication of aon's vestments and all the Kims garments this week's T portion speaks about the donation of the half AEL primarily and and more next week speaks about the mish's fundraising and actual construction and the last par speaks about a summary and putting it all together and the setup of the mishkan so in truth these Tor portions don't fit in any specific chronological order it doesn't go it's actually the quite reverse the mishan was actually a result and a consequence of the Jewish people sinning and worshiping the golden CF and yet the Torah only tells it tells us about this in this week's Torah portion which is after already the directions and the Commandments a lot of the part of the mishan even within this week's Torah portion not everything is in chronological order so let's speak this week's Torah portion opens up with the Commandment to uh count the Jewish people now this was the first time since Yakov and his family came down to Egypt when they left for a famine and they came to reunite with ysf this was the first time that the je that the Jewish people were counted last time they were counted they were 70 and that was just Jacob and his immediate close members and this time they are 63,5 and that is men between ages 20 and 60 based on a rough calculation that gives us an approximate 3 million Jews that stood at Mount Si that's men women children and and Elders the Jewish people were counted a total of three times and this was the first time they were being counted this took place the day after yum kipur on yum kipur the Jewish people were finally forgiven and there's an atonement for their sin of the golden calf and the following day is when commanded them to make the mishan and also commanded them to charge half a sheel for each man ages 20 and 60 as a donation the second time they were counted was 8 months later in the month of Yad and this was after the inauguration of the mishan and the third and final time in the Tor that the Jewish people were counted was right at the end of the 40 years before they entered the land of Israel now throughout Jewish history every year during the month of Adar the Jewish people would come and make their half a shek donation to The mishkan and then later for the BET mikdash and this would Now set be set aside for the communal sacrifices for the upcoming year starting the month of Nissan the Torah then continues and tells us that Hashem commanded B and mhu to make the K the wash basin which was in the courtyard of the mishkan and it served to have the Kim washing their hands and feet before they would perform their service in the mishan then Hashem instructs mosenu to make this compound mixture of spices and oil which would be used as the famous anointment oil this oil was used to sanctify all of the vessels and utensils in the mishkan and also to anoint Aon and his children as first time kohanim and then in the future for every kohen Gad and king of Israel to be anointed in as well Moshe is then commanded to take 11 specific spices mix them together and that would be the incense offering this offering was offered twice a day once in the morning once in the afternoon in the mishkan later also in the betam mikdash on the golden alter the odor of this incense offering was so delightful that the entire city of Jerusalem smelled like it and it even perfumed anyone in its proximity Hashem then designates betel the son of U the son of for the tribe from the tribe of Dan sorry from the tribe of Yehuda to be the Chief Architect of the construction of the mishan he was only 13 at this time Way Beyond his years in wisdom and his right-and man a the son of from the tribe of Dan after Hashem finally finishes the Commandments to Moses of building the mishkan he then and the construction of it he finally then ends off this section with another warning about observing Shabbat now this warning is important because and Rashi explains one would think that Ben is should be extremely eager and zealous in constructing the mishan which they should be however that does not override the observance of Shabbat and therefore on shabat no construction of the mishkan was to take place [Music]