Parshas Vayakhel
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Vayakhel/Pekudei - The Three Names That Define Your Life
Every person carries three names. The name given by our parents. The name given by the world. And the name we acquire for ourselves. In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explores a profound teaching from the Medrash about identity, destiny,
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Vayakhel/Pekudei - Why Moshe Shut Down the Mishkan Fundraiser
In this shmooze, delivered at the final Mevaseret Mishmar of the Zman, Rav Burg explores the deeper psychology and spirituality behind that moment. Sometimes endless giving is not abundance, it is the lingering voice of scarcity. The Mishkan was meant to heal
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Vayakhel / Pikudei - When The Dream Shattered, They Started Building
Why were the women the most enthusiastic donors to the Mishkan? And why were they rewarded with the holiday of Rosh Chodesh? In this shiur, delivered in TVA, Rav Burh explores the deeper spiritual difference between the Golden Calf and the Mishkan, between de
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Vayakhel - Making Space for the Copper Jews
In this shiur, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar "Unplugged" (last Mishmar of the Zman), Rav Burg shared a Vort from the Noviminsker Rebbe zt"l who explains why in the Mishkan they collected not only gold and silver but even copper. A Yeshiva is a place where eve
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Vayakhel - Turning the Week Into Shabbos
In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the inner connection between Shabbos and the Mishkan. Our responsibility is to build a vessel and to relinquish control to Hashem that He will fill our vessel with Divine blessings. In this way we let
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Vayakhel - Inspiring Those Who Feel Unworthy
In this shiur, delivered in Sharfmans, Rav Burg explains why Betzalel and Ohaliav were equal with regards to building the Mishkan. Klal Yisrael required divine inspiration to build the Mishkan. A nation of slaves lacked the artisanal skills that would be neces
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Vayakhel - Uniting Klal Yisrael Through Shnayim Mikra V'echad Targum
In honor of the Mevaseret Talmidim who took upon themselves to learn Shnayim Mikra V'echad Targum this year, Rav Glanz and Rav Burg Fabrenged in Mevaseret. (Shiur begins at the 4:30 mark). Rav Burg explains how the sefer of Shemos, which is the Sefer of our re
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Vayakhel - Rupture and Repair
In this week's Parsha the Torah repeats the building of the Mishkan after the Cheit Haeigel. In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the various aspects of rupture and repair in our relationships. 1. Build something holy. 2. Rupture and r
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Vayakhel - Living a Real and Ideal Life
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains why the Torah spends 400 Pesukim detailing both how the Mishkan was meant to be made and how it was ultimately made. There is an ideal life and a real life. We should not sacrifice our ideals because
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Parshas Vayakel - Mirror Mirror
The washstand in the Mishkan was made of the hand mirrors that the women used in Mitzrayim to ensure the continuity of Klal Yisrael. Moshe Rabbeinu was reluctant to use these mirrors but Hashem said they were most precious to Him. What was the machlokes betwe
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Parshas Vayakhel - Built a Golden Calf? Build a Mishkan!
The Torah repeats the building of the Mishkan. First we are told the blue prints of the Mishkan and then we are told how it is actually built. Why does the Torah need to tell us both? In between the blue prints and the building was the sin of the Golden Calf.
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Parshas Vayakhel - The Secret Life of Oholiav
Ask someone who built the Mishkan and they will give you answers like "all of Klal Yisrael" and "Betzalel." In truth there is an unsung hero, Oholiav. Who was Oholiav? What was his role relative to Betzalel? Why does it matter to us? In this shiur, Rav Burg te
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Parshas Vayakhel - The Crown and Creativity of Inaction
In this shiur Rav Burg teaches us how through the Cheit Haeigel we lost the crown of naaseh that we had received at Har Sinai and how through keeping Shabbos and building the Mishkan we restore the true essence of doing in our lives. It turns out that sometime
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Parshas Vayakhel is in Nitzotzos on Sefer Shemos, Rav Burg's essays on the parsha.
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Written divrei Torah
Parshas Vayakhel · Jan 7, 2021 Parshas Vayakel / Pekudei – Building a Home For God, Building Our Community ה אֶת־כָּל־עֲדַ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אֵ֚לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה לַֽעֲשׂ֥ת אֹתָֽם: "Moses called the whole community of the… 
Parshas Vayakhel · Jan 7, 2021 Parshas Vayakhel – The Most Precious Mirrors This shiur is dedicated in the zechus of Zahava Chava bat Miriam Pessel finding a shidduch and Rachel Blima bat Chaya Raizel having continued good health. We cannot… Keep the spark alive
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