Category: Vayakhel
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Vayakhel 5784: “Boundaries and What They Protect”
The morning of August 11, 2008 began like any other. Sara went to a routine prenatal exam and I drove to Princeton to spend the day unpacking boxes in our new home. Minutes after I arrived…
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Vayakhel 5779: “Six Days You Shall Work and the Seventh Shall be Shabbat”
For many years, Princeton University invited those high school seniors who had been accepted to Princeton to spend a weekend there in the spring as part of an effort to encourage them to accept the admissions offer. The…
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Vayakhel-Pekudei 5777: “Shattered Tablets”
Those of you who sat through the Torah reading this morning may have been wondering, “is this the longest Torah portion or the longest double-portion that occurs each year?” The answer is that Vayakhel Pekudei is…
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Vayakhel-Pekudei 5775: “Hashem is Here, Hashem is There”
My first exposure to Jewish philosophy came, not from Rambam or Rav Saadia Gaon, but rather from that famous source of wisdom, Uncle Moishy, the children’s musician. Hashem is here.Hashem is there.Hashem is truly everywhere.Up, up, down,…
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Vayakhel 5774: “The Mishkan and the Wide World Beyond”
“The first six days after Shabbat are always the hardest.” I saw that quote and it strikes me as speaking to a question which is actually quite profound. What is the relationship between Shabbat and the…
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld 