{"id":2809,"date":"2025-03-02T06:40:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2809"},"modified":"2025-03-02T06:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:40:48","slug":"parsha-terumah-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2809","title":{"rendered":"Parsha \u201cTerumah\u201d teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parsha &#8220;Terumah&#8221; (Exodus 25:1 &#8211; 27:19) is a major change of pace from the story of the plagues, and the Exodus from bondage in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Moses is evidently still up on the mountain, he is told by YHVH to take an &#8216;offering&#8217; (terumah) from those with willing hearts. And then follows a description of specifically what, and what it is for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Erev Shabbat Reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SSM-2-28-25-Terumah-teaching-podcast-x.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The level of detail in the parsha this week, and even subsequently, is almost an enigma: It is almost overwhelming, and yet were it not for the fact that Moses is told that he is being shown a &#8216;pattern,&#8217; or &#8220;blueprint,&#8221; it is pretty evident that what is being described could probably not be built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it must be done by the effort of the &#8216;skillful workman,&#8217; besides. Later, we&#8217;re even told that those tasked with that work must even be guided by the very Ruach Elohim, or Spirit of YHVH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of us, because this is the &#8220;Olde&#8221; Testament, after all, have probably heard that anything associated with the &#8216;tabernacle&#8217; (or later temple) is superfluous now, and even &#8220;done away with.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or it&#8217;s just &#8216;spiritualized&#8217; &#8211; perhaps even with a bit too much hand-waving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, even the level of detail included is just not enough, in the sense of being able to completely understand the design\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s something very telling about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Terumah: Why does the detail seem overwhelming?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WT-CooH-3-1-25-Terumah-Detail-can-overwhelm-if-the-BLUEPRINT-is-Wrong-podcast-xxx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined two-part reading and Sabbath day midrash is <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-parsha-terumah-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-7\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-parsha-terumah-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-7\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>, via Hebrew Nation Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa&#8217;s 2025 Torah-cycle teachings for parsh &#8220;Terumah&#8221; (Exodus 25:1-27:19). <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2809\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,185,1643,11,12],"tags":[200,2072,88,104,798,1532,212,203,318,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2810,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2809\/revisions\/2810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}