This week’s Torah portion from the annual cycle is a major ‘shift’ from the mainline story of the Exodus. After Moses heads up the mountain, for forty days and forty nights, the focus is now on getting ready to build something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And why? Why now? It’s almost like He knows something, before we get to that part of the story. It turns out, there’s even more to it than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a provocative two-part look at parsha Terumah, Exodus chapter 25 through almost all of 27, which begins with the command from YHVH to “take for Me an OFFERING.<\/em>” From a specific group of people, of a specific list of items, and for a specific purpose. The Erev Shabbat reading gives the details, of which there are many:<\/p>\n\n\n\n