LESSONS FOR ALL TIME (VIDEO)
Parshat Terumah seemingly deals with a timebound set of instructions and events relating to the Mishkan, the temporary traveling “tabernacle” that was put together for religious worship in the Sinai wilderness. Not so, as Rabbi Dunner explains. The messages and symbolism of the Mishkan and its vessels reverberate throughout Jewish history, down to this day.
There is a particular kind of self-destructive confidence that exists only at the very top of a brutal regime. It isn’t courage, and it certainly isn’t principle. It’s raw hubris,... Read More