{"id":2909,"date":"2016-02-10T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T16:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hayleyroosphotography.co.uk\/mosaic\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2016-02-13T07:12:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T07:12:57","slug":"1213-february-parshat-terumah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hayleyroosphotography.co.uk\/mosaic\/services\/this-shabbat\/1213-february-parshat-terumah\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/13 February: Parshat Terumah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-852 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hayleyroosphotography.co.uk\/mosaic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rabbipaulsml.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><em>Shabbat comes in 4.55pm; goes out 6.00pm<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\">Parshat Terumah talks about the building plans for the Mishkan or tabernacle. \u00a0 This Mishkan was actually revolutionary for a number of reasons. \u00a0 1] The fact that it was a travelling temple, in which G-d could be worshipped in any encampment the Israelites might set up, was a new concept in the ancient world. It is essentially a \u201cflat-pack\u201d structure, made to be assembled and disassembled quickly by its Levite attendants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; min-height: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\">2] Its materials come from the people as a whole \u2014 from their \u201cterumot\u201d or donations.\u00a0 3] While a dedicated priesthood will serve in it, anyone can bring the offerings that will be designated later in the Torah, and it will stand in the middle of the encampment for all to see.\u00a0 4] Except for its innermost area, it will not be an exclusive or secret place. 5] It will not be built with forced offerings or forced labor; it will be a product of the people\u2019s free will.\u00a0 It indicates that healthy spirituality flourishes best in situations where everyone is free, not coerced, to choose to worship G-d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; min-height: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\">Shabbat Shalom,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\">Rabbi Paul Arberman<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shabbat comes in 4.55pm; goes out 6.00pm Parshat Terumah talks about the building plans for the Mishkan or tabernacle. \u00a0 This Mishkan was actually revolutionary for a number of reasons. 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