Parshah • March 2023
Vayakhel-Pekudei – Where Lies Our Strength of Survival?
The two parshiot this week are contrasts in emphasis – do we work on the whole, or strengthen the component parts? One wonders which of the two is more significant…
Parshah • February 2022
Vayakhel – A Course in Wise Fund-raising
One can be generous to a fault. We were so very generous contributing to the golden calf! So, G-d gave us the opportunity to make amends by contributing to the…
Parshah • March 2020
Vayakhel – Step Back to Get The Whole Picture
Not long ago I was lecturing in Europe and happened to visit the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I entered the Rembrandt Room and was confronted by the giant canvass named ‘The…
Parshah • February 2019
Vayakhel – The Project Entitled: ‘My Life’
The name of this week’s Parsha, Vayakhel, means to gather together disparate elements of a potential whole. It’s like an artisan, artist, or researcher tackling their tasks, but first needing…
Parshah • March 2017
Vayakhel – A Wholistic Approach
You are an intricate collection of body parts. But what makes you whole is the breath of life that courses through you connecting you to the greater whole of creation.
Parshah • March 2015
Vayakhel – A spiritual egotist: loves spirituality more than people
What is more important – teamwork or individual skills i.e. Kehilla (wholeness) or Pekudim (parts -itemization)? What is needed is harmony of both. Individual excellence and mastery and mutual love…
Parshah • March 2015
VaYakhel – Greater Than the Sum of its Parts
Moses gathers the people together – Vayakhel Nuclear fission means that a point is reached where power is harnessed exponentially Likewise with the Jewish people – when we stand firm,…