NAALEH.COM YU TORAH Parshiyot Vayakhel and Pekudai 5775 Inspired Intentions By: Mrs. Shira Smiles

Parshat Pekudie includes a review of many of the components of the Mishkan as they were being completed. When all is ready, the people try to erect the Mishkan but are unsuccessful. Then the Torah states: “They brought the Tabernacle to Moshe, the tent and all its utensils: its hooks, its planks … the cover … the partition curtain … the Ark of Testimony …” The question our Commentators asks is that it appears from the list that Bnei Yisroel brought all the components of the Mishkan to Moshe, yet the verse seems to begin by saying that they brought the completed Tabernacle (Mishkan) to Moshe. If they brought all the separate parts to Moshe, as Ramban understands it, why does the Torah say they brought the Tabernacle, seemingly already built, especially since the Torah later states that the Mishkan was erected, in the passive voice, having miraculously built itself, as Rashi understands it? Click here for Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein.