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Pekudei 5776 – English

By Rabbi Daniel A. Kripper Beth Israel – Aruba. This section concludes the calculations for the construction and furnishing of the Mishkan, the portable tabernacle built in the desert.Other temples have been built and destroyed throughout our millenary history, and their memory has been preserved in the collective consciousness of Israel.   Today’s synagogue is …

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Mishpatim 5776 – English

Rabbi Gustavo Kraselnik Congregacion Kol Shearith Israel According to the Sefer Hachinuch (Rabbi Aharon Halevi from Barcelona, XIII Century), Parashat Mishpatim contains 53 of the 613 Mitzvot.  23 of them are positive (meaning they are accomplished through an action) and 30 are negative (they are accomplished by not doing something). Tradition defines the Mishpatim as …

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