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The Parsha Discussion: Vayakhel-Pekudei — The Gift of Second Chances

Introduction

Parshat Pekudei opens with an intriguing name for the Mishkan or Tabernacle. It is called Mishkan Ha-Eidut – The Tabernacle of Testimony (38:20). What is indicated by this phrase? What is the “testimony” referred to? Here are two interpretations.

  1. The Tabernacle of the Tablets
  1. Tabernacle of Forgiveness

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Alex Israel

Rabbi Alex Israel teaches Bible at Pardes. Born and raised in London, he holds degrees from London School of Economics, the Institute of Education London and Bar-Ilan University. Alex studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion under Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Rav Yehudah Amital, and gained Rabbinic ordination from the Israeli Rabbinate.

Alex has taught for twenty years in many top Jerusalem Yeshivot and Midrashot. He is also a volunteer for Tzohar, a group that seeks to bridge the gaps between religious and secular communities In Israel. Alex lives with his wife and 4 children in Gush Etzion.

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