Accountability is Important for All

Accountability is Important for All

Yisrael Kaniel

We find, when reading the Torah portion of Pekudei, that, when Moses appealed to the nation of Israel to provide funds and raw materials needed for the inauguration of the Mishkan (Holy Tabernacle), everyone responded with such amazing warm-hearted generosity that, in a relatively short time, Moses declared a halt to the contributions, and, afterwards, the Mishkan’s construction…

Gather Around

Gather Around

Yisrael Kaniel

We read in the beginning of the Torah section of VaYakhel (Sh’mot 35:1-2): “And Moses gathered the entire assembly of the Children of Israel and said to them, ‘These are the things that G-d commanded to do them.  On six days, work may be done, but the seventh day shall be holy for you, a…