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The Parshah in a Nutshell Terumah Exodus 25:1-27:19 ADAR 1, 5772 FEBRUARY 24, 2012 SHABBAT ENDS: 7:01PM TORAH TIMES Candlelighting Friday, February 24 5:59 pm Published by the Chabad Jewish Center of Commerce 248. 363. 3644 * 4718 Half Penny Ct. , Commerce,... More

The Parshah in a Nutshell Terumah Exodus 25:1-27:19 ADAR 1, 5772 FEBRUARY 24, 2012 SHABBAT ENDS: 7:01PM TORAH TIMES Candlelighting Friday, February 24 5:59 pm Published by the Chabad Jewish Center of Commerce 248. 363. 3644 * 4718 Half Penny Ct. , Commerce, MI 48382 * www. jewishcommerce. org The people of Israel are called upon to contribute fifteen materials—gold, silver and copper; blue-, purple- and red-dyed wool; flax, goat hair, animal skins, wood, olive oil, spices and gems—out of which, G‑d says to Moses, “They shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and I shall dwell amidst them. ” On the summit of Mount Sinai, Moses is given detailed instructions on how to construct this dwelling for G‑d so that it could be readily dismantled, transported and reassembled as the people journeyed in the desert. In the Sanctuary’s inner chamber, behind an artistically woven curtain, was the Ark containing the Tablets of Testimony engraved with the Ten Commandments; on the Ark’s cover stood two winged ch Less