This week's 10-Minute Torah (March 5, 2022): "Parashat Pekudei" 5782
- Rabbi Stephen Epstein
- Feb 25, 2022
- 1 min read
Parashat Pekudei 5782 / פָּרָשַׁת פְקוּדֵי
Read on 5 March 2022 / 2 Adar II 5782.
Parashat Pekudei is the 23rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 38:21-40:38 https://tikkun.io/#/r/2-38-21
Pekudei (“Accountings Of”) is the final Torah reading in the Book of Exodus. It describes the making of priestly garments worn in the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and the completion of its construction. At God’s command, Moses erects the Mishkan and puts its vessels in place, and God's presence fills the Mishkan.
Triennial year 3
1: 39:22-26 · 5 p’sukim ·
2: 39:27-32 · 6 p’sukim ·
3: 39:33-43 · 11 p’sukim ·
4: 40:1-8 · 8 p’sukim ·
5: 40:9-16 · 8 p’sukim ·
6: 40:17-27 · 11 p’sukim ·
7: 40:28-38 · 11 p’sukim ·
maf: 40:34-38 · 5 p’sukim ·
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: I Kings 7:51-8:21 · 22 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: I Kings 7:40-50 · 11 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Pekudai (and Vayehel) both are repeats of Hashem’s commands to construct the Mishkan, its furnishings and the attire for the High Priest and other priests. Here, we see that these commandments are carried out. This is unusual in Torah to see such detail in description.
Perhaps our lesson is that as Hashem has given us these commandments of the Brit (covenant), we should do our best to carry them out. These physical objects are thus both symbols and reminders of our relationship with the one, true G-d and give us, beings that exist in space and time, reference points to carry out the rituals that help enhance our spirituality.
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