בס״ד
Pekudei
Have you ever stopped to think about,
What it takes to design and deliver,
Rings and sockets, hooks and bells,
From copper and gold and silver?
The wool is walking on it’s own,
They’ve sheep and goats aplenty,
But linen comes from the plant called Flax,
In the midbar, there isn’t any.
And spinning wheels and dyeing vats,
And looms, and even a tannery,
When did those without time,
To let matza rise,
Pack up an entire factory?
בס״ד
Vayakhel
The mitzvah of Shmiras Shabbos appears,
At both ends
Of the chet of the Egel.
Only after we fall,
Are we taught something new:
On Shabbos no fire is kindled.
We descend in a flash from a level so high,
Attainable but by a few,
But then from the ashes,
An ember,
Revived,
Rekindled, to shine forth anew.
Thus each day of the week must be lit,
With great care,
Though the glow may be hard to distinguish,
But the Ner of Shabbos,
Which gathers our sparks,
Always burns, and is never extinguished.
בס״ד
Ki Sisa
They’ve been extracted from Mitzrayim,
Yet Egypt’s roots ensnare this people.
And though they left פַּרְעֹה֮ behind,
פְרָעֹ֣ה* is Aharon about the Eggel.
Thirst has been their constant grumble,
As wandered they this arid waste,
Now a draft of calf they’re forced to drink,
To wash Egypt from their taste.
* lets them get out of control (32:25)
בס״ד
Tetzaveh
I would venture to say, one could see it this way,
That the Mishkan “enclothes” the Shechina,
And the Kohanim’s clothes,
From their heads to their toes,
Are designed with a similar bina.
The Bigdei Kehuna are specifically made,
To bring kedushah to all their eivarim,
It’s conceivable that they,
Correspond in some way,
To the Mishkan and the Kodesh Kedoshim.
How that might be, I really don’t know,
Haven’t found it in any payrushim,
But could ruchnius dwell,
In that physical shell,
So adam gashmi could be clothed in ruchanim?
בס״ד
Terumah
Gifts and praise that do not come,
From truly knowing the recipient,
Are very nice, as far as they go,
But are nonetheless defici-ent.
So “Take for Me Terumah”, but keep in mind,
The details that I mention,
Those whose hearts are moved to give,
From among this startup Nation.
And the Torah gives us the details,
Of the offerings that matter to Him,
Specific gifts, for His dwelling place,
Not based on one’s personal whim.
He wants us to come to know Him,
Through the particulars that He tells,
And we show Him we want to know Him,
By paying attention to details.
