{"id":7273,"date":"2026-02-15T15:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=7273"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:18:52","slug":"parashat-terumah-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/parashat-terumah-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Terumah Podcast…."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The goal of the Sinai revelation was not only the giving of the Ten Commandments to the Israelites but enshrining the Divine Presence within their hearts… In our Torah portion for this week (i.e., Parashat Terumah<\/a>), we read how God asked the people to offer \u201cgifts from the heart\u201d to create a \u201cplace\u201d for Him: \u201cLet them make for me a sanctuary that I may dwell in their midst\u201d (Exod. 25:8).<\/p>\n

The Hebrew word for \u201csanctuary\u201d is mikdash<\/em> (\u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1), which comes from the root word kadash<\/em> (\u05e7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1), \u201cto be set apart as sacred.\u201d A mikdash is therefore a \u201cset apart space,\u201d or a \u201choly place\u201d that represents something profoundly treasured – a place of beauty and worship, a refuge, a place of rest. Other words that share this root idea include kedushah<\/em> (holiness), kiddushin<\/em> (betrothal), kaddish<\/em> (sanctification), kiddush<\/em> (marking sacred time), and so on. When God said, \u201cLet them make for me a mikdash,\u201d then, he was inviting the people to make a sacred place within their hearts for His Presence to be manifest…. The \u201cmaterials\u201d required to make this place – gold, silver, brass, red and purple yarns, fine linens, oils, spices, precious stones, etc. – were ultimately from the heart, expressed in free-will offerings given to God.<\/p>\n

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