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Parshat Terumah

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February 1, 2014 1 Adar, 5774

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brought the Avnei Shoham and Avnei Miluim donations. However, the word used there for Princes (Nesiim) is spelled defectively -- without a yud. When speaking about Our Sages explain that the collecting the various Almighty was upset with them materials used in building for delaying their donation until the Mishkan, the Torah the end of the campaign. enumerates various Although their motives were materials in descending ostensibly good (they wanted order of value (Gold, to wait until the end to see silver, copper...). where the shortfall was and However, at the end of they planned to make up the the list, after having difference), Chazal tell us that enumerated relatively this was not the correct inexpensive items (wood, attitude. They should have oil, spices), the Torah enthusiastically been among lists the Shoham stones the first to give donations. and the precious stones Because of their lack of haste used in Ephod of the High in making their donations, a Priest's breastplate. The letter was removed from their Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh title. So in his first explanation, asks the obvious question the Ohr HaChaim explains why -- Why are the Avnei the Avnei Shoham and Avnei Shoham and Avnei Miluim Miluim were listed last here in out of order in this Terumah -- because in fact catalog of solicited items they were the last things to be which is apparently donated. This is to remind us arranged in descending of the foible on the part of the order of value? The Ohr Princes in making that HaChaim HaKadosh donation. suggests three reasons for this. We will briefly In the past, we have attempted discuss the first reason, to understand what exactly and then we will discuss was wrong with what the the third reason more Princes offered. In our elaborately. experience, anyone who would make such a proposal to a In Parshas Vayakhel, the fundraiser (you do the best you Princes of each Tribe can and then come back to me were the ones who Materials Listed In Descending Order Until They Mention the Expensive Stones -- I will cover the deficit) would be a hero. I recently heard a new approach which helps explain the sentiment of Chazal from my good friend Dr. Marcel Reishcer. By assuming there would indeed be a deficit, the Princes were underestimating the generosity and the dedication of the Nation of Israel. They should have expected that everyone would give generously and that if they waited too long, they would have no contribution to make to enable them to have a share in the Mishkan. Who gave them the right to make such an assumption about the holy nation of Israel? They were in fact wrong. Everything WAS given to the extent that their contribution did not go for any part of the Mishkan -- only for the stones of the garments of the High Priest. Be that as it may, according to the first answer of the Ohr HaChaim, the reason Avnei Shoham and Avnei Miluim were listed last in the sequence of materials was because they were the last things to be brought. In his third interpretation, the Ohr HaChaim HaKodesh quotes a Gemara [Yoma

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75a] that the Avnei Shoham and Avnei Miluim were brought to the Princes on clouds from Gan Eden. Since these were donations that in effect "came from Heaven" and did not represent the blood, sweat, or tears -- there was no toil involved -- they were listed after the oils and spices, which, although they may have cost only pennies, did represent a gift that came from people's labor and efforts and in that way were superior to the much more "expensive" gifts of precious stones. That which counts in the eyes of the Almighty is not the value of the gift received but what the gift represented for the person who brought the gift. A poor person's check of $18, which may be something he had to scrape for, can very well mean more in the Eyes of Heaven than a six figure gift which is "pocket change" for the person who wrote the check. This is the lesson (according to the 3rd approach) of the Avnei Shoham and Avnei Miluim's sequence at the tail end of the list of materials donated. Apropos to this, I would like to very briefly read an article that was published in a newspaper in Vilna called "Dem Vort". This is a reporter's description of the dedication of the new building of the Yeshiva in Kletzk. [Rav Aharon Kotler, before he founded the Lakewood Yeshiva in Lakewood, New Jersey, was the Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva in Kletzk.] The dedication was a major event. Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer came from Eretz Yisroel, Rav Elchanon Wasserman was also in attendance for this "Chanukas HaBayis" of the Kletzker Yeshiva, as was Rav Shimon Shkop, and all the leading Torah personalities of the pre-World War II Eastern Europe. The reporter describes the massive parade through the town from the house of the Rosh Yeshiva to the new Yeshiva building. They entered the building and the Gabbaim (financial officers of the Yeshiva) went to the Bimah. People came up to the Bimah and gave their small donations to the Gabbaim. In the presence of all the Roshei Yeshiva, the Gabbaim made a blessing for each of the contributors. The reporter further writes that the women too marched into the Beis Medrash. They took their ruble coins out of their purses and gave them to the Gabbaim so that they too could have a portion in the new Beis Medrash in Kletzk. The reporter describes how a short old woman slowly and with difficulty made her way through the Beis Medrash towards the bimah. With a trembling hand she stretched out her very modest donation to give it to the Gabbai. Tears were rolling down her shriveled cheeks. "She was not just

giving her few pennies; she was giving her very Jewish soul towards the building costs of that Yeshiva building." The reporter writes how inspired he was to see the joy and emotion that radiated from her face at having the privilege to participate in this historic event. This is what the Ohr HaChaim HaKodosh means in the answer cited above. A donation of goat hairs given with self-sacrifice may be deserving of being listed ahead of the most magnificent gift of precious stones, which come about without any toil or labor on the part of the donors.

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RABBI WOLFS YAHRZEIT COMMEMORATION On Sunday evening, February 9, 2014, Great Neck Synagogue will commemorate the 10th Yahrzeit of Rabbi Dr. Ephraim R. Wolf, z"l. A special program is being planned and we are reaching out to all of you to join in the commemoration. If you would like to share a memory of Rabbi Wolf or some words of tribute, please send us an email at rabbiwolfmemories@gmail.com. The memories and tributes will be made into a special book that will be presented to Rebbetzin Wolf and her family. We are also planning a photo montage that will be shown that evening. If you have a photo of Rabbi Wolf that you would like us to include, please bring it to Mark Twersky at the synagogue office. The photos will be scanned and the originals will be returned to you. Thank you in advance for being a part of this important evening.

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