February 18, 2026 | 1 Adar, 5786 - Rosh Chodesh Adar | Torah Portion: Terumah, Exodus 25:1-27:19 | Haftorah: Kings I 5:26-6:13
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Parsha Summary for Parshas Terumah
Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Terumah
TERUMAHMelachim I 5:26–6:13
The Sanctity Inside Our Sanctuaries
Although we do not presently merit entering Hashem’s Bais Hamikdash, Chazal ...read more
Giving or Taking?
Imagine a fundraiser who comes to your door and just when you think he's going to give you the pitch and ask you to really dig down deep, he ...read more
A Prior Commitment
"...take for Me a portion..." (25:2)
There is an obscure Midrash which states that when Hashem instructed Bnei Yisroel to assemble the ...read more
The Kotel
Abie and Benji began walking back from their visit to the Kotel, to the parking lot where their bus was due to arrive.
“I’m glad that we got ...read more
Temples Without Walls
The Jewish people, traveling through the barren desert, were comforted by the knowledge that their forefather Jacob had worried about their ...read more
Crowned Comestibles
There is a common denominator among three prominent vessels that are conspicuously placed in the Mishkan. The Aron Kodesh that contains the Holy ...read more
Building With Heart
The building of the Mishkan is not the most dramatic part of the exodus story, but it should be. Even though some hold that the Mishkan was only ...read more
Ben Noach or Ger Toshav?
Mishpatim
The Ben Noach Versus the Ger Toshav (based on Chavatzeles Hasharon pp. 632-640)
The Bnei Noach, although not Jewish, are ...read more
Always Responsible
Or if it was known that it was a [habitually] goring bull since yesterday and the day before yesterday, and its owner does not watch it, he ...read more
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Chapter 1, Mishna 5(a): Charity Begins at Home
Yossi ben (son of) Yochanan of Jerusalem said: Let your house be open wide, let the poor be members of your household, and do not chatter ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 4: Purpose of Rabbis
Yossi ben (son of) Yo'ezer of Ts'raidah and Yossi ben Yochanan of Jerusalem received [the transmission] from them. Yossi ben Yo'ezer used to ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 9 – Clothing for the Soul
The dress of the Torah scholar should be respectable (lit., 'nice') and clean. There must not be found on his clothes a stain, grease or the ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 3: Living the Impossible
Antignos of Socho received [the transmission] from Shimon the Righteous. He used to say: Do not be as servants who serve the Master to receive ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 2: Patterns of the Universe
Shimon the Righteous was of the last survivors of the Men of the Great Assembly. He used to say, the world is based upon three things: on Torah, ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 1(c): The Age of Wisdom
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 7(d) – Truth versus Peace
(End of Law 7, earlier parts quoted in previous classes):
He [the Torah scholar] should not speak dishonestly (lit., 'change his words'), nor ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 1(b) : The First Commandment: Know Yourself
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 7(c) – Understanding Man, Part II
(Middle of Law 7; beginning quoted in class 7(a))
If [the Torah scholar] sees his words will benefit [others] and be heard, he should say ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 1(a): Who Gave the Rabbis the Right…
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets ...read more
