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Pekudei: You Can Fake Caring But You Can't Fake Showing Up

3/15/2023

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In this week's portion, Moshe makes a financial audit of the charitable contributions made toward the building of the sanctuary in the desert. Why does Rashi say that Moshe counted "the weight" of the donations made by the people and not the value? To answer this question, we must answer another question: What is the […]

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