JBQ Weekly Quizzes - TERUMAH

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This week's PARSHA is from Exodus (TERUMAH) Chapters 25:1 - 27:19

Questions were prepared by Rabbi Joshua Adler and members of the staff.

1. In the second line of this week's PARSHA (25:2) we read: "Take for Me
an offering". The Malbim, a classic Jewish commentator says, "Their
spirit of generosity should not be tainted by any external motive
whatsoever, whether for the sake of honor or glory or reward, but
that it should be solely for the sake of the Lord". On what allusion
in the text does the Malbim base his explanation ?

2. From what verse may we derive the idea that God is more interested
in a holy people than in a holy temple ?

3. Look in the book of I Kings, Chapters 6-8. What are some of the
differences between the MISHKAN (desert tabernacle) in our PARSHA
and the temple of Solomon ?

4. What religious idea is embedded in the fact that the MISHKAN was
to be a portable rather than a permanent structure ?

5. All parts of the Tabernacle were portable. Usually, they were
carried by removable poles. Why weren't the poles for the Ark
ever removed (25:15) ?