The weekly Torah portion of “Teruma” comes after the Torah has been given at Sinai and after the portion of “Mishpatim,” the first exposure to the legal system we will come to call Halacha.

(photo credit: FLASH90) In this Torah portion, God commands the construction of the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the Tablets of the Covenant that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai.

If we are to accept the premise that God spoke through them, these figures are now represented by the greatest Torah scholars of each generation. They transmit, interpret and “make relevant ...

Last week’s Torah portion, Vayikra, addressed the sacrifices brought by the people. This week’s portion, Tzav, addresses the role the priests played in making these sacrifices. Yet lay people ...