Parshat Terumah – Ex. 25:2, 8 “Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts; you shall accept gifts for Me from every person whose heart is so moved. . . . And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.”
God is everywhere and in everything. Taking a closer look at the Hebrew, the word terumah, translated as gift, comes from the root meaning “to elevate.” The Hebrew, mikdash, translated as sanctuary, comes from the root kuf, daled, shin, which means holy. The Hebrew for dwell comes from the root shin, kuf, nun, which indicates a moving dynamic presence, not tied to a fixed location. What makes a place holy for us and how do we open ourselves to let God in?
Let us dedicate our practice to giving from the heart, elevating our souls, and bringing the Holy into our lives.
Inspired by Cantor Florence Friedman
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