I dedicate this Torah Parsha Sedra writing to my beloved Abba a"h . May HaShem Bless my beloved Abba's a"h beautiful Neshoma With An Aliyah B'Gan Eiden And B'Shamayim . Our Parsha this week is Parashas Terumah and seeing as this is the first of the four special Shabboses before Pesach , This is also Shabbos Shekalim which comes , this particular Shabbos on Shabbos Rosh Chodesh , where it usually comes the Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh Adar , in order to remind us to give our half Shekel , to counteract the money that evil haman gave to Achashveirosh to annihilate us Jews and so we give this half Shekel just before Adar , which is the month in which Purim comes . Thank You HaShem For Always Watching Out For us . On this Shabbos Shekalim and Shabbos Rosh Chodesh , we read Parashas Terumah Shemos Exodus 25 : 1 - 27 : 19 and then we read Bamidbar Numbers 28 : 9 - 15 and then as the Maftir , for Parashas Shekalim , Shemos Exodus 30 : 11 - 16 and the Haftorah for this Sedra of Parashas Shekalim is in 2 Kings 11 : 17 - 12 : 17 for Sephardim and 2 Kings 12 : 1 - 17 for Ahkenazim and then for both , some add to the Haftorah for Rosh Chodesh from Yeshayahu Isaiah 66 : verse 1 and verse 23 . The Parsha starts with a " Va , " Showing That HaShem Gave These Instructions When HaShem Was With Moshe when Moshe had gone up to Har Sinai , for forty days and forty nights , which is how the previous Parsha of Mishpatim concluded . The Children of Israel felt very sad about leaving Har Sinai where they had spent close on a year there , as it was there that they had Experienced The Closeness Of Revelation With HaShem , and so did not want to leave the vicinity Of Har Sinai and this Closeness Feeling With HaShem That had been felt while being There and so our Rabbonim teach That this was One Of The Reasons That HaShem Instructed On the building of The Mishkan , so that we would make A Special Place , Within our Holy Camp , Where HaShem's Shechinah Would Dwell Among us And Go With us wherever we would go . The Construction of The Mishkan , With The Holy Ark and The Table and The Menorah and The Altar and all That HaShem Asked to be built , would be like our Part Of Shamayim - Heaven Traveling with us . HaShem Would Rest With us In The Holy Of Holies , Between The Keruvim Cherubim On The Holy Ark Cover , And So Would HaShem Be Among His People . The people would then know That HaShem Is With us Always . HaShem Had The Holy Ark travel forward , when we were to move away from Har Sinai , so that we would know That HaShem Was Moving Forward , and so for us To Remain Close To HaShem , we would need to move forward too . And so we did . HaShem Told Moshe to speak to the Children of Israel that each should take a " Terumah , " - " Portion , " From every man " whose heart motivates him , you shall take My Portion . " So this request was voluntary and thus ever much more special , for we could give out of love and not because we might have to do so . Such a Giving , is always more Giving and truly from the Heart , in which , HaShem , Within each one of us , Wants To Dwell . Though we gave in abundance , if one really looks closely at how much gold and other articles were actually needed , one realizes , that though we gave in abundance , HaShem Had To Have Miraculously Given To this project too ( Yalkut MeAm Loez ) , and so does HaShem's Holy Torah say " you shall take My Portion , " for a lot of the amount that went into the building construction here , Was Actually From HaShem Himself , For HaShem Miraculously Added To It . HaShem Instructs On the portions of materials that are to be taken for this and to make A Sanctuary For HaShem To Dwell Among us , Just As Moshe Was Shown On The Mountain . HaShem Instructed That The Ark be made of Acacia wood which was Shittim Wood , part of the wood that Yaakov carried with him when he went to Egypt , in his son Yosef's time . This wood was from an area that was called Shittim Waters , and at that time , it was known that these waters would if drunk , bring people to physically debase themselves and it was near these waters that the Moabites later on , managed to entice some of the people to idolatry , through physical enticements ( Yalkut Me Am Loez ) . So using this particular wood , would be a direct block and control against the Yetzer Horah , especially as it was being used for such A Holy purpose . The Ark was to be made 2.5 cubits in length and 1.5 cubits in width and 1.5 cubits in height . If we take both sides of the length and width and add them , it comes to 8 , the holy number after 7 , that takes us into the realm of Spiritual Holiness ( like the 50th day of the Omer being Shavuos , after counting seven weeks of seven ) and if we add the height , we get 9.5 and with the cover and the Cherubim on top , it goes into the ranges of 10 , like The Holy Ten Commandments And the Ten Pronouncements By HaShem In Creating Creation . If we just take the length of both sides , it comes to 5 , which is the same as the single number in Gematriah of HaShem's Name Elokim which is 1 + 30 + 5 + 10 + 40 = 86 and 8 + 6 = 14 and 1 + 4 = 5 and also Avraham's name , where the letters of Avraham's name come to 1 + 2 + 200 + 5 + 40 = 248 and 2 + 4 + 8 = 14 and 1 + 4 = 5 . The number 248 is also the number of bones in the human body and also the number of Positive Commandments In HaShem's Holy Torah , showing how The Holy Ark Also Deeply Represented HaShem's Holy Commandments and how we must put our bones , our physicality To HaShem's Commandments and 248 is 2 + 4 + 8 = 14 and 1 + 4 = 5 , thus the two side lengths of the Ark have very deep meanings . Each measurement has a deep reason . Everything That HaShem Does Has Very Deep Reasons . The two sides width , come to 3 , and if we take The Hebrew Word Where HaShem Is Telling Moshe " I Shall Be " EHeYeH , " The Gematriah Of This Word Comes to 21 , where 1 + 5 + 10 + 5 = 21 and 2 + 1 = 3 , the very two widths of The Ark Of The Covenant . The height of the Ark , was to be 1.5 cubits , where the numbers 1 + 5 = 6 , which is the last number of the Physicality , thus in Reaching High To HaShem , we need to reach beyond our physicalities . HaShem's Holy Ark was to be made with a form including three boxes basically within each other , with the outer and inner one being of pure gold and the middle one being of acacia wood according to Rashi ( Stone Chumash ) , showing us how we must be the same deep within us as we are outside , being honest and trustworthy and truthful . The Holy Ark represented the Crown of Torah and on it was to be put a Crown all around . Four rings were to be cast on it on each corner and the staves of acacia wood , covered with gold were to always be in the rings and never removed from it even when not carrying it , just as we are always to be Close To HaShem's Holy Torah and never remove ourselves from It . Into The Holy Ark , was to be placed The Testimonial Tablets . The Holy Ark Cover was to be made of pure gold and on top was to be hammered out , two K'ruvim - Cherubim ( Keruvim has the root Karov , which means Close , as in Close To HaShem ) , hammered out from both ends of the " Kaporet " - " Cover . " The Cherubim were to have their wings spread upward sheltering The Cover with their faces toward one another . The faces on these Cherubim , were to be of a boy and a girl , and when we kept HaShem's Commandments , their faces would smile and when we sadly did not , they would turn away from each other . Their wings would embrace , when we were especially obedient To HaShem . It was in the one cubit space Between the two Cherubim , Just As HaShem Is Surrounded By Angels Above , That HaShem Would Place His Shechinah To Rest And Where HaShem Would Hold His Meetings With Moshe . The Ark would sometimes travel 2000 cubits ahead of the Camp of Israel , so as to clear the way for our path to be safe in the Wilderness , where a giant snake and other things of danger , dwelt . The Ark was carried with the poles along It's widths and those who carried it always faced it , thus those in front , actually walked backwards , so as not to disrespect the Shechinah and Aron , just as we , in Shul , should walk backwards from the Aron Keidesh , till It is out of direct sight . Such a sight to the nations , Of HaShem's Mishkan and " Aron "- " Ark " in our midst , showed how we are HaShem's People , that Keep HaShem's Holy Torah And So Would HaShem Dwell Among us even now , if only we would all keep HaShem's Torah Laws . HaShem Instructed , Showing Moshe a picture of it , that a " Shulchan " - " Table " be built of Acacia Wood , 2 cubits its length , a cubit its width and 1.5 cubits its height . These numbers added up , had a special prophetic meaning in relation to the kings that came in Israel . All the numbers , including both sides of the length and width and the height , added up to 7.5 , where 7 + 5 = 12 and 1 + 2 = 3 , the same as the Gematriah 21 and ( 2 + 1 = 3 ) Of HaShem's Name EHeYeH , as explained earlier . It was to be covered with pure gold and a gold crown to be made all around It . This signified the Crown of Kingship . Also it was to have four rings and four carrying staves . The four rings , representing the four directions in Creation . Also its utensils were to be made . Always on the Shulchan was the Show-bread to be put Before HaShem Always . So must our Neshoma Always Be Close To HaShem And Constantly Reach Upwards To Higher And Holier Paths Toward HaShem . This Shulchan brought , From HaShem , Blessings Of Abundance Of Food To the World , for just as we leave the Hamotzi on the Table on Shabbos when we Bensch so as to allow us to be Blessed for more sustenance , so was The Lechem Panim - Show Bread , left from week to week , For HaShem To Bring Forth from what is already there That HaShem Created , for since Creation , HaShem Who Made all things At The Beginning Of Creation Till The End , At The Time Of Creation's Creation , HaShem Does Not Need To Ever Create out of nothing , For HaShem Made all things That Creation would need , Back Then . Every Erev Shabbos , was The Lechem Panim to be replaced and the bread for the previous week remained ever fresh . The Menorah was to be of pure gold all of a single piece . Moshe had to request Of HaShem To Show him how it was to be done with all its cups , knobs and blossoms all of a single hammered piece of gold And HaShem Showed Him one of fire , on the Mountain . Every part of The Menorah had its deeper reason and The Menorah stood as the contribution of the light we give to the World , when we keep HaShem's Commandments . All parts of the Menorah were to be from a single hammered out piece of gold , just as we as Jews , must come together as one nation , Under HaShem And HaShem's Mitzvos In Peace and thus bring Moshiach , Being One With HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He . The Seven Lamps were like the seven days in Creation , the seven days of the week and Kabbalistically , the seven worlds of Planets mentioned for special reasons , the sevens in the Sabbatical year , the sevens on the counting of the Omer and the sevens , in the Holy Number where the Seventh Day Is Holy Shabbos Kodesh . The Holy Torah Of HaShem Then Describes In Detail , The construction of The " Mishkan " - " Tabernacle , " with each measurement size , having a special meaning of Great and Holy Depth . Each plank fitted with its adjacent plank in a partnership of Peace , just like a husband and wife become one in peace and love . Each plank was ten cubits in length , like The Ten Pronouncements Of HaShem's Creation And The Ten Commandments . A " Paroches " - " Partition , " was to be made to separate the part that was to be " Kodesh Ha Kodashim " - " Holy of Holies , " within which , would The Holy Aron Ark Of The Testimonial Tablets Be Put and a " Masach " - " Screen " was to be made as an entrance of The Tent . HaShem Instructed That A " Mizbeach " - " Altar " be made of Acacia Wood , five cubits its length , five cubits its width square and three cubits its height . This would total all round 23 , and when taking into account that the physical height is 3 cubits in the physical world and thus the spiritual version above of this Mizbeach also has a 3 cubit height , we get a total , when the time will come for the Physical and Spiritual to become one , of 26 , which is the exact Gematrical value of HaShem's Tetragrammaton Name ' Yud Kei Vav Kei . " The width size and length size in cubits of a side , add up to ten , which again , represents The Ten Commandments And The Ten Pronouncements That HaShem Made In Creating Creation . There were to be four horns on the Mizbeach , just like the Four directions on Earth , and so was each part made for The Mishkan , to be put in a specific place and direction , depending on what that direction signified and what comes from that direction , Spiritually . It was all to be covered with copper and all its utensils were to be of copper . A Netting Meshwork was to be made , which Miraculously never burnt or melted . Staves too were to be made for it . The word " Copper " in Hebrew , is " Nechoshes , " which interestingly has within it the Hebrew word " Nachash " - " Snake " just like Samael that used the Snake to bring Sin into the World , and as we know , The Mizbayach , was also there for the Korbanos of Sins , thus it directly contradicted the actions of Sin and Samael , who works the Yetzer Horah that pulls us to Sin . The " Mizbeach " - " Altar " Represented The Crown of Kehunah Priesthood and so , as we have in Pirkei Avos , The Aron , Shulchan and Mizbeach , represented The Three Crowns in Judaism , being The Crown of Torah , The Crown of Priesthood and The Crown of Kingship . The " Mizbeach " had deeper meanings for if we take each letter of the word " Mizbeach " , being a Mem , Zayin , Beis and Ches , these letters can spell " Mechilah " - " Forgiveness ; " Zechus " - " Purity " ( Shimon Zilberman Dictionary ) ; " Brochas " - " Blessings " and " Chayim " - " Life , " all of which The " Mizbeach " could help us attain With HaShem's Making . HaShem Then Instructed On The " Chatzar " - " Courtyard " Of The Mishkan , with all its lace hangings , and being within it , was like being in Shamayim Heaven with its Blue Sky Curtains . The Lace Hangings were to be 100 Cubits , just like the One Hundred Brochas we are supposed to say every day , instituted by Dovid Hamelech , which he learned , in order to stay the plague that was ravishing in those days , which knowledge we get also by the Gematriah of these words referring to Blessing HaShem every day , as written in The Tanach in Micah 6 : 8 about " What HaShem Requires of us , where the word " Mah , " in this verse is like the word ' Me'ah ' - Hundred . ' The Parsha ends with The Instructions From HaShem , Of The makings of the " Chatzer " - " Courtyard . " So ends The Parsha . The Depth of This Holy Parsha , is so beyond our own knowing . Every Part That HaShem Instructed To Be Made , had it's deeper reason for being needed . Whether a large or small part , each , like us , have their part to play , In Creation . Each and every one of us , As A Part Of HaShem's Creation , Is An Equal And Important Part Of Creation , and thus needed To Complete Creation . Never must we think of ourselves as totally insignificant . The very fact That HaShem Created us , Means That the part we contribute to Creation , is necessary In The scheme Of Creation as a whole . No part is more important than any other part , and we must each very humbly , learn to work with others around us , To Help Complete Creation , As HaShem Intended . In This Sedra , HaShem Wants us each to contribute a " Terumah " - " Portion " To HaShem , for the good of us , ourselves . HaShem Gives us so much and we give HaShem so little in return . That which we give HaShem , all Belongs To HaShem . But what we can Give HaShem , is our Free Choice of Love And Service To HaShem , to do His Will . It should be our own hearts and thus free choice that should motivate this . Then it is truly from us . So Says HaShem , " Ve ' Asu Li Mikdash Ve Shachanti B'Tocham " - " They shall make a Sanctuary for Me so that I May Dwell Among them . " HaShem Asks us to Make A Sanctuary For Him , That He May Dwell Among us . So HaShem Asks us to make This For Him , Which Shows That HaShem So Desires To Dwell With us In Closeness And Love . HaShem Wants our closeness . It is not as the nations think , that an intermediary is needed to come close to HaShem . HaShem Wants So Deeply To Come Directly To us , Close To us all , for we are all HaShem's Children , all of Creation . To put an intermediary between HaShem and us , is exactly the opposite Of What HaShem Tells us Or Wants . HaShem Wants us each to approach Him directly and for each of us to have A Close Relationship With Him Directly . We are all , in this World and in Creation , HaShem's equal children and so , we can all Approach HaShem Directly , in Prayer Only To Him and at all times in Purity . This Is What HaShem Wants . HaShem Is Close To us all . We need only and directly be Close To Him and speak With HaShem Directly . None of us are on such a low level , that we need to go To HaShem through something else . HaShem Loves us And Wants our Closeness . As HaShem Says In Tehillim Psalms , " The L-RD Is Close To All Who Call upon Him , to all who call upon Him in Truth . " In This Sedra , When HaShem Asks us to make a Sanctuary for Him So He Can Dwell Among us , That Is Exactly What HaShem Wants . Looking deeper , When HaShem Asks us to make Him a Sanctuary , HaShem Is Also Asking us literally to make HaShem , our Sanctuary , To Be With Him all the time , letting ourselves from deep within the heart , Follow Him And So That HaShem Can Surround us And Keep us Forever Close To Him . Deep within these words , is the true secret To What HaShem Deeply Desires , for if we look closer at these words , it says also , " Ve' Asu Li Mikdash Ve Shachanti B' Tocham , " - " Make within me ( within you and within me and within us all ) a Sanctuary , So That I HaShem Can Dwell Among us ( His Creation ) , And Within us all . " So HaShem Wants us to make our very selves into a Sanctuary place , So That HaShem Can Dwell Within each and every one of us , within our very loving hearts . This is a Sanctuary , that would always be with us , for it is within us , And So , HaShem Dwelling In our own personal Sanctuary Within ourselves , Is Exactly What HaShem Deeply Wants , Which Is To Always Be With us All The Time , wherever we are and wherever we go , Within our hearts In Love . By doing this , we will be making , from within our very hearts , ourselves being as a " Terumah " - the " Portion " we can contribute To HaShem , for there is no better " Terumah " - " Portion " That HaShem Lovingly Would Want More , than that we can give Him , with our full heart and soul , as to give HaShem our very selves as that " Terumah " - " Portion , " every day , every moment and every loving instant of life That HaShem Gives us . For every instant of our Life , Given By HaShem , Should Be Given To HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He . The very word " Terumah , " - " Portion " in Gematriah comes to 400 + 200 + 6 + 40 + 5 = 651 and 6 + 5 + 1 = 12 and 1 + 2 = 3 , which is the number Gematrically of , as I mentioned earlier , HaShem's Name As The Word To Moshe " EHeYeH , " - " I Shall Be , " thus within the very word Terumah , Is HaShem's Name , For To Complete Creation And Bring It Back To Gan Eiden , To Be At One With HaShem , we are To Give HaShem , our very selves , In Obedience To HaShem And HaShem's Torah And Commandments , In Oneness With HaShem , As The " Terumah , " The " Portion " To HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He . I wish HaShem With So Much Deep And Forever Everlasting Love , A Very Loving Beautiful And Special Shabbos Kodesh And Chodesh Tov Adar With Forever Deepest Everlasting Love And HaShem's Closeness With His Creation , and to all of my fellow Jews and to all of Creation , a Most Special and Close With HaShem , Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh And Chodesh Tov Adar with Love .