First Pasuk in the Parsha Series¹ - Terumah installment.  A lively discussion of  "Daber el-beney Yisra'el veyikchu-li trumah me'et kol-ish asher yidvenu libo tikchu et-trumati".  ("Speak to the Israelites and have them bring Me an offering. Take My offering from everyone whose heart impels him to give").²  Sources include  Rashi, Siporno, Rachav, Even Ezra, The Tur, Yalkut, Rikanti, and Sichos from the Lubavitcher Rebbe³.

 

1.  This series covers the first pasuk of each parsha.  First pasuk refers to the first line in the weekly Torah reading that contains the name of the parsha - in this case the word "terumah".

 

2.  The source of the transliteration and translation of line 25.2 of Shemos (Exodus) is bible.ort.org.

 

3.  Sichos references will appear here shortly.