BIO (2024)

BIO: Pesach Steinberg is a community Rabbi in Melbourne Australia and is married with five daughters and two sons-in-law. He is involved in the kashrut industry, is a prison chaplain, author & publisher, sits on industry boards for ethics in human research, has worked in Synagogue administration and has been the Rabbi of a Synagogue. He graduated from Mount Scopus College and Monash University and received semicha from HaRav Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg zt’l. Pesach is also the Australian Ambassador for Sar-El Israel, which places volunteers on IDF bases throughout Israel. (as at 1/1/24)

Sunday, March 11, 2012

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Short Thought - Parasha Vayakel-Pekudei

These two parshiot are full of the accounting of the building of the mishkan. Bnei Yisrael immediately contributed to excess and Bezalel and Oholiav performed their work dutifully as befitting their creative talents. All of the work culminated finally in Moshe, Aharon and his sons coming to do their holy service in the mishkan.
There are 92 verses in Parasha Pekudei the gematria of which is the same as the word אצא = "I will fulfill". G-d told the nation of Israel what to do in order to build the mishkan. They did that, and then they put it to use. Then was no delay and no questions. Everybody just got on with the job and fulfilled G-d's instructions. In the journey of our lives, each one of us should also strive to say "אצא" in response to what G-d's wants of us.

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