25-02. Give Yourself to Me. 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.
