{"id":118,"date":"2014-02-28T00:36:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T00:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/?p=118"},"modified":"2014-03-06T00:38:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T00:38:55","slug":"parashas-pekudei-stealing-from-yourself-eliezer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"Parashas Pekudei – Stealing from Yourself {Eliezer}"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stealing from Yourself<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on the teachings of:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0The Be’er Yoseph, R’ Shalom Rosner and R’ Akiva Tatz<\/b><\/p>\n

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Why on earth did Moshe have to count out every single material and item involved in the making of the mishkan? Because we see that people were talking behind Moshe’s back \u201cthey looked after Moshe\u201d with disdain. They were murmuring \u201cMaybe he’s taking all profits\u201d Moshe’s probably skimping off the top and pocketing riches for himself!\u201d Therefore, when Moshe heard this he said \u201cI will give you an exact account for every socket and bolt.\u201d This way no one will have any doubt of him. First of all we see that he did not yell at them asking how they could accuse him. He took the high road and proved to be the better man in the situation (as befitting the MOST HUMBLE of whom ever existed).<\/p>\n

But, WHY would they suspect him? Yes, these people were \u201cscoffers\u201d but\u00a0something<\/i>\u00a0must have motivated them to come forward now. And if the story is even included here, there must b a Message…<\/p>\n

When the Jews left Egypt were very rich: gold, silver, donkeys, ect… But MOSHE did Not take anything but the \u201cBones of Yoseph.\u201d He was interested in only Mitzvos and Spirituality. So when did Moshe become RICH? After being the mountain for 40 days. Hi FACE began to shine and literally became RICH from it. The experience made him literally have everything he would ever need (some say it was from extra pieces of the Tablets or you can try to understand that physical blessing os really only manifested from spirituality anway, and Moshe had that greatest connection imaginable… but that is for another conversation a different time). Now, people see Moshe and they have no idea where it all came from – all of sudden he’s rich! So Moshe felt need to prove it to them.<\/p>\n

But let’s understand not the shallow level, 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0grade story level here. What were they REALLY saying? What was the underlying current and what were they Accusing him of?<\/p>\n

Backstory<\/span><\/i>: When a person steals a spoon from Bes Hamikdash (B’M)\/ Holy Temple, what is the penalty? DEATH. Seems a little harsh, ay? But let’s delve into a simpler question- What is the Root of all stealing? A\u00a0Ganav<\/i>\u00a0(a robber who steals from a home while people are either away or sleeping) pays double. But a\u00a0Gazlun<\/i>\u00a0pays just the value of the item. Why? Because the\u00a0Gazlun<\/i>\u00a0doesn’t care about G-d or people. He will walk up to you in the middle of broad daylight and pull your wallet out of your hands. A\u00a0Ganav<\/i>\u00a0however, cares about PEOPLE but NOT G-d. He puts Hashem LOWER than people. Geneiva (a\u00a0Ganav<\/i>) has a LACK of fear of G-d. R’ Yochanan ben Zachai on his deathbed told his students to Fear G-d as much as people. They said that’s it?! He says Halevay, \u201cIf only…\u201d Stealing a vessel from B’M, is not only denying G-d’s knowledge, but it is in His own HOUSE where his presence is most manifest! If robber is not able to acknowledge and recognize G-d EVEN HERE that’s why he should get the death penalty.<\/p>\n

Back to our Parsha: Here,\u00a0these<\/i>\u00a0scoffers think not just about stealing, but Geneiva from B’M = The Tabernacle! And not just that, but Moshe was just up on the Mountain for 40 days (x3, 40 for forgiveness then 3rd<\/sup>\u00a040days for second Tablets) in the face of G-d! Yet, they STILL suspected, and it makes NO sense. But That’s the POWER of AMALEK. These \u201cscoffers\u201d had that sickened mentality. Same as the Sin of the Golden Calf. The \u201cdetaching\u201d form the ultimate source of G-d and focussing on only a branch instead of the ROOT. All their money they threw in to this fire and only a tiny little calf comes out? But they didn’t blink twice about losing all their fortunes. But Now they gave a TINY Half a Shekel each and got HUGE Mishkan and vessels… and NOW they r worried everything that everything should be accounted for!? When giving to a \u201cidol\u201d no problem, when we spend $ on things other than Spirituality, no problem! $700 camera? $1500 Macbook Pro? Sure, go ahead. But then all of a sudden there are Shul dues… \u201cOh, how much is this going to cost me?\u201d \u201c$200? Do we really have to spend soo much?\u201d THIS is the POWER of not Grabbing G-d in his entirety and worshiping not just \u201can idol\u201d but really worshipingOURSELVES. That is the ultimate true STRANGE WORSHIP of Avodah Zarah. When it comes to YOURSELF nothing is ever to much of a cost. When we can learn how to RE-FOCUS our attention and efforts where they truly belong, only then will G-d bless us back, Midah Keneged Midah, with the building once again of His final resting place in the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0Beis Hamikdash, speedily in our days. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stealing from Yourself Based on the teachings of:\u00a0The Be’er Yoseph, R’ Shalom Rosner and R’ Akiva Tatz   Why on earth did Moshe have to count out every single material and item involved in the making of the mishkan? Because we see that people were talking behind Moshe’s back \u201cthey …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parsha-dvar-torahs","column","twocol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}