Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei

If the Golden Calf was an abomination, why is the Tabernacle okay?

Shabbat is important, yet our behavior during the other six days is no less a part of religious life.

Learn more about the weekly Torah portion.

Learn more about the weekly Torah portion.

Building global community, like the construction of the mishkan, requires everyone to participate.

The Torah teaches us to think globally and act locally.

Shabbat gives us an opportunity to stop trying to control the world.

It is easy to feel disconnected from those who are most unlike us.

God met the Israelites' need to relate to God on their own terms — we must do the same.

The messages of hope and togetherness in Vayakhel and Pekudei prepare us for Passover.