Parshat Terumah: The Weekly Parsha Story Illustrated by AI

hello everyone in the previous episode we talked about the laws and statutes that Hashem gave to the Jewish people today we'll tell you about something amazing about the special house that God asked the Jewish people to build for him but wait before we tell you when Moshe was in the heavens learning the Torah he found it very difficult to remember he prayed and pleaded with Hashem to help him remember Hashem answered moshe's prayer and in an instant gave him the gift of memory and so he managed to remember everything the paraa begins with a very emotional moment Hashem says to Moshe speak to the Jews and ask them to give a donation from every person whose heart inspires him to generosity you shall take a donation what does that mean Hashem asks every Jew who wants to donate wholeheartedly to the construction of the mishan the Tabernacle God's special house do you know what Hashem asked for gold silver copper blue and purple Crimson dyed Ram skins and the skins of the tahash a special animal that existed only then acacia wood oil for lighting spices for the anointing oil and for the incense sham stones and filling stones for the IOD and the breastplate 210 years before the mishan was built Yakov our forefather knew through divine inspiration that God would command the Jewish people to build a mishan therefore he planted very tall cedar trees in Egypt and instructed his sons that when they left Egypt they would take these trees with them and use them to build the mishan as soon as the Jewish people heard hashem's command to bring a donation everyone rushed and brought everything they had and now comes something fascinating Hashem began to explain to Moshe exactly how the mishon should be built and they shall make me a sanctuary and I will dwell among them God wants to dwell among the Jewish people what a special privilege when Hashem explained to Moshe how to build the mishan he said to him Moshe look at the sky Moshe lifted his head and saw a mishan standing ready built with all its details Hashem said to him build exactly like this with the Jewish Nation now we must build a special Ark the Ark of the Covenant it's not just any Ark it's made of ACAA wood and overlaid with pure gold inside and out why also on the inside because a person needs to be good both inside and out inside the ark they would place the tablets of the Covenant that Moshe would receive from God the ark had a special rim of gold around it and four gold rings at its Corners why to insert poles made of acacia wood covered with gold which were used to carry the ark these poles must not be removed from the Rings they must always remain there above the ark is the koret it's a cover made of pure gold and on it are two Kum of gold figures of angels with wings spread upward the Kim face each other and between them God would speak with Moshe it's interesting that when the Jews committed sins the kavim would turn their backs to each other then Hashem commanded to build a special table it's called the table of showbread it is also made of ACAA wood and covered with pure gold with a gold rim around it on this table they would Place 12 special loaves corresponding to the 12 tribes these loaves miraculously would always stay warm even after a week and then came the famous candelabra the manora it was made out of pure gold it was formed from a single piece of gold wow how can you make a manora from a single block of gold it has a central shaft and six branches coming out of it three on each side on each branch there are special cups shaped like almond blossoms knobs and flowers what a work of art and after the manora comes the mishon itself this special tent is made of 10 unique curtains blue purple and Crimson wool and fine Twisted linen with the km embroidered on them inside the mishcon there's a special curtain this curtain separates the holy from the holy of holies the most sacred place in the mishon placed over there is the Ark of the Covenant at the entrance of the mishon there's a screen that serves as an additional special curtain with posts made of of ACAA wood covered with gold and bases of bronze Hashem explained every detail with amazing Precision How long wide and high everything needs to be exactly how to connect each part and how everything should look and God shows Moshi the design of all the vessels on Mount Si so he knows exactly how to make them what will happen with these vessels how will they actually build the mishon we will tell you all about it in the next episode