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Torah & Haftarah Readings: Shabbat Pekudei: Exodus 39:22 (Etz Hayim p. 567) 1. 39:22-26 2. 39:27-32 3. 39:33-43 4. 40:1-8 5. 40:9-16 6. 40:17-27 7. 40:28-38 M. 40:34-38 (p. 571) D'var Torah: Haftarah: I Kings 7:51-8:21 (Etz Hayim p. 574) Torah / Haftarah Summary In God's Shadow - Ilana Kurshan Parshat Pekudei describes the construction of the Mishkan and its furnishings in accordance with the specific instructions given by God to Moshe. The chief artisan responsible for the project is Bezalel, who is described as being “filled with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and all kinds of skills” (Ex. 31:3). The account in our parshah suggests that Moshe and Bezalel worked side by side, with Moshe receiving the architectural specifications from God and Bezalel implementing them. But the Talmud tells a more nuanced story about the nature of their collaboration, suggesting ways in which we can work constructively with one another. The Talmud (Berakhot 55a), in discussing Bezalel’s unique talents, highlights a discrepancy between God’s instructions for building the Mishkan as conveyed to Moshe, and the Torah’s account of its actual construction. Moshe, in transmitting God’s instructions, speaks first of the construction of the ark, along with its golden cover and golden cherubim (see chapter 25). Only then are we told about the construction of the Mishkan itself, with its cloth coverings and planks of acacia wood (ch. 26). But when the instructions are actually carried out, the Torah states that Bezalel made the tents and planks (ch. 36) and only then built the ark and its accessories (ch. 37). If God’s instructions to Moshe specified building first the ark and then the Mishkan structure, why did Bezalel reverse the order? The rabbis recount a conversation between Moshe and Bezalel about this discrepancy. According to the rabbis, God told Moshe to instruct Bezalel to build the Mishkan and then the ark inside it. But Moshe—perhaps inadvertently—switched the order and told Bezalel to build the ark and then the Mishkan to house it. When Bezalel heard Moshe’s instructions, he was puzzled, as they seemed inconsistent with his own experience and expertise as an artisan. And so, he questioned Moshe about what he’d been told: “Moshe our teacher,” he began politely and deferentially, “The standard practice throughout the world is that a person builds a house and only afterward places the vessels inside it. And yet you said to me: Make an ark and vessels and a Mishkan. If I do so in the order that you commanded, where would I put the [ark and] vessels?” It seemed unlikely
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