On the day after Moshèdescended from Mount Sinai with the Second
Tablets, after successfully securing atonement for the sin of the Golden Calf, he gathered all the Jewish people.
The primary purpose of this assembly was to inform the Jews of G‑d's
desire for a Sanctuary to be constructed. He began, however, with a
brief reminder regarding the observance of the Shabbat.
Shabbath Shalom Cover
A cover on which children can write the weekly Parsha, the sefer in which it’s found, the current Hebrew month and licht bentching times. Laminate the cover so they can write, and
then erase, the information each week.
In this week's portion, Vayakhel, Moshè gathers the Jews and relays to them all the details regarding the construction of the Mishkan
and its vessels. The actual construction is also described. This
portion repeats many of the details described in the portion of Terumah, wherein G‑d instructed Moshè how the Mishkan and its vessels were to be constructed.
In the Sanctuary’s inner chamber, behind an artistically woven curtain, was the ark containing the tablets of testimony engraved with the Ten Commandments; on the ark’s cover stood two winged cherubim hammered out of pure gold. In the outer chamber stood the seven-branched menorah, and the table upon which the “showbread” was arranged.
The Sanctuary’s three walls were fitted together from 48 upright wooden boards, each of which was overlaid with gold and held up by a pair of silver foundation sockets. The roof was formed of three layers of coverings: tapestries of multicolored wool and linen; a covering made of goat hair; a covering of ram and tachash skins. Across the front of the Sanctuary was an embroidered screen held up by five posts.
The Tabernacle's construction is capped off with the construction of the
Outer Altar, the copper wash stand, the mesh curtains which surrounded
the Tabernacle courtyard, and the beams and hooks which anchored them.
Our Mishkal model
