Parshat Terumah: The Mystery Within

After the thunder,
The lightning,
The mountain aflame,
The Infinite Mystery calls to each of us,
To all of us:

Make for me a holy place that I may dwell within you
Make for me a holy place that I may dwell among you. (Exodus 25:8)

Find me in the thunder and lightning,
In the grand, spectacular events.
And know that I am in every blade of grass,
Every tree and bird,
I am in the movement of the river.
And I dwell in you.

Fashion your life as to know
I dwell in you.

Honor your gifts.
Lift up your offerings.
Share the weavings of your heart.
Receive each other’s gifts with care,
And let earth’s generosity hold and guide you.

I dwell within you.
And I dwell among you.
Fashion your life so as to remember
Again and again and again,
That you are a holy vessel
In which the Divine light
Takes root
And shines.

Listen to the recordings from this week's Torah Study and from today's Morning Meditation Sit for this week's Torah portion Terumah and the beginning of the month of Adar.

Shalom,
Rabbi Yael Levy