Parashat Teruma 5783: What are the Cherubim? 

May the neshama of Zev Chaim ben HaRav Baruch Dovid have an aliyah.

Todah Rabbi. You are always a light to me. Thank you for the beacon of hope.

שבת שלום הרב , תודה רבה רפואה שלמה

I've really been struggling these past two weeks. All day during Shabbos I kept re-reading various commentaries along with the parshat. Each time I read 'Make for me a sanctuary and I will dwell among you' I stopped. HaShem is speaking... (YOU) make for me a sanctuary and (I) will dwell among you. Prepare a fitting place and I will come. This can be taken on a number of levels, but at its closest, it is with me! Prepare ME as a vessel, incline yourself to ME, make yourself ready to receive ME. It was not written as "I'll use this sanctuary that I'll make over here..." it was YOU make the sanctuary. YOU do the work. YOU ensure its quality. YOU see to its construction, assembly, and fitment. And then I will come and dwell in it. Each of us needs to take the time to see to the sanctuary within us so that HaShem's Presence has a place to dwell within us. We need to see Him in everything in our world, and on a grander scale, His sanctuary IS the world. We need to prepare it as well - by mitzvahs, by honoring HaShem's Torah, and many other acts of service to Him. I used to think for the longest time that scaling up to the whole world was the most important thing (and the quickest way to bring HaShem here) but I think that the focus should first start with ourselves and then move out to our communities and then to the world at large. It seems as though that might take longer, but maybe not... Thank you for your continued teachings to us, Rabbi. May you continue to merit a blessing for your work and may HaShem richly reward you for your service. Refuah Shelemah.

Thank you Rabbi!

Thanks rabbi God bless you

Rabbi Richman; may you always go from strength to strength. Thank you so much for your awesome Torah shiur. Shabbat Shalom.!

Wow what a wonderful inside! It brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful Shabbat message , much needed being the furthest from the land as you can get ( in Australia). May HaShem bless you and keep you save

Very clear message always listen every week torah Thank u Rabbai shabath salome

Bless your heart precious Rabbi, sounds like you're a little under the weather. Refuah shlema! May Hashem bless you with healing and abundance. Thank you for all that you do💓

Thank you . . .

Shabbat Shalom Rabbi! Beautiful instruction.

Question - aren't the cheribum around God's throne, described in Ezekiel, the same as the ones covering the mercy seat? Everything given to Moses was a copy of what's in heaven.

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