
Terumah- When giving means taking, and you get much more than you bargained for copy
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Show Notes
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
הַ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥הלֵּאמֹֽר
דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
וְיִקְחוּ לִי תְּרוּמָה.
זֶה שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּבכִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם
Is This Painting a Raphael or Not? A fortune Rides on the Answer
Once a passenger aboard a ship, on which many
were traveling, was asked by them: “What kind of merchandise do you possess?”
He answered: “My merchandise is superior to yours.”
The gematria of mem is
forty. Forty is the number of days it rained upon the earth during the Flood.
Forty is also the number of days Moses spent on Mount Sinai.
When giving means taking, and you get much more than you bargained for