Mi Yitencha Ke Ach Trumah 5746

The Alef Kabbalah group (5 Feb 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1986 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Terumah, concerning the instructions to build the Sanctuary. The discourse begins with a verse from Song of Songs (8:1), "If only You were my Brother", expressing the longing for intimacy between G-d and the Jewish people which is brought to fulfilment by the building of the Sanctuary with the indwelling of the Divine Presence. The discourse reveals this intimacy as being part of the life of the individual both in Torah study and in worldly activities such as business, because all are part of an essential bond with the Divine.