Parshas Pikudei begins with the words, “These are the numbers of the Mishkan, the Mishkan of the Testimony,” on which Rashi says, “The word ‘Mishkan’ is written twice, which alludes to the Mikdash, which was taken as surety (מַשְׁכּוֹן) in the two destructions, for Israel’s iniquities. Whoever reads Rashi’s comment is astonished. While the Mishkan is being built, the Torah sees fit to mention the destruction of the Mikdash?! And not only one destruction, but two! • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel, mashpia in Oholei Torah: we read Hashem’s command to the Jewish people to prepare for leaving Egypt. They were to take a lamb on the tenth of Nissan. The question is what’s the rush? Why did they have to buy a lamb four days before it would be slaughtered and keep it in their homes? It would be far easier to go to the market on erev Pesach and choose a fat lamb for the Yom Tov meal … Who needs a lamb running around the house for four days? • Click to Read