Much of Sefer Shemot describes the building of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle that served as the center of Israel’s worship during their trek through the desert. The four parashiyot: Terumah, Tetzaveh, Vayakhel, and Pekudei contain striking repetition. For the rabbis, such literary features were rarely accidental; they often became the starting point for religious insight.

In Parashat Pekudei, the word “tzivui – command” appears eighteen times in connection with the construction of the Mishkan, repeatedly concluding with the phrase “as the Lord commanded Moshe.” For anyone........

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