In pasuk bet it says to terumah for me "li". Why does it say "li"? Wouldn't it have been enough to say to take terumah? Rashi says "li" means dedicate for my name.
The Koheles Yitzchos says that Li is translated to lishmi-- for my honor. Terumah is given to Hashem for his honor, (even though he does not need it) to see if your motives are genuine. --Gabriela Beyda
Chabad.org states that the numerical value of "Li" is 40. When people bring Terumah, the very generous give 1/40th. Someone stingy gives 1/60th, and an average person gives 1/50th. This is hinting to us that we should be generous and give as much Terumah as we can.
The reason this pasuk has an extra word "li" is to emphasize everything any jew owns in this world is all from hashem, not yourself. Therefore in the passuk when it says take trumah for li, it is to remind yourself that when it says for li it is really referring to hashem because everything in this world is from hashem. for example when you give tzedakah, it is not your money it is really hashems money. when we give a donation the charity collector is just taking something back that belongs to g-d. I think this is important to acknowledge in our daily lives with everything we have. this is from parsha.net
According to hand on parsha the "Li" in the pasuk is to emphasize that giving tezedaka is not for the receiver but also for the giver.We can learn from here that a person who gives tzedaka will be matzliach. He will have שפע, ברכה והצלחה. The gematria of those three words equals Vayikchu li truma. Rachel Malek
Sforno translates this as Hashem saying bnei yisroel should take for me an offering. hea addds that they Tell bnei yisroel that i want OFFICERS to collect offerings for me
Chezkuni explains that when it says "they shall take for Me a contribution" he explains that this paragraph was revealed to Moshe during the 40 days that he was on Har Sinai, and that already at that time before bnei Yisrael performed the sin of חטא העגל, he had been told to build the Mishkan.
The Koheles Yitzchos says that Li is translated to lishmi-- for my honor. Terumah is given to Hashem for his honor, (even though he does not need it) to see if your motives are genuine.
ReplyDelete--Gabriela Beyda
Chabad.org states that the numerical value of "Li" is 40. When people bring Terumah, the very generous give 1/40th. Someone stingy gives 1/60th, and an average person gives 1/50th. This is hinting to us that we should be generous and give as much Terumah as we can.
ReplyDeleteThe reason this pasuk has an extra word "li" is to emphasize everything any jew owns in this world is all from hashem, not yourself. Therefore in the passuk when it says take trumah for li, it is to remind yourself that when it says for li it is really referring to hashem because everything in this world is from hashem. for example when you give tzedakah, it is not your money it is really hashems money. when we give a donation the charity collector is just taking something back that belongs to g-d. I think this is important to acknowledge in our daily lives with everything we have. this is from parsha.net
ReplyDeleteAccording to hand on parsha the "Li" in the pasuk is to emphasize that giving tezedaka is not for the receiver but also for the giver.We can learn from here that a person who gives tzedaka will be matzliach. He will have שפע, ברכה והצלחה. The gematria of those three words equals Vayikchu li truma.
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Sforno translates this as Hashem saying bnei yisroel should take for me an offering. hea addds that they Tell bnei yisroel that i want OFFICERS to collect offerings for me
ReplyDeleteChezkuni explains that when it says "they shall take for Me a contribution" he explains that this paragraph was revealed to Moshe during the 40 days that he was on Har Sinai, and that already at that time before bnei Yisrael performed the sin of חטא העגל, he had been told to build the Mishkan.
ReplyDeleteRashi says that when he says li he means he wants beni yesroel to dedicate it to Him
ReplyDeleteRashi says that when he says li he means he wants beni yesroel to dedicate it to Him
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