Ben Freed is a 5th (and final)-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Before rabbinical school he lived and worked in Ann Arbor, Michigan as a journalist, Uber driver, yoga instructor and Bar Mitzvah DJ while dabbling in tap dance and Jewish community organizing. As a Gladstein Fellow, Ben currently lives in Riverdale, New York and interns at the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale. He is also the student rabbi of Congregation Agudath Achim in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In parshat Trumah the people of Israel are called upon to contribute to the building of the temple – gold, silver, copper, dyed wool, animal skins, and more. On Mount Sinai, Moses is given detailed instructions on how to construct this Temple. In the Sanctuary’s inner chamber, was the ark, containing the tablets with the Ten Commandments. In the outer chamber stood the seven-branched menorah. Outside the sanctuary stood the copper-plated altar.
Previous Torah Talks on Terumah
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.