Why did Jacob bring trees down to Egypt to be later used to build the Tabernacle? This way whenever the Jews were unsure if they will ever leave Egypt they would go and look at the trees and they would say Jacob said to take these trees with us when we leave so that would remind them that yes they will be leaving

The position of the vessels of the Tabernacle were significant when I person entered the Tabernacle the first vessel he encountered was the altar. The altar symbolizes prayer the first thing we do in the morning is to pray. The table which represents a person's service of God through the mundane was placed directly opposite the candelabra that symbolizes service through study. To impress upon us that a person's mundane behavior must be on par with his spiritual level

Why are we told that the yidden gave to the building of the Tabernacle prior to being told what the money was to be used for? In order for the sanctity in the Tabernacle and Temple to be everlasting it needed the input of the Jewish people. Therefore we begin by informing that the Jewish people gave for the construction and then we are told what the construction was for

The law of not mixing meat and milk together is listed in this week's parsha to impress upon us that even laws that are beyond comprehension we should still do our at most to find reasons for them as this will help us in fulfilling them. Likewise laws that are logical we need to realize that we do them because that is the will of God

We have two phrases that relate to healing the sick. One teaches us that if a person is already a doctor he is obligated to heal the sick. And the other phrase in this week's parasha teaches us that if a person desires to become a doctor he may in fact do so

Last week was the 17th parsha this week is the 18th. The numerical value for 17 is tov while the numerical value for 18 is chai. Tov represents Torah and chay represents life. The study of Torah gives life in this physical world.

Last week we spoke about the giving of the Torah and this week we are introduced to seemingly mundane laws that would be part of any moral society. The point is that we need to realize that even these laws should be viewed as being spiritually inspired and Godly

The ten commandments were given in the singular. One reason because it was given to the Jewish people collectively as one. Another reason it was given to each Jew individually. When it comes to the performance of the commandments all the Jewish people are one we all do it the same way. When it comes to the study of Torah every Jew is different and each one received the Torah as an individual

The first word of the ten commandments anokhi is actually an Egyptian word. It is to impress upon us that G-dliness and spirituality needs to descend into the mundane into the ordinary and into the physical

Ish echod blev echod as one person but we are a composite of many different limbs and organs some are more important than others. As one heart refers to our spiritual soul and all of our souls come from the same place. Therefore one heart is a much higher and deeper level of unity