One Minute Daily Torah Thought - Rabbi Moshe Levin

Send us a textDid something extraordinary happen to you today? What about you is extraordinary? Good Morning! One of the items used for the roof of the tabernacle was goat hair. The Torah describes the unique craftsmanship of the women who were able to spin the hair of the goats into material while it was still attached to the goat. Although it was kosher to cut off the goat hair first, the women especially chose to spin the hair on the goats backs in order to create a beautiful material for the tabernacle. While the hair is still attached, it has more moisture and it's softer than after it has been cut. It was not an easy thing to do and it requires unique craftsmanship. The women knew that if G-d has given them a unique talent it must be for the sake of G-d, it must be about G-d's temple. There must be something missing in the temple that this talent can rectify. In a similar way, when looking into ourselves and at the various things that G-d has blessed us with, we need to think about how our gif