The plot of this week's Parsha pales in comparison to the awe-inspiring stories of Exodus and the census. Parshat Termuah is the world's first fundraiser, with Moses requesting of the people to donate portions so that Bnei Yisrael can build the Mishkan, the mobile house of God. This is an incredibly complex process which involves walls, curtains, gold, silver etc. Parallel to the parsha is the Hafotrah whose theme is always connected to the reading. In the case of this week's

This week's parsha, Mishpatim, is the first of four "special" Shabbatot in which we read a different maftir in honour of the particular week. The next four weeks we will attempt to explore how we can understand these four special weeks within our contemporary society. The Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar is referred to as Shabbat Shkalim. The Sabbath of Shekels. Rather than referring to the latest atrocity in Israel in which Cofix hiked up the price of their items from 5 to 6