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 “No meal offering that you sacrifice to Hashem shall be made [of anything] leavened, for you shall not present any leaven or honey as a fire offering to Hashem” (Vayikra 2:11) For the past five weeks, the Torah has focused on building the Mishkan. Now that it’s finally up and running, we begin learning about what actually took place there. Among the many korbanos offered in the Mishkan – which dominates the first few parshas of the book of Vayikra – are various types of grain offerings, usually accompanied by ketores, incense. Our pasuk specifies that these offerings must not...

“Then all the wise-hearted among those who did the work made the Mishkan…” (Shemos 36:8). For three parshas, Hashem has instructed Moshe Rabbeinu regarding the construction of the Mishkan: what materials to use; what furnishings to build; how many walls, pegs, and pillars; what the Kohanim should wear, etc. This week, in our parshah, Moshe finally relays those instructions to Bnei Yisrael, who promptly and faithfully carry them out. Yet the making of the Mishkan didn’t go as smoothly as our pasuk implies. Putting It All Together The Midrash (Tanchuma, Pekudei 11) tells us that after everyone had brought...