Bringing Plans to Fruition Rabbi Shalom Rosner

ROSNER

Rav Kehilla, Nofei HaShemesh Maggid Shiur, Daf Yomi, OU.org Senior Ra"M, Kerem B'Yavneh

Bringing Plans to Fruition

As we review this week’s double parsha of Vayakhel and Pekudei, the content seems very familiar. It is not only reminiscent of what we read in the parshiyos of Teruma and Tetzaveh, in fact, many pesukim seem to be repeated verbatim. We know that there is not one single unnecessary letter in the Torah. Yet, the details of the Aron, Shulchan, mizbe’ach, the bigdei kehuna are all repeated again in these parshiyos. Why was it not sufficient for the Torah to just state in one pasuk, that Bnei Yisrael built the Mishkan as instructed? We find in other context that entire areas of halacha are learned out from one pasuk, or even an extra letter, and yet here, we have an inordinate amount of seemingly “extra” pesukim.

Rav Pam suggests that the repetition in our parshiyos is to teach us a crucial lesson about fulfilling our potential. There is one

hidden but major difference between Teruma Tetzaveh and Vayakhel Pekudei. The switch from “Ta’asoo” to “Vaya’asoo”, the command to do it, and the fulfillment itself. How often in life do we have plans, dreams, and projects, and yet we are unable to bring them to fruition. We undertake certain new year’s resolutions, committing ourselves to do something different this year and unfortunately, are unable to fulfill them. We may have the right intention, but to bring our plan to fruition is not always so simple. And even if we do end up completing the project, does it always go as planned, down to the last detail, nut and bolt?

He was probably on the phone all night, with contractors, builders, suppliers.

That’s the chiddush in the repetition. Bnei Yisrael fulfilled their task. The Mishkan was built exactly in accordance with Hashem’s directive to Moshe. It is

not something to be taken for granted. Not always is a task completed in accordance with its initial expectations. By repeating the details, it is testament to Am Yisrael for completing the Mishkan, exactly in accordance with its original plan.

One additional point to help us in this area. When Dovid Hamelech originally asks Nasan Hanavi if he could build the mikdash (Shmuel Beis Perek 7), he responds “sure, go right ahead.” Only after being told that night in a dream that it was to be Shlomo, did Nasan run back to Dovid and retract the permission. Rashi (Shmuel 2 7:4) asks why did Nasan have to run in the middle of the night to go tell Dovid? Just talk to him in shul after schachris? Rashi answers that that would be too late, Dovid was a “mahir”, someone who, when he had a plan, wasted no time carrying it out. He was probably on the phone all night, with contractors, builders, suppliers. Nasan had to go stop him immediately, or else the planning would have all been finished by the morning! This is the key to fulfilling plans. Act with alacrity and focus as soon as we have the idea, and then follow through to the best of our abilities. May we be zoche to not only undertake to initiate positive ideas, acts or changes in our lives, but to be able to implement our plans and achieve our goals!

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