Torah Trivia-Parshas Pekudei

This week (Vayakhel- Pikudei) when doing Sh'nayim Mikra v'echod Targum,

you have to make sure you do this, otherwise you will not be yotzei (Sh'nayim Mikra--).???

PART 1 Hakdama to the answer re Shnayim Mikroh 

Next week (Parshas Vayikrah) many children will come home from school or cheider with

a “teitch (translation) sheet on Parshas Hashavua. Some sheets will have the  incorrect

translation of  Vayikra – And he called. The correct translation is He called. (no and)

A vav at the beginning of a word can serve as three functions

1) Vav hachibur ,connecting  to the previous word or sentence (and)

2 ) Vav hamehapech , reverse future to past or past to future.

3)  Vav hachibur + hamehapech , both functions.( 1+2)

                                      Examples

1) Moshe V’aharon                         _          Moshe and Aharon

2) Yikrah = he will call (future)        –        Vayikrah = he called (past)

2) Osoh = he made (past)                _        Veosoh = he shall make (future)

3) Yomar  = he will say(future)       --       Vayomar = a) he said (past)  – b) and he said (past+ and)

Vyikrah is a new Parsha and Chumash. The vav can’t be a chibur it has no connection

to the previous Parsha. The vav can act only as a mehapech.

In this week’s  Parsha  (Vayakhel) one of the gedolei  olam made a mistake with the

Vav of Veosoh Betzalel. (Shmos 36 – 1)

How to be ma'avir sidrah this week-PART II

The arrangement of the Tenach into Kapitlach (chapters) was done by the Christian church

in the 12^th century . There is no uniform system, where a new chapter starts or ends.

At the end of chapter Shmos 35 it says how Moshe spoke to the Bnei Yisroel

about Betzalel’s  Chachma that Hashem gave him, to do the Meleches Hamishkan.

A new chapter begins at Shmos 36 – 1 “ V’osoh Betzalel – kol meleches avodas hakodesh”.

Because a new chapter begins here, one of the gedolei  hameforshim, mistakenly translated

And  Betzalel made (past tense) – (vav hachibur)

The Targum Onkeles  was also changed  from V’yabeid (He shall do) to Vavad (He did).

The Ibn Ezrah (36 -1) and Rashi in Makos 12a both say , V’osoh is a command

( future)  And Betzalel shall make etc.  V’osoh is a continuation from the previous

chapter.(mehapech + chibur)

In the name of the M’hril Diskin it is said “When you are ma’avir sidrah you should say

in theTargum V’yabeid and not the way it is printed in the chumashim “ Vavad” ,otherwise

you won’t be  yotzei Shnayim Mikrah.