וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃

רְאֵ֖ה קָרָ֣אתִֽי בְשֵׁ֑ם בְּצַלְאֵ֛ל� בֶּן־אוּרִ֥י בֶן־ח֖וּר לְמַטֵּ֥ה יְהוּדָֽה׃

“HaShem spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ³ I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship, ⁴ to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, ⁵ and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of workmanship.”�Exodus 31:1-5

“Moses assembled the entire congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them . . . a sabbath of sabbaths to G‑d.” (35:1–2)

�“This teaches us that Moses instituted the practice of assembling on Shabbat to listen to the reading of the Torah.”

Midrash cited at Chabad.org

וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֶֽת־כׇּל־עֲדַ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

“The main building of the Tabernacle comes about through unity, when the tzaddik draws everyone together (Likutey Halakhot I, p. 502).”

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“They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought HaShem’s offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments. ²² They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted . . .”�Exodus 35:21-22

“Moshe said to the children of Israel, “Behold, HaShem has called by name Betzalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. He has filled him with the Spirit of G-d, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship; and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass, in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.”

Exodus 35:30-33

“A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out

of his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of HaShem will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit

of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge

and of the fear of HaShem.”

Isaiah 11:1-2

“Betzalel knew how to combine the letters by which the heavens and earth were created.’ It is written here, ‘And He has filled him with the spirit of G-d, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge,’ and it is written elsewhere, ‘HaShem by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens, and it is also written, ‘By His knowledge the depths were broken up.”

Berakhot 55a, Soncino Press Edition

“The son of Uri – the son of primeval light (ohr) . . . The son of Hur – the son of absolute freedom (herut), or the son of the whitest (havra) of all colors. And he is appropriately of the tribe of Judah.”

Zohar, Vol II:152a, Soncino Press Edition

“…Betzalel, being interpreted, means G-d in his shadow. But the Shadow of G-d is his Word, which he used like an instrument when he was making the world…“And this Shadow, as it were, is the archetype of all other things. . . . “And G-d made man according to the image of G-d,” as the Image was modeled according to G-d, man was modeled according to the Image.”

Philo, Allegorical Interpretation, II:31:95

“HaShem showed me four craftsmen...these have come to… cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Zechariah 1:20-21

“Four Craftsman: Carpenters who know how to saw the horns. And our Rabbis explained in tractate Sukkah (52b) who they are.”

Rashi on Zechariah 2:4, Judaica Press

“And HaShem showed me four craftsmen.” Who are these four craftsmen? R. Hana b. Bizna citing R. Simeon Hasida replied:

“The Messiah the son of David, the Messiah the son of Joseph, Elijah and the Righteous Priest.”

Talmud, Sukkah 52b

Soncino Press Edition

“Isn’t he the �carpenter’s son?”�Matthew 13:55

“Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων – arkhitekton, from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder, carpenter, mason") is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction.”

Wikipedia, Architecture

“Isn’t this the carpenter,�the son of Miriam…?”

Mark 6:3

“The Torah proclaims: I was by Him an architect, through me He created the world!”

Zohar II:161a on Proverbs 8:30

“He is the visible image of the invisible G-d. He is supreme over all creation, because in connection with him were created all things — in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, lordships, rulers or authorities — they have all been created through him and for him. He existed before all things, and he holds everything together.”

Colossians 1:15-17, Complete Jewish Bible

וָאֶהְיֶה אֶצְלֹו אָמֹון�“…then I was the craftsman by his side.”�Proverbs 8:30

“R’ Hoshayah the Great opened his discourse on our passage with the following exposition: The Torah describes its relationship with God before the advent of Creation: I was then His “amon”…The word “amon” is to be understood in the sense of “uman”אומן a craftsman…Thus in this verse the Torah declares, “I was the craftsman’s tool, so to speak, in the hands of the Holy One, blessed is He, through which He created the world.”�Artscroll Genesis Rabbah 1:1, Mesorah Publishing, ltd., pg. 3

“The Torah is Wisdom, and is therefore the “head” of creation… It might be thought that the Torah was created only to rectify creation as it already exists. If this were so, the Torah would have been created after the earth. But actually, the Torah was the blueprint of creation, �and therefore preceded it.”�Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, The Bahir, pg. 96

“The sum total of human knowledge derives from the Torah because the universe is a product of Torah which is the blueprint of the world…When His Ineffable Word took physical form, heaven and earth became the clothing for the word of God which infuses Creation, and without which Creation would not continue to exist. The spiritual Torah which preceded the world became clothed in ink and parchment…the wisdom of God took the form of the 613 commandments. But the precepts are not isolated phenomena; they are all interrelated aspects of a single Torah, like the organs and vessels of a single human body to which the totality of the commandments are likened.” (The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet, Artscroll, Michael L. Munk, Mesorah Publishing, ltd., pg. 47)

“The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.”�John 1:14

“For the Torah is the Name of the Holy One, blessed be He. As the Name of the Holy One is engraved in the Ten Words (creative utterances) of Creation, so is the whole Torah engraved in the Ten Words (Decalogue), and these Ten Words are the Name of the Holy One, and the whole Torah is thus one Name, the Holy Name of God Himself. Blessed is he who is worthy of her, the Torah, for he will be worthy of the Holy Name. Said R. Jose: “This means that he will be worthy of the Holy One Himself, as He and His Name are one. Blessed be His Name for ever and ever. Amen.”�Zohar, Shemot, Section 2, Page 90b, Soncino Press Edition

“Shimon Kefa said to them, “I’m going fishing.” They told him, “We are also coming with you.” They immediately went out, and entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing. But when day had already come, Yeshua stood on the beach, yet the disciples didn’t know that it was Yeshua. Yeshua therefore said to them, “Children, have you anything to eat?” They answered him, “No.” He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” They cast it therefore, and now they weren’t able to draw it in for the multitude of fish. That disciple therefore whom Yeshua loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!”

“So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish. So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. Yeshua said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.” Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fish, one hundred fifty-three, and even though there were so many, the net wasn’t torn.”

John 21:3-11 HNV

There are 153 verses in Parashat Noach.

בני האלהים

Bnei HaElohim

The Sons of God 

הפסח

HaPesach 

The Passover 

30 + 1 + 30 + 90 + 2

בְּצַלְאֵל

“Be

tzal

el”

In Shadow G-d

153

“You need to realize that the Mashiach is [on the level of] the yechidah. �…From the time of the destruction of the Beis Ha’mikdash, referring to him it says, “Or, that he shudders over our sins, broken by our transgressions” (Ruth Rabbah 5:6, Zohar, Shemot 212a). . . The Mashiach takes upon himself the suffering of Yisrael; otherwise they would not be able to survive. Therefore, the Shechinah and the Mashiach both stand together, inseparable from one another, as you have heard. At all other times, the Shechinah was encloaked within the Sages of that generation, and from there it illuminated to Yisrael. Even concerning Moshe it was like this, except that because of the intensity of that light, it broke forth and emerged. However, with regard to the Mashiachs it says, ‘And Your Teacher will no longer Himself within the corner of His garment’ (Yeshayahu 30:20).”

R’ Moshe Chayyim Luzzato, Ma’amar HaGeulah, Secrets of Redemption, translated by Rabbi Mordechai Nissim, Feldheim Publishers, pgs. 273-275

“Our deeds and prayers cause God’s presence to be manifest in this world—which is conceptually equivalent to erecting the Tabernacle. However, only a true tzaddik knows how to put each prayer in its place so that the Tabernacle will be properly constructed. This is why Moses was the only one who could erect the Tabernacle (Likutey Moharan I, 2:7)."

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To the degree that a tzaddik—who is compared to the Tabernacle—draws people to God, he elevates God's glory ( Likutey Moharan I, 70).

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“Whenever a person works for the sake of G-d, even if he is engage in mundane tasks, his actions are considered to be analogous to building the Tabernacle.”�

Rebbe Nachman’s Torah, Volume 2, Breslov Research Institute, pg. 293

“Moses then asked, “But how will I lift the planks by myself?” God replied, “Do not worry; you will apply yourself to the task and I will help you do it.”

Rashi on Exodus 39:33

“MiShKaN (משכן) is also similar to MaShKheiNi (משכני, draw me) (cf. Song of Songs 1:4; see Rashi) , for it draws us to God and God to us (see Likutey Moharan I, 70).”

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יְדִיד נֶֽפֶשׁ, אָב הָרַחְמָן, מְשֹׁךְ עַבְדָּךְ אֶל־רְצוֹנָךְ, יָרוּץ עַבְדָּךְ כְּמוֹ אַיָּל, יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה מוּל הֲדָרָךְ, כִּי יֶעֱרַב־לוֹ יְדִידוּתָךְ מִנֹּֽפֶת צוּף וְכָל־טָֽעַם. 

�"Beloved of my soul, compassionate Father, draw me, your servant, to your desire.  Would that I could run like a gazelle, and bow before Your beauty, for I find your love sweeter than honey or any delight.”

Siddur Ashkenaz, Yedid Nefesh, Sefaria.org

יֹ֭שֵׁב בְּסֵ֣תֶר עֶלְי֑וֹן� בְּצֵ֥ל שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְלוֹנָֽן׃

“He who dwells in the shelter of �the Most High shall abide in the �protection of Shaddai.”�Psalm 91:1