Terumah: The Magical Appeal of a Simple Home

 In Jewish life we frequently suffer the ‘’edifice syndrome,’’the drive to build large institutions and buildings, with insufficient focus onthe neshama and meaning which those very structures are supposed to perpetuate.The antidote model is the mishkan — an abode humble in size but permeated bythe spirit of shechinah. That spirit must forever endure, even after we settlein grand Bais HaMikdash-like edifices.