Chevre, this week’s parsha is Terumah (תרומה). This parsha starts a series of parshiot about the architecture, building and utensils of the Mishkan. Nechema Leibowitz has a theory and discussion about the Mishkan being a portable Har Sinai. This was important because Har Sinai is not supposed to have any significance of itself, only that is where G-d spoke to the Bnei Yisrael. And that is also why Har Sinai is hidden, we don’t know where it is. (There are theories that it’s in Saudi Arabia).

What is intersting, when I used to run data centers, they were fixed and the connectivity to and from them was severly limited. Now, however, with the cloud, I can use tools and APIs at home, over 4G/5G, on my phone, tablet, laptop to connect to the cloud. With technologies like Mesh VPN (I LOVE Tailscale), connectivity to any resource no matter where it is becomes just a matter of allowing the connections.

So in the desert we needed to take the holiness of Har Sinai with us in the Mishkan, today, we leave the cloud resources where they are, but are able to connect with them from anywhere and everywhere. Use your resources wisely.

On a personal note, I learned this parsha in-depth last year as part of a town siyum in memory of Efraim Jackman z”l, who fell fighting in Gaza. May his memory continue to inspire. Shabbat Shalom.