Parshas Terumah Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Mincha 6:45pm Shacharis 9:00am Plag Hamincha 7:04pm Latest time for Shema 10:06am Latest Candle lighting 8:13pm Shabbos Mincha 4:30 / 8:00pm Shkiya 8:30pm Shabbos Ends 9:14pm Reminder - please register for Shabbos Short Vort on the Parsha In Parshas Terumah when Hashem commands the building of the mishkan, He starts from the inner parts (the aron kodesh, the shulchan, etc), and then moves to the outer parts of the mishkan (outer mizbeyach, courtyard, etc). The message is that in the building of a Jew's relationship with Hashem, too, one starts from an inner meaning and strength, and then reflects this in physical actions of mitzvos. In other words, our reality is that there is a world of internality, thought, and depth before you get to physical actions, which is at the very least just as important as the physical acts. This is also seen in the orders of the parshiyos of the Shema; Reb Yehoshua ben Korcha (mishna brachos 13a) says that the first parsha of Shema is said before the second, because the first is about accepting Hashem's Kingship (ie internal work) and the second then progresses to the different mitzvos. The Chizkuni (devarim 11;26) also notes that Moshe starts pressing the Bnei Yisrael about yiras shamayim, and only afterwards does he repeat the individual mitzvos. The message here is; internal work may be less glamorous, but it has longer-lasting effects and staying power.