Parashat Vayakhel

Moses gathers the whole community, reminds them of Shabbat, and asks for the materials for the sanctuary. The response is overwhelming. Men and women bring gold, silver, copper, dyed wool, linen, skins, wood, oil, spices and stones, and the women spin the goats' hair. Betzalel and Oholiav lead the work, and the artisans eventually tell Moses that the people are bringing too much. He has to order them to stop. The rest of the portion describes the making of the curtains, the boards, the Ark, the Table, the Menorah, the altars and the laver, following the plans given in Terumah.