Hi,

I sat down at my computer to work on today’s Torah Minute.

And before I got started?

I figured I would click on today’s New York Times.

To see what’s happening in the world.

And something caught my eyes.

A carved wooden bust of Tutankhamen.

A.k.a. King Tut!

It was an article about a major traveling museum exhibit.

Millions of people are expected to stand on line to see it.

“King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs!”

I got very curious and checked around a bit more.

“Learn about how his short reign changed history. 

See fifty major artifacts from his tomb. 

Including the crown he probably wore while living!”

I figured, it’s really fascinating.

But I need to come up with a Torah Minute!

… We’re about to start the building of the Temple in the dessert.  (Exodus, 25)

I started reading, “G-d spoke to Moshe saying…

“They should make a Sanctuary for me… They should make an Ark… A Menorah.”

… And I started thinking.

King Tut.  Moshe.

… We have no busts of Moshe.  Have no idea what he looked like.

But 3000 years later?

We’re still reading, “And G-d spoke to Moshe…

We read about an Ark.  A Menorah.

Very familiar words.

Because every Synagogue still has an Ark. 

And it’s hard to find a Jewish home that doesn’t have a Menorah!

They found King Tut’s tomb.

But we don’t know where Moshe was buried.

“Moshe died… and no one knows his burial place… (Deuteronomy, 34:5-6)

Why?

Because the Torah doesn’t want us to stand on line to visit his tomb.

It wants us to sit down and study his Torah!     

All the best,