#463: Decorum and the Jews

R. Avraham Sebba on Parashat Pekudei, Exodus/Shemot 38:21

A sign in a synagogue asking congregants not to talk during prayer or the reading of the Torah. Image from shulsigns.com.

Exodus/Shemot 38:21

אֵ֣לֶּה פְקוּדֵ֤י הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן הָעֵדֻ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר פֻּקַּ֖ד עַל־פִּ֣י מֹשֶׁ֑ה עֲבֹדַת֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם בְּיַד֙ אִֽיתָמָ֔ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

These are the records of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the …