PARASHAT TERUMAH
Max Stroh Kaufman
30/06/2017
PARASHAT TERUMAH (TRUMA) Terumah or truma means “special or elevated” offering/gift or donation. It is the produce tithe that Levites and Israelites would submit to the kohens in Temple times. Terumah is also defined as an offering, as a gift, as a donation, as the choice part, as the best part… Terumah according to Rashi means “setting aside.” According to biblical law, Terumah consisted of several agricultural products: wheat, wine, and
