Parsha:

Shekalim 

Description

Sfas Emes 5647 on Parshas Shkalim. The inner meaning of the half shekel donation. Lifting up the Jewish people through counting. A Jew is not stuck in the bottom half (this world) of his existence. Connected in this world, and to the root in the world above. Machtzis haShekel (half the shekel) - only a part of our neshamah (soul), of who we are. The extra neshamah that visits us on Shabbos. Giving of ourselves to the best of our abilities. When Hashem twice calls a person by his name.