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Vayakhel: Husbands & Wives |
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 "Vayavo'u HaAnashim Al HaNashim" (Vayakhel 35:29). Rashi explains the men came together with their wives to make donations to the Mishkan. Why did the wives come with them?
The Be'er Mayim Chaim explains that the halacha is that a woman needs permission from her husband to give anything other than a small donation to tzedaka, and needed to bring her husband in order for her gift to be accepted. The reason why the husband could not bring it himself is since they were donating their wives jewelry they could not do that without their wives consent. Therefore the duo was needed for the donation to be accepted.
The Maskil L'Dovid says that the men did not want to come alone because only a short time before they had donated large amounts of gold to the Eigel and were afraid that their donation would not be accepted. They therefore wanted to mix their donation together with that of their virtuous wives, who did not participate in donating to the eigel, in order that it would be accepted.
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