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And they shall take unto me terumah meaning an offering, an offering. Of course, we know that or we have heard from past, from past lectures that terumah comes from the word "tarum hei" raise the "hei" To raise the consciousness of malchut. Todays explanation stretches that idea like this we learnt "tarum hei" meaning the world of desire to receive for the self alone. These kind of negative consciousness that exists in the world of action. In our world tarum we are to raise it, raise our consciousness. What do we mean to raise our... Instead of thinking only of yourself be like zeir anpin, zeir anpin considers others That's God. God can think outside of himself. A human being, instinctively does not think outside of himself. He thinks what his desires are, what his necessities require and therefore and therefore. He needs food; he goes to buy food. He needs clothing, whatever his needs are generally these are these necessities these needs is what governs action. Why does someone go to work? Why does someone have a business? Because he needs money to purchase the necessities of life. So almost everything around us is governed by that singular idea. Me. Along comes the Torah says [hebrew] and we say tarum hei. Raise, raise. Raise that hei. Raise our consciousness. To raise our consciousness to one of sharing, to one of sharing.