Past Vayakhel - Pikudei Posts

Here's a thought on Vayakhel about individual versus community, with a nice reader comment. See here for the same post with a funky introduction. Rav Elimelech Bar Shaul writes about this in his sefer Min HaBe'er. It's a topic that I ponder quite a bit, to what extent am I ME, and to what extent should I mute the ME and focus on me as part of a larger US.

Here's an out of the box Pekudei thought based on the Ohr HaChayim HaKadosh.