Pikudei: The Surprise of the Mishkan (and Why it Took So Long to Put Up)

Parsha Pick-Me-Up by Yitzchak Sprung

Episode notes

Surely, complex as the process was, it could not have taken six months to make such a small building as the Tabernacle! What was it that took so long that the Mishkan could not be assembled until nearly six months had passed? 

The answers the Sages give is mysterious. It is also precisely the answer we need right now.