Parashat Tetzaveh continues the previous Torah portion, Teruma, and adds instructions for the construction of the Mishkan (tabernacle) – the temporary temple that accompanied the Israelites on ...

At the end of the Parsha, after everything was commanded - the Aron, the Shulchan, the Menorah, the big Mizbe'ach, the Mishkan itself and even the clothes of the Kohanim and how to prepare them ...

The Torah states that the priestly garments were worn by the priest for “kavod” (honor). In the words of the Torah, “and you shall make Holy garments for your brother Aaron, and they shall ...

Parshat Tetzaveh deals with the garments of the high priest. While garments we wear can reflect who we are, they can also serve to hide our true personalities. So, too, words. Words are the ...

This week’s Torah reading, Tetzaveh, contains the instruction for making the breastplate worn by the High Priest when performing his tasks in the Temple. The breastplate contains four rows ...

This week’s Parashat, Tetzaveh, describes the purpose of the Kohen’s clothes — including the breast-piece of decision — for “kavod and tiferet,” meaning honor and glory (Exodus 28:2).

(Psalm 141:2) That’s a scent that is priceless! Our parsha discusses three acts, as part of the routine work in the Mishkan (the Tabernacles), that need to be done twice a day, every day ...

Not everyone believes in all the modes of communication I just named, nor do I, but some of them are clearly parts of any traditional Jewish worldview. Devarim 18;15 tells us Hashem will set up ...

Hence it is to Moses that they must bring the oil not “to Me/ God” Indeed it is odd that the first two verses of Tetzaveh were not included in Parshat Terumah. These two verses are orphans here.

Hence, in our portion of Tetzaveh – the only portion in the biblical books from Exodus to Deuteronomy in which Moses’s name doesn’t appear – the task of setting up the menorah is given to ...