This week, after the regular Torah portion of Tetzaveh, we read the verses from Deuteronomy 25:17-19, known as Zachor, which tell of Amalek’s unprovoked desert attack on the Israelites.

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One may wonder why Parshat Tetzave starts at the end of Perek כז, with the oil for the Menora, which was already mentioned in the beginning of Teruma (שמן למאור) it would probably make more sense to ...

Then I remembered the first two verses of the next Parsha, Tetzaveh, which concerns the lighting of the Menorah, arguably the most central implement in the Mishkan, the one that would be a ...

The Ner Ma’aravi, being closest to the Shechinah, symbolizes the Torah. The Torah was given to humans, not to angels. As humans, we cannot study Torah twenty-four hours a day. We need time off ...

I believe the crushed olive in this parsha is a hint to the Jewish people. Looking over the wide swath of history, who are the people who arguably suffered the most? The Jewish people. And who has ...