All posts in: Tetzaveh
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7 years agoWhy is Moshe missing from this Parsha?
וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל “And you command the Children of Israel” (27:20) The Medrash Aggadah notes that ..
Written by Moishe Kormornick
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3 years agoFinding the Right Balance – Tetzaveh
One of the themes of Korbanos is the precise instructions of how to go about bringing them. In the end of the Parsha, when describing the Mizbeach Haketores, the Torah ..
Written by Rabbi Shmuel Gluck
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3 years agoTETZAVEH – THE MISSING NAME
Shemos, 27:20: “And you will command the Children of Israel that they will take for you pure olive oil, pressed for illumination, to kindle a lamp continually.” ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
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3 years agoWords to the Wise_Recognizing the Oil Within – Tezaveh
My Rebbe, Rabbi Shaya Cohen shlit”a, has a painting in his office that was drawn by a student of his. In this painting, Rabbi Cohen is wearing a tallis low over ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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3 years agoTetzaveh – The Haftarah: Misplaced Pity
The Navi relates how King Shaul had pity on the best of the sheep, as well as on Agag. And he informs us what happened when he allowed that pity to get the better ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoTHE ROOT OF LASHON HARA – TETZAVEH
Chazal tell us that the various items of clothing of the Kohen Gadol served as atonements for the sins of Klal Yisroel. The meil atoned for lashon hara. One of the striking ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
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5 years ago
Tetzaveh-Keeping the Jewish Look
Tetzaveh focuses mainly on the clothing of the Kohen Gadol and of the other Kohanim. When you hear of a Parsha so dedicated to clothing, it makes you stop and think ..
Written by Peretz Traube
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6 years agoLight years ahead
Moshe was instructed to “command” [1] the commandment of preparing and kindling the candelabra in the tabernacle. We have been taught that the word “tetzaveh” ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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7 years ago
Is Moshe Rabbeinu Really Missing??
The only Parsha (since He was Born and forgetting much of Dvorim where Moshe speaks in first Person) where we do not find Moshe Rabbeinu’s name written is Parshas ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
How does the me’il atone for lashon hara?
One of the clothes of the kohen gadol mentioned in our sedra is the me’il (28:4). The gemarra (Erchin 16a) tells us that the me’il atones for lashon hara, for ‘HaShem ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
until the flame goes up on its own (chinuch)
At the start of the sedra, HaShem commands that the Bnei Yisrael are to ensure that ‘the tamid flame shall rise.’ Rashi (27;20) brings the gemarra which ..
Written by D Fine
