The Ted Agnew of 1970 was neither anti-Zionist nor anti-Semitic. On the contrary, like most Nixon men, he shared an admiration for the patriotism and courage of the Israelis — “moxie,” it was then ...

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 ...

And you shall command the children of Israel, and they shall take to you pure olive oil, crushed for lighting, to kindle the lamps continually. I currently have boxes full of menorahs in my living ...

Parashah of the week: Tetzaveh “And they shall know that I the Eternal am their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them — I, the Eternal, their God ...

Last week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, stands out because Moses’s name is absent—the only time from his birth until the end of ...

Aaron must burn incense on it when he kindles the wicks of the lamps in the afternoon—a continual offering of incense before God throughout your generations. ~ Exodus 30:8 and the other towards ...

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 ...

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 ...