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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Jonny Nulman grew up surrounded by Judaism, yet something never fully clicked. The prayers, the teachings—they were part of ...

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

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.