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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, is the only one after Moshe Rabbeinu’s introduction that does not include his name. That absence is not an accident. Tradition has noticed, pointed to it ...

Parashat Tetzaveh provides us with complete instructions for fashioning the garments of the Kohen Gadol, a challenge successfully taken up by the Temple Institute. This coming Shabbat we read ...