Tagged ‘Tetzaveh’
Parashat Tetzaveh
By Rabbi Dorit Edut As a young girl, I was often warned when thinking about something not to wrinkle my forehead lest I end up with the multi-lined foreheads of my uncle and my grandfather, a positive physical feature for … Continue reading »
Parashat Tetzaveh
By Jill Hackell “And you will command B’nai Yisrael that they bring to you oil of olives, pure, beaten, to draw up a ner tamid.” Several years ago, at the annual Purim Ball, I won a set of tallit clips … Continue reading »
Parashat Tetzaveh
Parashat Tetzaveh By Rabbi Aryeh Meir This week Qassam rockets fell on the Israeli town of Sderot, severely injuring two brothers. The rockets, fired by Palestinian militants from just across the border in Gaza, have been raining down upon Sderot … Continue reading »
Parashat Tetzaveh
By Halina Rubinstein This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh (Ex.27:20-30:10), is also Shabbat Zakhor, the Shabbat before Purim. We will read this portion as well as the verses that command us to remember the encounter of Israel in the wilderness with … Continue reading »
Tetzaveh
Urim and Tummim By Charles Lightner Parashat Tetzaveh opens with the requirement of the ner tamid (continuously illuminating lamp), and it closes with the commandment of the ketoret tamid (continuously burning incense). Between those two commandments the text contains eight … Continue reading »