Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tetzave – Shabbat Zachor A perpetual burnt offering for your generations  at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the lord, Where i shall meet with you there to speak to you. And i shall meet there with the israelites  and it shall be consecrated through my glory (Shemot 29:42-43) There – In the place where rests the testimony of His Torah, there will God meet with us, there he awaits us. If we look forward...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tetzave – Shabbat Zachor And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it: like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes. (Shemot 28,15, 21)   'Breastplate of judgment' – it was so called because it atoned for any errors in judgment. Another explanation: 'judgment' because it makes its statements clear and...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tetzave "And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue" (Ex. 28:31)   The robe of the ephod – upon which the High Priest wore the ephod. All of blue. It seems to me that this means the way it appeared beneath the ephod and the breastplate, which are meant for memory, and also the blue of the sky, which is also for memory, as our rabbis wrote regarding the blue of the fringes,...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tetzave You shall make a breast piece of judgment, worked into a design make it in the style of the ephod, make it in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and crimson wool, and twisted fine linen shall you make it. (Shemot 28:15)   You shall make a breast piece of judgment, worked into a design – Scripture mentions design only with regard to the ephod and the breast piece, because it denotes that...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tetzave And you shall make the robe of the ephod completely of blue wool… A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the bottom hem of the robe, all around. It shall be on Aaron when he performs the service, and its sound shall be heard when he enters the Holy before the Lord and when he leaves, so that he will not die. (Shemot 28:31,34,35)   and its sound shall be...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tetzave YOU SHALL MAKE A BREASTPIECE OF JUDGMENT, WORKED INTO A DESIGN. YOU SHALL MAKE IT LIKE THE WORK OF THE EPHOD… AND YOU SHALL FILL INTO IT STONE FILLINGS, FOUR ROWS OF STONES… AND THE STONES SHALL BE FOR THE NAMES OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL TWELVE, CORRESPONDING TO THEIR NAMES… THUS SHALL AARON CARRY THE NAMES OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL IN THE BREASTPIECE OF JUDGMENT OVER HIS HEART WHEN HE ENTERS THE...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tetzave YOU SHALL MAKE HOLY GARMENTS FOR YOUR BROTHER AARON, FOR HONOR AND GLORY. (Shemot 28:2)   When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom – R. Yossi bar Hanina said: This teaches us that he donned the priestly garments: there (Esther 1) it is written the splendor of the glory of his majesty, and here (Shemot 28) it is written for honor and glory. (Megilla 12a)   You shall make holy garments –...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tetzave – Shabbat Zachor THE KING ASKED HER: "WHAT TROUBLES YOU, QUEEN ESTHER? AND WHAT IS YOUR REQUEST? EVEN TO HALF THE KINGDOM, IT SHALL BE GRANTED YOU." AND ESTHER SAID, "IF IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY, LET YOUR MAJESTY AND HAMAN COME TODAY TO THE WINE- FEAST THAT I HAVE PREPARED FOR HIM… AND THE KING SAID TO ESTHER IN THE WINE-FEAST: "WHAT IS YOUR WISH AND IT SHALL BE GRANTED YOU? AND WHAT IS...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Tetzave REMEMBER WHAT AMALEK DID TO YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY… AND CUT DOWN ALL THE STRAGGLERS IN YOUR REAR… UNDETERRED BY FEAR OF GOD… YOU SHALL BLOT OUT THE MEMORY OF AMALEK FROM UNDER HEAVEN. DO NOT FORGET! (Devarim 25: 17-19)   Blot out the memory of Amalek – Israel said to the Holy One Blessed Be He: Master of all worlds, you tell us to blot out the memory of Amalek!? We are flesh...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Parashat Tetzave I WILL SANCTIFY THE TENT OF MEETING AND THE ALTAR, AND I WILL CONSECRATE AHARON AND HIS SONS TO SERVE ME AS PRIESTS. I WILL ABIDE AMONG THE ISRAELITES, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD. (Shemot 29) I WILL ABIDE AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND I WILL NEVER FORSAKE MY PEOPLE ISRAEL. (I Kings 6)   Man's Creations, Repentance, The Residence Of The Shechina, And Geula  "If you follow my laws" – What is written there? "I will establish My abode in your midst"...