Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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There is one marked difference between the account of God’s instruction to build the Sanctuary, and Moses instruction to the people. In the first case,...
Rabbi Gad Eldad
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In Parshat Tetzaveh, the Torah lists the priestly garments. However, it is immediately apparent that the tzitz and the pants are missing from this list....
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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This article studies the aftermath of the Sin of the Golden Calf - how Moshe, on the one hand, tries to amend the disastrous situation engendered by the...
Rabbi Meir Spiegelman
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The episode of the golden calf was one of the gravest sins committed by Am Yisrael. This is the only sin where God promises Moshe that the punishment will...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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Between the seemingly concluding command about the Mishkan in Parshat Ki-Tisa and the debacle of the Golden Calf, there is a short section of six verses (...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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Tetzaveh is the only parsha from the beginning of Exodus to the end of Deuteronomy, that does not contain the word “Moses”. For once Moses, the hero, the...
Rabbi Yehuda Rock
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The four complementary verses that conclude the commands concerning the Mishkan describe the daily sacrifice and its purposes: a meeting place between God...
Rabbi Dr. Tamir Granot
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This article focuses on the description of the dedication of the copper altar and its function, as well as the nature of God’s revelation in the Mishkan...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Rather than detailing the role and function of the priests in the Mishkan, a topic that briefly surfaces at the very beginning of Parashat Tetzave, the...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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Although the incense altar is to be grouped with the other "vessels of service," there is something special about it that sit aside from them and requires...
