parshat Tetzave

With parshat Tetzaveh, something new enters Judaism: Torat Kohanim, the world and mindset of the Priest.

The Parsha dealing with the Tabernacle dispel the mistaken impression that the Torah instructs man to confine himself to an abstract spiritual world. This, though, is not the case.

With parshat Tetzaveh, something new enters Judaism: Torat Kohanim, the world and mindset of the Priest.

The position of Kohen Gadol is arguably the highest in the nation, for he alone could access the Urim V’Tumim & receive Hashem’s verdict for the nation on Yom Kippur.

Why does the Torah write in detail about making the oil for the Menorah whilst the main purpose is the flame that is litten?

What's the special emphasis and conection between the Hoshen and the heart and what are the three things that Aaron has upon his heart?

How does the mitzva of the oil and the lighting end up in the middle of the blueprints of the Mishkan, in between the description of the structure and its holy vessels and that of the glorious holy garments of the kohanim?

One of the most important Jewish contributions to our understanding of leadership is its early insistence of “the separation of powers”. Neither authority nor power was to be located in a single individual or office. Instead, leadership was divided between different kinds of roles.

Using one of the laws of the Temple found in Parshat Tetzave to teach something insightful about the building of the modern State of Israel.