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Tetzaveh 5762 - February 22, 2002
Editor's note:
This week is Moses' birthday, the week we read all about Aaron's clothes and his role as a lamplighter, the week we remember what Amalek did to us and get all riled up about evil, and the week we prepare for the joyous festival of Purim. How are all these connected? Let us count the ways...
Moses Disappears
When a Jew abandons Torah, does he or she lose their connection with G-d? Or is it the Torah that loses its connection with G-d?
When a Jew abandons Torah, does he or she lose their connection with G-d? Or is it the Torah that loses its connection with G-d?
Parshah
Tetzaveh Home Page
Two brothers, four sons, eight priestly garments, twelve gems, one golden altar, and a quantity of oil and incense... Also: who was Aaron, what are clothes, a discussion on noise, princesses on horseback, a nameless Moses and the anatomy of a flame
Two brothers, four sons, eight priestly garments, twelve gems, one golden altar, and a quantity of oil and incense... Also: who was Aaron, what are clothes, a discussion on noise, princesses on horseback, a nameless Moses and the anatomy of a flame
Tetzaveh in a Nutshell
Who was Aaron, what are clothes, a discussion on noise, princesses on horseback, twelve gems, oil and incense...
Who was Aaron, what are clothes, a discussion on noise, princesses on horseback, twelve gems, oil and incense...
Do We Have All the Answers?
If evil had some explanation that we understood, would we be as outraged as we are now in the face of its incomprehensibility? Would we abhor it as much, would we fight it as vehemently?
If evil had some explanation that we understood, would we be as outraged as we are now in the face of its incomprehensibility? Would we abhor it as much, would we fight it as vehemently?
A Cheder in Siberia
To my right sat my friend Berl, and to my left my friend Zalman. Yossel sat in front of me. The melamed was tall, with stern eyes, but with a warm and loving smile.
To my right sat my friend Berl, and to my left my friend Zalman. Yossel sat in front of me. The melamed was tall, with stern eyes, but with a warm and loving smile.
Story
The Dancing Jews
The Baal Shem Tov was once asked: "Why do Chassidim burst into song and dance at the slightest provocation? Is this the behavior of a sane person?"
The Baal Shem Tov was once asked: "Why do Chassidim burst into song and dance at the slightest provocation? Is this the behavior of a sane person?"
Purim Review
The difference between the gragger and the dreidel, why we disguise ourselves on Purim, the three points of the hamantash, Yom Kippur as the "day like Purim", Jewish drunks...
The difference between the gragger and the dreidel, why we disguise ourselves on Purim, the three points of the hamantash, Yom Kippur as the "day like Purim", Jewish drunks...
Because Moses said to G-d, "If You do not [forgive Israel the sin of the Golden Calf], erase me from Your book," Moses' name does not appear in the Torah section of Tetzaveh
— Baal HaTurim
Print Magazine
Behind intolerance hides the most primal sense of ego, a clandestine belief that “I and my kind are the only thing that should be.”
People may give reasons for their intolerance, but the reasons are secondary. They despise others for the space they consume. Stripped to the bone, it is senseless hatred without reason.
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