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The Inauguration of the Cohanim G-d says that a sacrifice must be made in order to sanctify the Cohanim in their role. The sacrifice should consist of the following: 1 young bull (to atone for the sin of the golden calf which was a young bull), 2 Rams, and 10 loaves each of 3 differentContinue reading “Tetzaveh, 4th Aliyah”

The Robe. The Showplate. The Regular Cohanim’s Clothing. The Robe (The Me’il) The Ephod was to be worn on top of a robe made completely out of blue wool. The collar of this robe should be folded inwards, similar to a coat of arms which has a collar that is folded inwards. It is forbiddenContinue reading “Tetzaveh, 3rd Aliyah”

The Choshen. How it attached to the Ephod. The Urim V’Tumim. The Choshen should have two braided golden chains attached to rings that were at its outer edges. These attached the Choshen to the Ephod’s straps above (see below). The Choshen also had two chains hanging from its bottom two corners but from the inside.Continue reading “Tetzaveh, 2nd Aliyah”

The Lamp. The Priestly Inauguration. The Priestly Garments. The Lamp G-d tells Moshe to command the Israelites to set up a lamp inside of the Ohel Moed (tent of meeting), which was outside of the dividing curtain that was in front of the Aron. This lamp should be lit by the Cohanim (Aaron and hisContinue reading “Tetzaveh, 1st Aliyah”

The Courtyard of the Mishkan G-d now instructs how how to construct the courtyard of the Mishkan: Both the southern and northern sides of the courtyard were to have 100 amos of curtains each, made out of twisted linen, loosely braided, rather than tightly weaved, so as to to be filled with holes. Each sideContinue reading “Terumah, 7th Aliyah”

The Copper Altar G-d instructs that a copper altar be made out of shittim wood. It should be square in shape, 5×5 amos. According to Rabbi Yehudah, it should be 3 amos tall. According to Rabbi Yosei, 3 amos should merely be its height from the edge of it’s band and upwards, whereas its actualContinue reading “Terumah, 6th Aliyah”

The Partition/Paroches. What Was In Front and In Back of It. The Entrance Screen. G-d instructs a partition to be made, referred to as a Paroches. The kind partition which separates between a king and his people. The Paroches should be woven out of turquoise, purple and scarlet wool as well as twisted linen. EachContinue reading “Terumah, 5th Aliyah”

The Walls of the Mishkan While Yaakov was in Egypt, he planted shittim (a variety of ceder) trees. On his deathbed, he told his sons that there would come a time when G-d would command the Israelites to build a Mishkan out of shittim wood in the desert so they should have this wood readyContinue reading “Terumah, 4th Aliyah”

The Menorah and the Mishkan’s Two Coverings The Menorah G-d now details how the Menorah should be constructed. G-d says that the Menorah in all of its parts should be formed out of a single slab of gold – i.e. rather than having the pieces made separately and then assembled in such a way thatContinue reading “Terumah, 3rd Aliyah”

The Cherubim and the Shulchan G-d continues with giving instructions regarding the construction of the Mishkan and its vessels: They are to make a lid for the ark with two “Churibim*” (i.e. images of children), one on either end of the lid. *Side note: The word Cherub (i.e. כרוב) is related to the Aramaic wordContinue reading “Terumah, 2nd Aliyah”