Nothing in the Torah is superfluous. From every word – and even from each letter – our sages derived halachic rulings or ...

Some translate pekudei, also the title of the Torah portion, as “appointments,” or the assignments given the artisans to ...

God is interested in your glory, your honor, your Joy. wearing garments of honor” often refers to the special priestly garments commanded by God in Exodus 28, signifying holiness, glory, and beauty in ...

Rav Kook asked the question as to why the portion dealing with the priestly garments, was the one chosen to omit Moshe’s name. The answer was hinted to by the Midrash that tells us that Moshe ...

This week's Torah portion of Tetzaveh introduces us to the world of the kohanim, the priestly descendants of Aaron, and their garments of glory. Nowhere else does the Torah give such elaborate ...

The first High Priest, Aaron, often exhibited an ungrudging willingness to take on assigned duties. God tells him to be a spokesperson for Moses before the Pharaoh, and he does. Prophets like ...

So the text suddenly turns to the Sabbath: 31:12 “And the Lord said to Moses, 13 “Speak ... years of looking at the high priest’s complex designed garments. About the Author Rabbi Allen ...

Sweatpants in public can be a sign of indifference. Among the priestly garments listed in Parshas Tetzaveh is the belt, the avnet. What message did it project? Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch answers ...

In the rabbinic period, there were those among the sages who assigned these special garments an even greater ... [in the Torah that discusses] the priestly vestments (Exodus 28) juxtaposed to ...

Word reached Jerusalem, and Shimshon donned his priestly garments. He rode through the night and met Alexander’s entourage as the sun rose. When he crested the final hill and met with Alexander ...