Parashat Tetzaveh continues where Parashat Teruma left off. While the focus of Parashat Teruma was on the construction of the Mishkan and its various vessels, Parashat Tetzaveh describes how to make the priestly garments.
In this shiur, we will study the role of the tzitz, which, Chazal tell us, atones for sacrifices that were brought incorrectly. We will further see that the tzitz specifically atones for the sin of impudence, as reflected in the sin of taking false oaths.
The bigdei kehuna are introduced and explained in Parashat Tetzaveh, but the michnasayim and tzitz are presented separately. In this shiur, we will discuss why these two garments are set apart and what they have in common.
In this shiur, we will discuss a number of structural elements of Parashat Tetzaveh and how its content flows from Parashat Teruma, which precedes it. Among other topics, we will discuss the parallels between the priestly garments and the vessels of the Mishkan.
In this shiur, we explore the efod and choshen worn by the High Priest, including the significance of the onyx stones and the role of the Urim and Tumim.
While it is true that both Teruma and Tetzaveh describe the preparations that were to be made for the Mishkan, they do so from completely different directions.
"R. Inyani bar Sasson said: Why does the biblical unit on sacrifices follow immediately after the unit on the priestly garments? ... (Zevachim 88b) The Gemara comes to explain the juxtaposition of the sacrifices with the priestly garments.
