Tetzaveh

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Tezaveh - Biblical Editing

Rabbi Jay Kelman

  The central theme of Sefer Shemot is the formation of the Jewish people as a nation. The group of 70 individuals who descended to Egypt quickly became a nameless, faceless people and were easily taken advantage of by the Egyptian people. As the…
Article
Feb 23, 2024

Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Tezaveh)

Rabbi Mark Glass

Audio
Feb 22, 2024

Tezaveh: The Kohen Gadol and Wall Street

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss that the pinnacle of religious observance is to be found in the business world. 
Podcast
Feb 22, 2024

Tezaveh: Consistency and Excitement

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For many, when the Torah reading reaches the parshiot of Terumah and Tezaveh interest in the parsha wanes just a bit (or maybe more). It is hard to compare the technical details of these parshiot with the excitement of, say, the Yosef story. Add to…
Article
Mar 3, 2023

Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Tezaveh)

Ruth Shane

Audio
Mar 2, 2023

Tetzaveh: A New Wardrobe

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The billions of dollars spent by the fashion industry, not to mention the celebrity status of fashion gurus, testify to the importance attached to proper dress by modern society. It may come as a surprise that Judaism also stresses the importance of…
Article
Feb 11, 2022

Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Titzaveh)

Rabbanit Leah Sarna

Audio
Feb 10, 2022

Tezaveh: Beyond Clothes

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the key ways by which groups self-identify is through the medium of clothes. Almost all religions have some form of dress code or uniforms, which aim to foster a sense of uniformity in action and sometimes in thought and are the norm…
Article
Feb 26, 2021

Parshat Shavua 5781 with weekly guest speaker (Parshat Tetzaveh)

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Feb 25, 2021

Tetzaveh: Counting Sheep

Rabbi Jay Kelman

In his introduction to his Eiyn Yaakov, the classic commentary on the non-legal sections of the Talmud, Rav Yaakov Ibn Chaviv quotes a discussion regarding the most important verse in the Torah. While each verse is the word of G-d, the rabbis…
Article
Feb 23, 2018