{"id":2811,"date":"2025-03-09T13:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2025-03-09T13:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:27:26","slug":"parsha-tetzaveh-and-zachor-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2811","title":{"rendered":"Parsha \u201cTetzaveh [and Zachor]\u201d teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parsha &#8220;Tetzaveh&#8221; (Exodus 27:10 &#8211; 30:10) continues the description of elements associated with the still-to-be-built &#8216;tabernacle in the wilderness,&#8217; this time beginning with the priestly garments for Aaron and his sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Erev Shabbat Reading begins with &#8220;command&#8221; them to make oil for the menorah, and then continues through the sanctification of the &#8216;cohenim&#8217;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SSM-3-7-25-Tetzaveh-teaching-podcast-x.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sabbath Day midrash concerns a conjunction of events, both historic and current, and associated readings. And as seems to so often be the case, there&#8217;s more than just coincidence evidently at work now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the obvious, and stated, purposes of the garments created &#8220;for splendor and for beauty,&#8221; to be worn by the cohenim (priests) was that they be &#8220;set apart&#8221; to serve YHVH. And the golden inscription on Aaron&#8217;s forehead said, &#8220;Holy to YHVH.&#8221; The fact that such a priesthood no longer exists only makes the contrast more clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But several events this week really brought that home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By almost any Scriptural measure, what we now have instead looks like an &#8220;anti-priesthood,&#8221; set apart not to YHVH, but His &#8220;Adversary.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And an honest reading of Scripture is &#8220;uncomfortably clear&#8221; on those implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: The midrash mentions a related look at the story of Esther, and the &#8216;Purim&#8217; holiday, which was an element of Mark&#8217;s observations in the &#8220;Come out of her, My people&#8221; Show this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-hebrew-nation-online wp-block-embed-hebrew-nation-online\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yBWdOEAmCr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/come-out-of-her-my-people-show-mark-call-weekly-274\/\">\u201cCome out of her, My people\u201d Show ~ Mark Call weekly<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;\u201cCome out of her, My people\u201d Show ~ Mark Call weekly&#8221; &#8212; Hebrew Nation Online\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/come-out-of-her-my-people-show-mark-call-weekly-274\/embed\/#?secret=QjOql9vLLt#?secret=yBWdOEAmCr\" data-secret=\"yBWdOEAmCr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WT-CooH-3-8-25-Tetzaveh-Zachor-WHAT-is-Amalek-podcast-xxx.mp3\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WT-CooH-3-8-25-Tetzaveh-Zachor-WHAT-is-Amalek-podcast-xxx.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Tetzaveh: What is Amalek<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WT-CooH-3-8-25-Tetzaveh-Zachor-WHAT-is-Amalek-podcast-xxx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parsha &#8220;Tetzaveh&#8221; (Exodus 27:10 &#8211; 30:10) continues the description of elements associated with the still-to-be-built &#8216;tabernacle in the wilderness,&#8217; this time beginning with the priestly garments for Aaron and his sons. 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