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The Triennial reading cycle for this week ( The Triennial reading cycle for this week (
\nShemot \/ Exodus 27:20 – 28:30<\/em><\/font>) details the construction of the priestly
\ngarments and that the sons of Yisrael are to bring clear oil beaten from olives to be used
\nto keep the menorah burning from evening until morning. God says “Ve’atah
\ntetzaveh et-benyi Yisrael…” telling Moshe to command the sons of Yisrael to
\nbring the oil for the Menorah. The English translation of “tetzaveh”
\n(an III-Heh verb written in the Piel imperfect form) translates the word as “charge”
\n27:20 ‘You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they
\nbring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
\n 27:21 ‘In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony,
\nAaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord; it shall
\nbe a perpetual statute throughout their generations for the sons of Israel. (NASB)<\/em><\/font>
\n The menorah overshadows the altar, the table of the show-bread, and the laver, in the holy
\nplace but what does the menorah symbolize? The uniqueness of the menorah’s construction
\nand symbolism, what spiritual lessons can we learn from it?
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\nShemot \/ Exodus 27:20 – 28:30) details the construction of the priestly
\ngarments and that the sons of Yisrael are to bring clear oil beaten from olives to be used
\nto keep the menorah…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-weekly-parashah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}