Tetzaveh (You shall command) Sh’mot/Ex. 27:20-30:10

Torah Portion: Tetzaveh (You shall command) Sh’mot/Ex. 27:20-30:10

Haftorah Reading: Ezekiel 43:10-27

 

Much of this Torah portion is concerned with the installation and anointing of Aaron as high priest and his children as priests. Their purpose being to serve G-d and the people in the  Mishkan or Tabernacle and later in the Temple in Jerusalem. They served the people as their go between with G-d. The office of high priest was passed down through Aaron’s family and descendants over the years.  Here in our portion, great care and attention to details were given to everything the priest wore and how Aaron and his sons served the people of Israel.