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Shabbat Parashat Tezaveh 5782Parashat Hashavua: “Aharon Will Arrange them”Harav Shaul Yisraeli, based on Siach Shaul, p. 280The first p’sukim of our parasha command to take special olive oil and have Aharon and his sons arrange and light the candles in the Mishkan (Shemot 27:20-21). What can easily be missed is that Aharon’s involvement in this mitzva is raised in a matter-of-fact manner before the mention that Aharon will have a special role in the operation of the Mishkan, which comes up only in Perek 28. How does the mitzva of the oil and the lighting end up in the middle of the blueprints of the Mishkan, in between the description of the structure and its holy vessels and that of the glorious holy garments of the kohanim? The concept that is the key to our understanding seems to already be planted by Rashi in last week’s parasha. The Torah writes: “Into the ark you shall place the testament that I will give to you” (Shemot 25:21). It actually appears another time, and Rashi inquires as to what this is supposed to teach us. His answer is confusing: First, one puts the luchot (testament) into the aron (ark) before the kaporet (covering) is on it, and only later do we put the kaporet on top. The obvious question is what the lesson of that is – could we think that we would be able to put the luchot in while the kaporet is covering the aron and obstructing access to it? Top of page
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