Tzav, צַו

Tzav, צַו Command! 6:1-8:36

ESSAY: Staying Centered Through the Ups and Downs (Parashat Tzav)

As the mishkan gets built and dismantled, built and dismantled — as our lives go through their ups and their downs — the Torah’s advice is: stay grounded in your seat in the sanctuary. (Click image to read more)

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MEDITATION: Staying Centered Through the Ups and Downs (Parashat Tzav)

There is a tradition that during the 7 day period of the miluim, the days of practice and initiation before the tabernacle was officially consecrated on day 8, during each of those 7 days, Moshe erected and took down the mishkan (Midrash Tanchuma Pekudei 11). We look at this practice of construction and dismantling as

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SHORT ESSAY: Don’t Leave Yourself Out of the Party — the Shelamim Sacrifice (Parashat Tzav)

This is the traingle of wholeness and peace — self, other and God. Which one of these facings is most difficult for us? (Click image to read more)

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