Tetzaveh
God told Moses to make Aaron and his sons priests, and then told Moses how to make the special clothes that the priests would wear. He then told Moses how to ordain Aaron and his sons, which involved a sacrifice at the altar. He also gave instructions to regularly slaughter two lambs every day. Finally, he told Moses how to build and use an altar for burning incense.
Terumah
(Note: Starting with this portion, the Torah portions become a lot more dense, explaining lots of specific rules and instructions rather than telling a story like most of the previous portions. Due to this, in these dvarim, I am not doing to explain every single detail of these portions in as much depth as the previous portions, instead I will give a short summary of what the overall topics of the portions are.)
In this portion, God told Moses to have the Israelites bring gifts for God. These gifts would be used for building the Tabernacle, a sanctuary to God. The rest of the portion is God explaining many specific instructions on how to build the Tabernacle.
Mishpatim
God explained many rules and commandments to Moses, about things like how to treat slaves, that someone who murders another person must be killed, and what happens if an ox kills someone. He also commanded them to start celebrating the Festival of Unleavened Bread (Passover), the Feast of the Harvest (Shavuot), and the Feast of the Ingathering (Sukkot). God then called Moses to come up Mount Sinai to write down everything God had just said, so Moses went and stayed there for forty days and forty nights.
February 8 2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court today to testify in his corruption trial for one count of bribery and two counts of fraud. He pleaded not guilty and he said that the claims of corruption are an attempt by the left wing to take over the government. Netanyahu told his supporters to stay home and not come out to support him because of the potential spread of the new mutation of Covid-19. Supporters of Netanyahu still came out. Protesters also gathered with signs that read “Crime Minister”.
