Parashat Tetzaveh
“You Shall Command”

11 Adar I 5782
February 12, 2022

Torah Reading

• Exodus 27:20-30:10
You are to order the people of Isra’el to bring you pure oil of pounded olives for the light…
(Exodus 27:20 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Ezekiel 43:10-27

New Testament Reading

• Hebrews 13:10-16
• Revelation 1:9-20

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 65
For the leader. A psalm of David. A song:
To you, God, in Tziyon, silence is praise;
and vows to you are to be fulfilled.
You who listen to prayer,
to you all living creatures come.
(Psalm 65:1-3 CJB)

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:

1. Exodus 27:20
2. Exodus 28:13
3. Exodus 28:31
4. Exodus 29:1
5. Exodus 29:19
6. Exodus 29:38
7. Exodus 30:1

Maftir: Exodus 30:8

Meditation

Motives for “doing good and sharing with others” (Hebrews 13:16) should not be entangled with desires for the respect or acceptance of others, but solely to please God. Believers “must not seek respect or inclusion on any terms except God’s” [Stern, 1992, p.722].
– from Walk Exodus! by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D., used by permission.

Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. The Key People, The Scenes, and The Main Events are taken from the Walk! series of Messianic Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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