JBQ Weekly Quizzes - TETZAVEH

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This week's PARSHA is from Exodus (TETZAVEH) Chapters 27:2 - 30:10

Questions were prepared by Rabbi Joshua Adler and members of the staff.

1. Even before all details of the MISHKAN (tabernacle) had been 
imparted, we find a commandment (27:20-21) that requires the Children
of Israel to ensure that there is pure olive oil for the continually
burning lamp in the MISHKAN. Why do you think this commandment was
inserted here and not after all the details of the MISHKAN had been
completed ? (HINT: see MISHLEI [Proverbs] Chapter 6 verse 23). What do
you think the *light* represents ?

2. The Torah often strives for the golden mean between extremes 
(e.g. vegetarianism vs. all meat being permitted; slavery as 
practiced in the ancient period vs. no servitude at all). Find at
least one or more laws in this week's PARSHA in this category.

3. What significant moral idea is contained in the injunction that
the altar of God is also in need of purification (see: 29:36) ?

4. Why isn't Moses mentioned in this week's PARSHA ?

5. What is the connection between 29:46 and the passage preceeding it ?