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Parashat Tetzaveh, 5765
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Questions on the Daf:

     Read Rav Elon's introductory D'var Torah.

1.  What was "the essence of the Mishkan?"

2.  Rav Elon writes that every Jew needed to open his or her heart to "Hashem's presence within him" in order for Hashem's presence to rest on the Mishkan.   How do you understand this?

3.  What was the question asked by the Rebbe of Slonim on Tehillim 27:4 and how did he answer it?

Now read the story, “A Mean Trick, Part II.”

4.  a) How did Dassy Rabinowitz raise money for Zichron Menachem?
     b) What would you say was most remarkable
         about Dassy volunteering in this way?

5.  What does the Ba'al Shem Tov say about the power of happiness?

6.  What could you do to bring happiness to others?

Now look elsewhere in the Daf to find answers to the following questions.

7.  Find two reasons for the Kohanim having to wear special clothes during the avoda (service in the Bet Hamikdash)?

8.  Which of the Bigdei Kehuna (priestly garments) atoned for lashon hara, and why?

9.  a) How many special garments did regular kohanim wear?
     b) How many extra garments did the Kohen Gadol wear?

10.  What words were engraved on the 'tzitz,' the golden headband worn by the Kohen Gadol?

11.  a) Which word might have seemed more appropriate than "netilat..." in the bracha "al netilat yadayim"?  (Three reasons are given for why "netilat" is used - read through them!)

12.  a) Why did people call Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev "the Defender of the Jewish People"
       b) what is the name of his sefer?

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