Venue: OU-JLIC at Queens College OU-JLIC at Queens College

Machshava:

Beit HaMikdash,  Purim,  Spirituality 

Parsha:

Tetzaveh 

Collections: R' Charnoff Shemot

Description

If all of the vessels of the Mishkan are described in Parshat Teruma, why is the Mizbeach Haketoret, the Incense Alter, only described at the very end of of the next parsha, almost as an afterthought? We delve into the depth of the Incense Alter to understand it's lofty place beyond and above the regular vessels of the Mishkan, the loftiness of the sense of smell, and the connection between all of this and the holiday of Purim. (Part of HaMidrasha at QC, OU-JLIC's Torah learning program for women at Queens College.)