Moses's Absence
Parashat Tetzaveh foreshadows the connection the Children of Israel will have with God after the death of Moses.
By Rabbi Avraham Fischer provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox Congregations for MyJewishLearning.com
Hashem [God] continues His instructions for the building of the Mishkan (Tabernacle), which will
It is a well-known observation that, from the beginning of Exodus until the beginning of Deuteronomy, there is not a Parashah in which Moses is not mentioned, except for Parashat Tetzaveh, which is always read close to the seventh day of Adar, the anniversary of Moses's death.
bring the people of Israel into intimate, uninterrupted conjunction with Him.
Avoding His Name
The Torah seems to go out of its way in order to avoid calling Moses by name.
Instead, three times he is addressed with the word ve'atah--"and you":
ve'atah te'tzaveh--And you shall command the Children of Israel that they take for you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. In the Tent of Meeting outside the curtain which is before the [Ark of] the Testimony, shall Aaron and his sons arrange it from evening to morning before Hashem, an eternal statute for their generations on behalf of the Children of Israel (Exodus 27:20-21).
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