KabbalaOnline.org Tetzaveh 5783 The Holy Ari Insights on the Torah Reading
KabbalaOnline.org Tetzaveh 5783 The Holy Ari Insights on the Torah Reading Please Note : The bold text is the direct translation of the classic text source. The regular text is the explanation of the editor/translator Fashion Statements of the High Priest The Holy Ari From the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria; translated and edited by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky In this week's Torah reading, G‑d commands Moses to make the eight garments of the High Priest . Two of these were the apron ( ephod (see Ex. 28:6 -12) ) and the breastplate ( choshen (see ibid. 28:15-30) ). The breastplate was a doubled-over piece of fabric that rested on the chest of the High Priest , hanging by chains from the shoulder straps of the ephod and fastened by a sash to the waist section of the ephod . Inside the doubled fabric was inserted a parchment inscribed with G‑d 's Name, called the " urim v'tumim " ("lights and perfections" ( ibid. 2