Here is a thread from my Covenant & Conversation essay on #Tetzaveh called "Brothers: A Drama in Five Acts". You can read it in full here: bit.ly/2Idz6Eg & download the accompanying Family Edition here: bit.ly/2tkJ4tb. #ShabbatShalom
“Who is honoured?” asked Ben Zoma. “One who honours others.” Aaron honoured his younger brother Moses.
That is why Moses (not mentioned by name but by implication) is told in this week’s parsha, “Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron, to give him honour and splendour” (Exodus 28:2).
To this day a Kohen is honoured by being the first to be called up to the Torah – the Torah that Aaron’s younger brother Moses gave to the Jewish people.
The story of Aaron and Moses, the fifth act in the biblical drama of brotherhood, is where, finally, fraternity reaches the heights. It was thanks to Aaron, and the honour he showed Moses, that at last brothers learned to live together in unity.
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