Parashah of the week: Tzav - The Jewish Chronicle

Parashah of the week: Tzav - The Jewish Chronicle

“Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head, and it was slaughtered. Moses took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right ear-lobe, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.” Leviticus 8:22-23

Parshat Tzav-Shabbat Hagadol — Leviticus 6:1-8:36 – The American Israelite Newspaper

Efrat, Israel –‘Behold, I send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And he [Elijah] will turn [back to God] the hearts of the parents through their children and the hearts of the children through their parents’ (Malachi 3:23-24). The Shabbat before Passover is called Shabbat Hagadol (the Great Sabbath), a phrase deriving from the last verse of the prophetic portion read on that day which declares tha…

Parsha Tzav: Tending to the Eternal Flame Within - San Diego Jewish World

Shabbos HaGadol isn’t just another Shabbos—it’s the Shabbos heartbeat of Pesach’s sacredness, the spark that sets our redemption in motion. It’s called “the Great Shabbos” because it holds within it the power of Shabbos and Yom Tov of Pesach, blending them into something extraordinary. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]

The Shabbat that precedes Pesach is called Shabbat HaGadol - the Great Shabbat. There are many special customs related to this Shabbat. The people of Israel celebrated their first Shabbat HaGadol in Egypt, on the tenth day of Nisan, five days before their redemption. On that Shabbat, the Children of Israel received their first Mitzvah (precept) which ruled only for that moment and not for future generations: On the tenth day of this month [Nisan…