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This week’s Torah reading of T’tsaveh (Exodus 27:20–30:10) is a continuation of last week’s, T’rumah (25:1–27:19), which deals with the construction of the Tabernacle and the sacred objects placed inside it—all but one, that is. That last item is the golden altar, which, in contrast to its larger bronze counterpart, is not used for the bodies of slaughtered animals but only for incense, and is placed closer to the innermost sanctum. Only at the end of T’tsaveh, after a lengthy description of priestly vestments, does Scripture give the specifications for the golden altar.
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