Tetzaveh

This week's Parshah, Tetzaveh, we discover the special garments worn by the priests and high priest when serving in the Tabernacle.

 Laminated cohanim cards

 The High Priest's Choshen Mishpat ("Breastplate of Judgment"). It contained four rows of precious stones, each row containing three stones. Artisans engraved the names of the Twelve Tribes of Israel upon these twelve stones. This cloth breastplate contained a fold wherein the Urim v'Tumim, a parchment on which was written G‑d's Name, was inserted. The Choshen Misphat was then secured by straps which connected it to the ephod.

Choshen Mishpat craft

 Downlaod the cards images from Temple Institute and read about priestly garments

Parashah Tetzaveh

The choshen cratf to visualize the Coen Gadol breastplate

The priestly breastplate  was the sacred breastplate worn by the Coen Gadol.The choshen is sometimes termed the breastplate of judgement, because the Urim and Thummim were placed within.


The mitznefet craft to visualize the Coen Gadol turban

 Priestly turban (Hebrew mitznefet): that of the High Priest was much larger than that of the priests and wound so that it formed a broad, flat-topped turban; that for priests was wound so that it formed a cone-shaped turban, called a migbahat.
THE GOLDEN ALTAR

Make an altar to burn incense out of acacia wood. It shall be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and 2 cubits high, including its horns.  Cover it with a layer of pure gold, on its top, its walls all around, and its horns. Make a gold rim all around it. Place two gold rings under the altar's rim on its two opposite sides as receptacles to hold the poles with which it is carried.

 

 

Parashah Tetzaveh with children

The Kohen Gadol cut out figure

The choshen Mishpat done by my daughters

 and the Mitznefess