Tetzaveh

Tetzaveh, Tetsaveh, T'tzaveh, or T'tzavveh (תְּצַוֶּה – Hebrew for ""you command,"" the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the 20th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 27:20–30:10. The parashah is made up of 5,430 Hebrew letters, 1,412 Hebrew words, and 101 verses, and can occupy about 179 lines in a Torah Scroll (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah). Jews read it the 20th Sabbath after Simchat Torah, in February or March.The parashah reports God's commands to bring olive oil for the lamp, to make sacred garments for the priests, to conduct an ordination ceremony, and to make an incense altar.