Mitzvah #378 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Light the Menorah every day“
Scripture Reference: EXO 27:21 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Tetzaveh)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout their generations for the sons of Israel.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כא בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל-הָעֵדֻת, יַעֲרֹךְ אֹתוֹ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו מֵעֶרֶב עַד-בֹּקֶר--לִפְנֵי יְהוָה: חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתָם, מֵאֵת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. {ס}
Greek Text (Septuagint)
21 ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἔξωθεν τοῦ καταπετάσματος τοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς διαθήκης καύσει αὐτὸ Ααρων καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἀφ᾿ ἑσπέρας ἕως πρωὶ ἐναντίον κυρίου· νόμιμον αἰώνιον εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Tetzaveh
Sefer HaChinuch Number #98
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Service (Buch 8)
Section: Perpetual Offerings and Additional Offerings
Systematic Category (P119f) Temple and Sacred Objects