Parshas Tetzaveh Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Mincha 6:40pm Shacharis 9:00am Plag Hamincha 6:58pm Latest time for Shema 10:10am Latest Candle lighting 8:05pm Shabbos Mincha 4:30 / 7:55pm Shkiya 8:23pm Shabbos Ends 9:06pm Reminder - please register for Shabbos Kiddush This weeks kiddish is sponsored by Lindi and Lior Stein As a Seudas Hoda'ah for the full recovery of Lindi's father Lior will be sharing a few words at the kiddish Short Vort on the Parsha One of the clothes of the Kohen Godol mentioned in our Parsha is the me'il (28:4). The Gemorah (Erchin 16a) tells us that the me'il atones for loshon hora, for 'Hashem declared 'let the thing which emits noise (referring to the me'il, which had bells on it) come and atone for an action of noise (referring to the speech of loshon hora).'' The Chofetz Chaim explains this via the fact that the me'il was the colour techeiles. As the Gemorah (Menachos 43b) highlights, the colour techeiles is supposed to remind us of the sea, which, in turn reflects the sky, which is similar to the colour of the kisei hakovod ('Hashem's Throne'). Therefore, the Gemorah is telling us that the colour of the me'il reminds us of the kisei hakovod, which will make us close our mouths and not speak loshon hora, due to the Heavenly judgment that we are wary of. Indeed, frighteningly, the Tanna DeBei Eliyohu writes that loshon hora goes straight up to (be heard by) the kisei hakovod. Moreover, the sound of the me'il is a positive sound - it is for the glory of Hashem (like all the priestly garments), and this using of sound in a positive fashion has the effect of atoning for the negative sounds made when one speaks loshon hora.