Tzitz

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1. The Tzitz

   Rabbi Yaakov Medan

   What is the role of the tzitz? In this article, Rabbi Yaakov Medan explains that the tzitz comes to bring about God's favorable acceptance of the sacrifices, even if mishaps occurred while they were being offered. Referencing Biblical and Talmudic sources, Rabbi Medan lists the specific types of sins for which the tzitz atones - for the altar and for the ritually impure sacrifices brought upon it, as well as for the impudence and brazenness that led to the desecration of God's name at the altar with a false oath.

2. “That They Not Bear Iniquity and Die”

   Rabbi Gad Eldad

   In Parshat Tetzaveh, the Torah lists the priestly garments. However, it is immediately apparent that the tzitz and the pants are missing from this list. Why the Torah omits these items from the list at the beginning of the parshat and only mentions them later? Through a close analysis of the text, we learn about the dual purpose that the garments serve- the garment itself enhances the glory and majesty of the Kohen Gadol. However, it is the additional details that imbue the garments with their “holy” character. This leads us to an understanding that the pants and tzitz specifically are not priestly garments like the others, but rather are part of the very definition of the Kohen standing before God. The pants represent the pedestal or base of the Kohen’s journey into the sanctified realm, while the tzitz is its crowning glory.