Parshas Tetzaveh

(The Segulah of Learning Zera Shimshon)

The Zohar tells us that because Moshe said "Erase me from Your Torah," (Shemos 32:32) Moshe is not mentioned in this week's parsha. The question is why this parsha was chosen for Moshe's name to be left out of.

The Zera Shimshon explains the reason as follows. We know that Aharon HaKohen, Moshe's brother, was chosen for the kehunah instead of Moshe, because Moshe did not want to return to Mitzrayim to take Bnei Yisroel out of the land. His reasoning was that he wanted Hashem Himself to take them out. He knew that if this happened then Bnei Yisroel would never experience another galus, because Hashem's actions would not be reversed.

Hashem did not agree to do this, because He knew that it would be necessary in the future for Bnei Yisroel to be exiled, as they would sin again. If galus was not an option that would warrant annihilation of the Jewish people. It was therefore better for all parties that Moshe Rabbeinu take Bnei Yisroel out of Mitzrayim.

Indeed, when Bnei Yisroel sinned again at the cheit of the Golden Calf, Moshe says, "If You don't forgive them, erase me from Your Torah." Moshe's refusal to heed Hashem's request would have resulted in the destruction of Klal Yisroel, and therefore, he lost the kehunah for this deed.

The absence of Moshe's name in this particular parsha, the parsha in which we learn about Aharon HaKohen and the priesthood, is a reminder of all this.

Source: Zera Shimshon Parshas Tetzaveh