The name comes directly from Torah, Tetzaveh (Exodus) 27:20 –30:11. We are in the desert building the mishkan, the portable sanctuary. Once it is built, there is a commandment to keep an eternal flame at this center of our community, and then we can make the special vestments to be worn by the priests. Moses is told to speak to “all that are wise-hearted, for they will be able to make such clothing for honor and for beauty.”
