Moses’s name is mentioned in every portion of the Torah from the time of his birth except for this week’s parsha, Tetzaveh. The Sages explain that this absence is the result of Moses’ plea to God after the sin of the golden calf. God had threatened to destroy the entire people and create a new nation from Moses’ descendants alone, but Moses responded that if the people were not to be spared, God should kill him as well and blot his name from the book of the Torah altogether.

On a simple level, it is explained that the words of a tzadik such as........

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