In Parshat Vayakhel (Shmot 35:8), Moshe requests spices as a Teruma offering for the Mishkan (Tabernacle):

…Spices for anointing oil, and for the incense of aromatic spices (Ktoret HaSamim)…

We are already familiar with the incense from last week’s parsha, Parshat Ki Tisa (Shmot 30:34-38):

God said to Moshe, “Take for yourself spices: stacte, onycha and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense. They shall be of equal weight. Make it into incense, a blend blended by a blender, thoroughly blended, pure and holy. Pulverize some of it very finely and place it before the Ark of Testimony in the........

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