<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> The Torah portion a week from now will be Tetzaveh. Very interestingly as you all know, there is no mention whatsoever of the name <i>Moshe</i>. This is the only Sidra from the beginning of Moshe's birth where his name is omitted. I saw a beautiful commentary regarding the verse 32:32: <i>"And now if You would forgive their sin -- but if not, erase me please from Your book which You have written</i>." The word "<i>from Your book</i>" is <i>misif'r'cho</i>. The commentary points out it could be read <i>misafer chof, </i>which would be translated "from Book 20." The portion <i>Tetzaveh</i> is the 20th parsha in the Torah, and lo and behold, that's the portion that the name of Moshe is absent.</body></html>