Parashas Tetzaveh

This Shabbos is Parashas Tetzaveh which also comes just before Purim and so is also called Parashas Zachor which calls upon us to remember what Amalek did to us when we left Egypt ,how they attacked our weakest who were hinder-most and this was the nation from which Haman came that we read of as our enemy in the Megillah of Purim.Thus we call the Shabbos before Purim , Shabbos Zachor.
Our Parsha is Parashas Tetzaveh,where HaShem Commands Moshe to Command the Children of Israel to take pure pressed Olive Oil for illumination,for Aharon and his sons to kindle the Menorah every day.This Holy Olive Oil came by pressing and not crushing the Olive to ensure that the most pure drop of Olive Oil was used without sediment,which might have come with crushing it.Only one pure drop came out of an Olive,showing us the effort we should make and the purity we should uphold for HaShem.This Parsha discusses the Kohanim and their Holy Vestments,the Ephod, the Breastplate and Settings,the Robe,the Tzitz which is the Head-Plate,the Tunic and the Vestments for ordinary Kohanim and then it goes onto the Seven Day Inauguration Ritual for the Kohanim starting on the 23rd of Adar and finishing on the 1st of Nissan.Then the Tamid offering is discussed and the Parsha ends with the Incense Altar of Gold.
The Command given in the word 'Tetzaveh' at the beginning of the Parsha is phrased with a Hebrew Letter 'Tet,' for this Command of lighting the Menorah is to be a future tense Command as well so that spiritually, we will always light our Neshomas toward HaShem.
The lighting of the Menorah is like the lighting of an eternal flame which is often compared to our soul, which is like the Light of HaShem that burns within us all. So when HaShem 'Tetzaveh' - 'Commands ' the Menorah to be lit, there is also a future Command to keep our Neshomas - Our Souls lit toward HaShem always, by working to bring ourselves to HaShem, by making ourselves Holy by following HaShem's Commandments.
This Command is put just before the Commands about the Kohanim and their Holy Garments, for a number of reasons.One reason is that Hashem is Teaching us something. With the magnificence of the Holy Garments of the High Priest Kohein Gadol and the Kohanim, the Priests and their Laws of inner purity, HaShem also wants to Teach us that to reach for HaShem and be Holy, we must be Holy ourselves,not just on the outside,but on the inside as well.The construction of the Ark of the Covenant also shows us this,for HaShem Instructed us to cover it with Gold on the outside and on the inside.
The true Holy Kohein and the true holy person, is not just one who shows they are righteous to all on the outside,just for show, but is truly Holy inside as well.Sadly with some ,this point becomes an issue with,for example, many who come to high positions,for they make a show outside that they are holy but inside,are the exact opposite.Even some people are sadly this way. This is not how HaShem wants us to be. Dressing well and looking good to others,is all fine and well, but the inner 'us' is what HaShem Looks at as well.One shouldn't just dress for others and pretend to be good to others on the outside. Remember that HaShem Looks to the heart.One mustn't look down on others because one thinks others are not on one's level. Who are we to judge.Be always humble.Only HaShem Knows all and more. Remember that HaShem looks at the Heart. 
The beauty of the Garments the Kohein Gadol and Kohanim wore,were truly spectacular and pure ,showing that we mist be openly Good and Pure.What also counts is the purity of heart and soul that shines out from within.This same thought is also in the Commandment of the kindling of the Menorah, which shines outwards and upwards. The same thought was shown in the Windows of our Two Holy Temples, where they were constructed smaller within and wider on the outside, showing how the Light of Holiness stretches outwards toward the World from within.
This same thought is shown in the Inauguration Ceremony of the Kohein Gadol and Kohanim , where , before they seek atonement for others, they must first clean and purify themselves. It is easy to look at the wrongs of others,but before looking at others,one should first look to correcting oneself. It is easy to look at and find fault with other people , in their manner and dress, but before doing that, one should look within oneself and correct oneself, for one often notices the faults in others that one actually has within oneself.
So our Parsha teaches here a very important thing. Before looking down on others and thinking one is holy and wonderful because of some outward appearance, first look within oneself and see oneself as HaShem sees us truly for who we really are. Start within and let the Holiness shine out from within and fill this world with the Beautiful Holy Light of HaShem.
With love to HaShem, I wish HaShem with Love, a Very Sweet and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Chag Purim Sameach with Love and to all fellow Yidden, a beautiful and Sweet Shabbos Kodesh and Chag Sameach Purim with love.