Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table. 

• The same amount of oil was poured in the Western Lamp as in the other six lamps, and miraculously, it would burn all night and all day. This also happened for 40 years during the reign of Shimon Hatzadik, the Kohen Gadol during  the second Temple. (Meam Loez) 

2. How often is a Cohen required to get a haircut?

•  A regular Cohen must get a haircut at least once every 30 days. (Sanhedrin 22b)

3. Where did the Bnei Israel find the necessary precious stones in the desert?

• Since the Bnei Israel didn't have the necessary stones in the desert, the Clouds of Glory went to the Pishon River and brought back the precious stones needed for the ephod and choshen. (Meam Loez)

4. What is the other name for the Urim VeTumim?

• The Urim Vetumim had another name: “Kreti uPleti”. Kreti from the word “Koret”, to cut/to be decisive and Pleti, from the word “Pele”, wonderous, because they would be “wondrous” in their abilities. (Sanhedrin 16b, Divrei Hayamim 1; 18; 17)

5. How many bells were hanging from the Cohen’s robe?

• Hanging by the bottom of the Cohen’s robe were 72 bells and 72 pomegranates. This alluded to the 72 possible shades of white that could render someone a metzorah. This is closely related to the interpretation that the robe  atoned for evil speech. (Negaim 1:4, Leviticus 13, Baal Haturim). Some say that the bells were to announce the Cohen Gadol’s arrival on Yom Kippur. (Ramban)