Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Parashat Tzav THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSHE, SAYING: TAKE AHARON ALONG WITH HIS SONS, AND THE VESTMENTS, THE ANOINTING OIL, THE BULL OF SIN OFFERING, THE TWO RAMS, AND THE BASKET OF UNLEAVENED BREAD; AND ASSEMBLE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TENT OF MEETING. AND MOSHE DID AS THE LORD COMMANDED HIM. AND WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS ASSEMBLED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TENT OF MEETING, MOSHE SAID TO THE COMMUNITY, "THIS IS WHAT THE LORD HAS COMMANDED TO BE DONE."  (Vayikra 8:1-5)  ...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Parashat Tsav THE FIRE ON THE ALTAR SHALL BE KEPT BURNING, NOT TO GO OUT; EVERY MORNING THE PRIEST SHALL FEED WOOD TO IT, LAY OUT THE BURNT OFFERING ON IT, AND TURN INTO SMOKE THE FAT PARTS OF THE OFFERINGS OF WELL-BEING. A PERPETUAL FIRE SHALL BE KEPT BURNING ON THE ALTAR, NOT TO GO OUT.                                                                                                                                                  (Vayikra 6:5-6)     THE SPIRITUAL FIRE, THE FIRE WHICH CONSUMES, AND THE FIRE WHICH LIVES IN PEACE WITH WATER Had you been deserving you would be reading in...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat tzav – pesach (link to original page) Parshat Tzav – Passover The priest is to clothe himself in his wide-raiment of linen, with breeches of linen he is to clothe himself, over his "flesh"; he is to set aside the ashes from which the fire has consumed the offering-up on the slaughter site, and is to put them beside the slaughter-site. (Vayikra 6:3) The Holy Service Requires Humility Said Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi, son of Rabbi Shalom: The conduct of the Holy One, Blessed be He, is not like the conduct of...