Tetzaveh - 7th Portion

Join me as we learn kumish for today for shabas the seventh Torah reading of parasitava chapter 30 verse1. Now that we've concluded talking about the different installation rights and what will happen on the time when Aaron and his sons will be then inaugurated to who serve in the holy temple. There is one last vessel that the Torah has not yet discussed which is the inner altar. The last Torah reading of Par discusses this vessel. Verse 1, chapter 30. And you will make an altar. One that will you be used for burning incense made of aaca wood. It should be made. The purpose of this is going to be to make a smoke a a cloud of incense that will be made on it. Verse two, what's the size of it? It's going to be an amma a it should be a cubit long a cubit wide and it will be then a square and two almost two uh two cubits tall and from it will be coming out its corners protrusions will be coming out from it. Oh, next verse. You will first then cover it with gold with pure gold as its roof and its walls around it all over as well as the protrusions of the corners as well. And then you will make a gold rim all around of it. This one had a roof. However, the outside altar, the copper altar did not have a roof. Wherever they rested, they would fill the whole thing on the inside full of earth. There's what is this crown for? This was a sign to the crown of the priesthood. And around the top of the altar, the perimeter of the altar, there was this crown. Verse four. You're going to make two uh rings you will make under the crown on the two corners on opposite sides. You're going to make it on two opposite sides. These rings are going to be for enc casements for the poles to be able to carry this altar. So there were only two rings on opposite corners which they would then put the poles in to carry it. The word means a side like the explains it was a side as it says then afterwards on its two sides of those two sides is referring to the two corners which were on opposite sides these rings these rings will be as enc casements to hold the poles will be a box that with the ring in itself would be served as the pole would go in it and that was the purpose of this ring. Verse five, then you will make the poles made out ofac and you will coat them in gold. Verse six. And then you will place it in front of the curtain which hides behind it the tent the ark of the testimony which will be which is then directly in front of the cover that the cover is covering the testimony the tablets which will then be placed in it which that is the place that I will convene to you from. Rashi explains you may say what does this mean before the paras but it was also before the cover which one was it? So you may say that the ark should be center in front of the ark it should be put either to the north or the south south. Therefore the Torah tells it should be directly parallel to the cover. That means while the ark is on the inside behind the curtain directly opposing it or directly against it should be the altar not to the north not to the south but directly in the center should be the ark. should be the altar which would be directly opposing the ark. Verse seven would then bring on it incense every single morning when he cleans out the residue of the candles. That's when he will then bring the incense. The word means this means cleaning out the cups from the wicks and the oils from the night before. That the cups that were on the monora from the ash of the wicks that were burning the whole night before and the god will then clean them out every morning. What does the mean? These bowls that were holding the wicks anytime it uses the terminology doesn't literally mean candles because there were no candles. They were wicks with oil that was burning. So over here when he talks about it's referring to the bowls that held the wicks. The only time that actually means candles unless it says and he will uplift the candles means that he would light those wicks where there means to uplift means to light as we see in the next verse verse eight. And when Aaron will then burn when he kindles the candles in the afternoon, then will also bring the incense in front of God constantly for generations to come. When he lights it at then the flame will uplift, meaning the flame will then continue to burn. meaning twice it says the word that he'll bring the incense. Every day there would be a portion because every day twice they would bring incense. A portion of it he would do in the morning and a portion of it he will bring as incense in the afternoon. Verse nine of you shall not bring upon it any other incense or an ascent offering or a meal offering and on this altar you may not pour any libations upon it. What are we referring to? Don't bring upon it on the altar. any type of incense which may be a donation including this type of incense in its uncalled for time. They're all foreign to it. The only one that can be brought on it is when it's its appropriate time and its appropriate incense to bring any type of offering on it, not one of an animal or a bird or a meal offering is of bread. Verse 10. And once a year the Aaron is going, as we're soon going to see, he says once a year and once a year Aaron shall make an atonement on these protrusions protrusions of the inner altar. What is he going to be using is the blood of the sin offering which was brought once a year. This will make an atonement of the for generation throughout your generations. It is holy of holies unto God. What does it mean that he will atone in this case? It means sprinkling blood. When is this once a year? On the day of Yumiper who this is what it says in the book of Leviticus when it talks about in the book of Leviticus discussing the holy service that was done on the day of Yumiper that the high priest would then go out by the altar and atone. This is referring to the altar, the inner altar. What is the sin offering of Yamiper? is the bull and the goat of which atones for the sins of the impurifications of the holy temple and the things there. If somebody went in unintentionally or if somebody ate holy items unintentionally as well is holy of holies that means the altar. It is considered sanctified, the holiest place for these things and for these things alone only and for no other things whatsoever. Interesting to note that we know that all the different vessels of the holy temple refer to a different place in a person's body. The inner altar is referred to the heart of the individual telling us that that's the soul that stays holy and is the holy of holies of the individual that can never be contaminated with anything around it. This concludes the seventh Torah reading of