Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan Parshat Tetzaveh 2

as we said that SIDS says everything we do is Holy to God and therefore it's as if we're saying God even if we make mistakes please accept it willingly with love because we're human human beings make mistakes and through this um sits all mistakes that are done in the sanctuary are forgiven it shall be on his forehead at all times to express their Goodwill for them before the presence of God in verse 39 we speak about the undershirt the tunic and it is also made of um not also but it is made of linen unlike other garments that are made from combination of wool gold and linen this undershirt is made only of linen and you shall make a turbine of linen the head that the kohen Wort was also white linen but the sash the the belt you shall make of embroidery work now here it doesn't say um what it was made out of and therefore there is a an argument in the talmud what was the material that the belt was made out of was it made from linen as well or was it made from a combination of wool and linen and someone is asking a good question how is it possible that the garments of um kohen gadol were made from combination of wool and linen isn't that sharpness sharpness is what we call um key lime forbidden combination of two materials wool and linen we're not allowed to wear it and here we learn that the garments of kohen gadol were made from killine and we have a rule that if the Torah gives us a Prohibition and at the same time it gives us a commandment and they contradict each other if it's a negative commandment at the same time against the positive commandment the positive commandment wins it's as if God is telling us in general this is forbidden but in this particular case I want you to do it and there are two myths what that I can think of that it applies to one is the garments of kohen gadol they contain chardness but because the cuencadol is fulfilling a Mitzvah he serves God and God said do it like that he is allowed to wear it and the second uh case is it the four corner garment upon which we put special strings of wool if it happens that the Garment is made of linen and the strings are made of wool it is permitted even though it is sharpness it is Kilim but because at the time when a man wears suit he is fulfilling a positive commandment of succeed it overrides the negative commandment of Kilim nowadays we don't do it because in case um one of the strings reps if the Garment becomes not Kosher so then the person is not fulfilling the mitzvahal sit and therefore he will be transgressing a key lime and therefore we don't take chances and we say if your garment is made of linen make success of linen if your garment is made of wool makes it set of wool and yes there are other cases I I right now can think of them but yes this is a general rule that if you have a positive commandment against a negative commandment the positive commandment wins however they have to come through the same action it cannot be that first I'll do the negative commandment and then sometime later I'll do the positive command for example when I put on sit sit at the same time as I'm fulfilling them to Sid there is a Prohibition of chadness and the the positive commandment overrides uh whereas some conservative Jews and reformed Jews made a mistake and they said oh let us drive to the synagogue on Shabbat because they reason this is a false reasoning I'll explain why praying in a synagogue on Shabbat is a positive commandment and driving on Shabbat is a negative commandment and the positive overrides the negative and therefore we're allowed to join so they made multiple mistakes for first of all as we said the Mitzvah the positive commandment has to coincide with the negative commandment and here they don't when you drive to the synagogue you're not praying in a synagogue you're going to pray sometime later and therefore you're not allowed to do a transgression for the sake of uh later Mitzvah number two it only applies where it is a simple positive commandment with a simple negative commandment with Shabbat it's not the case because it's not a simple negative commandment it is also a death penalty which means the regular negative commandment has the punishment of lashes desecrating Shabbat has a punishment of death penalty a simple positive commandment does not override death penalty so that is their mistake number two and mistake number three is that praying in the synagogue With Me minion is not a Torah commandment there is a Torah commandment to pray to God but you can do it anytime anywhere you can do it at home you can do it alone you don't need a minion to pray in a synagogue is already a beautification of the Mitzvah it's doing Mitzvah on a higher level it's an Albanian commandment to pray with the minion is all sort of any commandment so you cannot transgress a Torah Commandment that has a death penalty attached to it for the sake of a rabbinic commandment which will come later not at the time so this is just an example where this concept cannot be applied but if you can find a case where you cannot do a positive commandment without transgressing the negative commandment at the same time and they're both simple positive commandment and a simple negative commandment then the positive commandment overwrites now we continue with uh the garments of regular kohanim verse 40. for Arab's Sons make tunics the undershirt or the the white robe the sashes the belts made from linen and make for them turbans the hats and uh the pants are mentioned in verse 42. verse 41 with these you shall clothe your brother aharon and his sons along with him anoint them with special oil that will be described later and invest them with full Authority and sanctify them so that they may serve me as priests from here we learn that a kohen is not allowed to serve as a kohen with a regular or high priest without the full set of garments if a kohen does not have four garments or if a Cohen does not coin gadol does not have eight garments they are not allowed to serve they are only invested with authority to serve God if they have these garments verse 42 describes the pants make for them also linen breeches to cover their nakedness they shall reach from their loins from their waist down to the thighs they were made like long shorts verse 43 they shall cover aharon and his sons when they enter into the tent of appointed meeting or when they go up to the altar to serve in the sanctuary so they will not bear iniquity and die from here we see that the kohen who serves without one of the garments deserves death penalty heavenly death now we go to the next chapter 29. how do we how do we prepare them for service it is also called the inauguration service and this is what you shall do for them to consecrate them to serve me as priests you shall take a young bull two Rams without blemish and special bread from matzah and matzah cakes kneaded with oil and thin matzah crackers brushed with oil made them from fine wheat flour and place them in a basket and bring them along with the bowl and two Rams and his sons have to immerse in a Waters of the mcve then dress them with their garments around with eight garments and regular quantity with four garments verse seven and you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head to anoint him to anoint and by the way um Harold was anointed with this oil and that is called shemenam the anointment oil and that is why the high priest is called mashiach mashiach means the person who is Anointed with the anointment oil and there were other people that were anointed there was also a priest that was designated as the leader of the army he was called special anointed Cohen to lead the Jews in war and he would Inspire them before the war remind them or to trust in God so he was also anointed and he's also called mashiach and one more person was anointed and that is the Jewish King like shaola Malik David they were Anointed with oil and that is why a Jewish King is also called mashiach and therefore the mashir that we await the mashir that's going to come because he is a Jewish King he comes from the davidic lineage from the direct line father to son all the way from the King David tribe of Yehuda all the way down to mashir himself and when he will come he will be recognized as the Jewish King descendant of King David he will be a prophet and he will be anointed as the as the Jewish King and therefore he will be called mashiach mashiach means the anointed one the one chosen for the high task um verse 10 and you shall bring the bull to the front of the tent of appointed meeting and are running his sons shall lean their hands on the head of the bull whenever we lean on the animal before slaughtering him we are doing confession we're saying God please forgive us for all our sins and let this animal go to death instead of us verse 11 you shall then Slaughter the bull before God in front of the entrance of the tent of appointed meaning take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the corners of the altar with your finger and the the remaining blood poor upon the base of the altar then they burn the the the fats and the innards of the bull on the altar verse 14 but the meat of the bull and it's hide the skin of the bull and it's dung it's excrement that's still inside the bowl you shall burn in fire outside the camp it is an offering that clears sin it's called the sin offering so the blood of the bull was placed on the four corners of the altar rest of the blood was spilled at the base of the altar the innards and the fats were burned on top of the altar the rest of the bowl the entire Bowl together with everything in it together with his height was burned outside now we still have two Rams what do we do with them in verse 15 you shall take one ram and his sons shall lean their hands on the head of the ram as well you shall Slaughter the ramp take its blood and sprinkle it around the altar as for the ram itself you shall divide it into its parts cut it up into limbs wash its innards and its legs and put them with its parts and with its head and burn the entire RAM on the altar it is a elevation of offering made to God and we call it a pleasant Aroma to God which is an expression of compliance a fire offering to God which is called hola hola is the elevation offering or the burnt offering that is burnt entirely on the altar now in verse 19 what do we do with the second ram and you shall take the second ram and Aron and his sons shall lean their hands on the head of the ram again and you shall Slaughter the ram take some of its blood and here we do something interesting with the blood foreign put some of its Blood on the cartilage of aharon's right ear and on the cartilage of his son's right ears and on the thumbs of their right hand and on the big toes of their Right feet interestingly we put the blood on three places on the right ear right thumb and the right big toe of each Cohen and you shall pour the rest of the blood around the altar now you shall then take some of the blood that is upon the Altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on our own on his garments and on his sons and on their garments and they will be sanctified verse 22 and you shall take from the ram the fat and the broad tail or the the fat tail that and the the Rams in Asia like in Uzbekistan and in Israel they have a special tale that grows into a large fat mess which is edible but if it is brought as a korban then that whole chunk of fat is burned on the altar so take that special um fat tail and the fat that covers the innards and the diaphragm of the liver and the two kidneys along with the fat that is on it on them and the right thigh and one loaf of bread and one loaf of special oily bread and one Thin wafer from the basket of matzah that stands before God and pull place all of those fatty parts and the thigh together with the loaves of bread on the hands of Aaron and the hands of his sons and wave them as a wave offering before God um a few times in throughout the the the year and the history of the betamic dash we do wave offering we take whatever it is and bring it uh up and down forward and inward to the sides just like we do with the lulav and the idea is we're showing that the entire world belongs to God and that God is anywhere you look all directions belong to God you shall then take them from their hand hands and turn them into smoke upon their altar all that is burned on the as um as the hola the elevation offering it is an expression of compliance or in other words it's a pleasant Aroma to before God it is a fire offering to God and then what do we do with the rest of the RAM and you shall take the breast of the ram and wave it as a wave offering before God and it will become your portion which means it can be eaten thus shall you sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the uplifted donation which were waved and lifted up verse 28 and so shall remain for Aaron and his sons as a Perpetual as a as a an eternal law from the children of Israel for it is an uplifted donation and it shall remain an uplift the donation from the children of Israel from the peace offerings it is an uplifted donation to God well this means that the right to be kohanim will forever stay in the hands of aharon and his sons and his descendants and the Jewish people will bring offerings which are going to be presented before God by the kohanim and as a thank you and as a payment for their service the kohanim will receive a portion from various offerings verse 29 as for the garments of the sanctuary that are now aharons they shall remain also for his sons after him so that they may be anointed and invested with full Authority through them now when a new kohen becomes um a priest becomes kohen verse 30 explains seven days shall the son who will be priest in his place put them on that's the inauguration offer inauguration procedure for seven days he prepares himself by putting the garments on by practicing he who is to enter the tent of appointed meeting to serve in the sanctuary you shall take the ram of inauguration and cook its meat in a holy place and his sons shall eat the Rams meat and the bread that is in the basket in front of the entrance of the tent of appointed meaning the the breast of the ram was eaten by Moshe but the remainder of the ram was eaten by aharon and his sons now verse 33 tells us interesting things about offerings in general they shall now eat those very things which with which atonement will have been affected for them to invest them with full authority to sanctify them they shall eat those things with which atonement will have been affected for them from here we learn that when kohanim eat the meat of the offering the Jewish people who brought the offering receive atonement which means the atonement is received not only by slaughtering the animal and by sprinkling its blood and by burning parts of the animal on the altar atonement also depends on kohanim eating the meat from here we learn that by benefiting the kohen who is the servant of God you receive atonement and the sages say that this applies in our times when you benefit someone who serves God which means if you know that someone is a righteous person someone is learning Torah someone is serving God and you help them out with financial assistance you help them in business or just you help them in their errands you make their life easier you get atonement for all your sins that's important to keep in mind now then the rest of the inauguration um procedure is described and in verse 37 it says seven days shall you perform a atonement upon the Altar and sanctified this procedure was repeated seven days and then on the eighth day already the mishkan was Sanctified and the service began with kohanim the first seven days Moshe is the one who is arranging everything and serving in the betamic dash the kohanim are just getting ready and on the eighth day now the kohanim become full-fledged priests and this happened on half a year later uh the last seven days of Adar and on the first day of Nissan kohanim became Sanctified and they began their service now in verse 38 it describes what shall the altar be used for this is what you shall offer upon the altar to sheep in their first year every day continually this is called the korban tamid the the daily offering one sheep in the morning and one sheep in the afternoon together with the offering we brought mineral offering the flower offering that was made of flour mixed with oil and separately some wine and this Tami this daily offering is an Ola it was burned entirely on the altar now in verse 43 we describe what is the tent of meeting used for what is the mishkan used for verse 33 there I will set times for myself to meet with the children of Israel and so it will be Sanctified by my glory I will sanctify the tenth of appointed meeting and the Altar and I will sanctify aharon and his sons to serve me as priests I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel and I will be their God and they will experience it that I God am their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt in order to dwell in their midst I God am their God which means from the fact that divine presence will dwell on the mishkan the Jewish people will have a constant reminder and and testimony that God is Among Us there was a cloud that that hovered above um the mishkan and in times of the temple the betamic dash there was a pillar of smoke Rising above the altar that was going straight up even if it was windy the the way the the wind would not disperse the the uh smoke and even if it was raining no rain in the world would ever put out the fire and now in Chapter 30 we describe the golden altar make an altar aside for burning incense it's uh made of shitty wood on the inside and covered by gold on the outside um verse 3 you shall cover it with pure gold it stopped its walls round about and its elevated corners and you shall make a golden Rim around it this altar also had two poles with which to carry it and it was used to burn ketoret the the spices on it daily verse 6 and you shall place it in front of the dividing curtain that is upon the Ark of the testimony in front of the cover that lies upon the testimony where I have set times for myself to meet with you shall um burn incense of sweet spices upon it every morning when he sets the lamps in order he shall turn it into smoke here describes the order that uh um light prepares the lamps and then he lights the kitten and then in the afternoon or towards the evening he'll actually lights the lamps verse 9 UM warns us you shall not offer any alien incense only the incense the ketoro that is prescribed by law at the times when it's prescribed and you cannot offer on this altar Ola the burnt offering or the flower offering and you cannot pour wine on this altar this altar is purely for ketone sometimes also blood was applied to it like on Yom Kippur but otherwise no other offerings on it once a year agaron shall make atonement upon its