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Hello everyone. We have reached Parshat
Hachodesh.
On the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh
Nisan, we read in the Torah the section,
[music] "This month shall be for you the
beginning of months." This is the
passage in which the Israelites were
commanded about [music] sanctifying the
new month and about the Passover
sacrifice. This marks the beginning of
the Exodus from Egypt and the
establishment of the Jewish calendar.
[music]
That's why the Haftorah also deals with
the first month, Nisan, and with
preparations for the Holy Temple and the
holiday [music] of Passover. And now to
the Haftorah. The prophet Ezekiel
describes the future order of service in
the Temple.
At the beginning of the first month, on
the first of Nisan, a young bull must be
taken and offered as a sin offering to
purify the Temple.
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>> The priest takes some of the blood from
the sin offering and puts it on the
doorposts of the house, on [music] the
corners of the inner courtyard, on the
altar, and on the gate of the inner
courtyard.
The goal is to atone for and purify the
place, and the same is done on the
seventh day of the month.
This is for anyone who acted
unintentionally, [music]
and so they atone for the Temple and
prepare it for the festival service.
After that comes the commandment
regarding the festival [music] of
Passover.
On the 14th day of the first month, you
shall have Passover. The festival lasts
7 days, during which matzah is eaten.
On the first day of the festival, the
prince, the leader, brings a bull as a
sin offering for himself and for all the
people of the land.
Throughout the 7 days of the festival,
burnt offerings are brought to the Lord
each day, seven bulls and seven rams
without blemish, as well as a male goat
as a sin offering each [music] day.
Along with the sacrifices, there is also
a grain offering, fine flour and oil in
fixed [music] amounts for each bull and
for each ram. Later on, another festival
in the seventh month is described,
[music] which will be observed in the
same way for 7 days
with sin offerings, burnt offerings,
[music] grain offerings, and oil,
according to the established order. The
prophet then describes the procedures
for Shabbat [music] and Rosh Chodesh,
the first [snorts] day of the month. The
gate of the inner courtyard facing east
will be closed during the six working
days,
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>> but on Shabbat and on Rosh Chodesh, the
gate will be opened.
When the prince arrives, he enters
through the doorway of the gate from the
outside and stands by the doorpost of
the gate.
The priests offer his [music] burnt
offerings and peace offerings, and he
bows down at the threshold of the gate
and then leaves. The gate remains open
until the evening. The people of the
land also bow at the [music] entrance of
this gate to God on the days of Shabbat
and Rosh Chodesh. On Shabbat, the prince
offers six unblemished lambs [music] and
one unblemished ram.
Along with them, he brings a grain
offering according to the prescribed
measure and a fixed amount of oil.
On Rosh Chodesh, they offer a young
unblemished [music]
bull, six lambs, and one unblemished
ram. Here, too, there is a grain
offering, an ephah for the bull and for
the ram and the lambs as much as he can
afford, and a fixed measure of oil.
When the prince enters, [music] he comes
in through the doorway of the gate and
leaves the same way. It is also stated
that when the common people come before
the Lord on the festivals, there is an
order.
Whoever enters through the north gate
must exit through the south gate, and
whoever enters through the south gate
must exit through the north gate. They
do not return through the same gate by
which they entered.
This way, the order will be organized
and clear, and everyone will continue on
their way without confusion.
The prince is among them. When they
come, he comes, and when they leave, he
leaves.
On holidays and festivals, there is a
fixed order for the grain offering. An
ephah for the bull, ephah for the ram,
and for the lambs according to what he
can give,
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>> and the oil in a fixed measure.
If the prince brings a voluntary
offering or peace offering of his own
accord, they open for him the gate
facing east and he [music] offers it
just as is done on Shabbat. Then he
leaves and they close the gate.
In addition to all these, there is also
a daily burnt offering.
Every morning, they offer a year-old
unblemished [music] lamb as a burnt
offering to God. Along with it, they
bring a meal offering of fine flour and
oil in a [music] fixed measure. This is
how the daily burnt offering is done
every morning. At the end of the
haftarah, it is emphasized that the
lamb, [music] the meal offering, and the
oil are brought every morning as a
continual burnt offering.
This is a regular orderly service day
after day.
The haftorah teaches us about order,
about holiness, and about new
beginnings.
In the first month, in the month of
Nisan, there is purification, there is
preparation, and there is the Passover
sacrifice.
Everything is done in a clear order with
open gates at the right [music] time and
with daily continual service.
This is how the month begins and this is
how the service is renewed in holiness.
