Vayikra 5786

Okay. So, we bring we begin safer for Yikra, which is called called in rabbinic literature as Terrus K'yanin. The halachus of K'yanin, the halachus of Korbanus. And many people have the minig of saying Korbanus in the morning, which is a very very nice minig, edible minig. But, even people don't say Korbanus in the morning, Shulchan Aruch says that they should say at least the parshas hatamid, which is actually in parshas Pinchas. Vayedaber Hashem el Moshe lemor, tzav es bnei Yisrael ve'amarta aleihem es korbani lahmili shai re'ah tichli tishmeru li latishrakh tishmeru lahavi li b'moado. Which is the mitzvah of bringing the shnei temidim, the the Korban tamid, once in the morning and once in twice in the afternoon. And there is the we it's it's about eight psukim long, and a person should really make a make a point of saying that even if he doesn't say >> [snorts] >> all the Korbanus. >> [clears throat] >> The last pasuk of parshas Korbanus is of parshas tamid is vesachkem as hasheini tasu bein ha'arbaim. The second the second Korban you should do towards evening, keminkhas haboker ulesolasa yishak Hashem. And that is the end of parshas hatamid. What is ironic is that in the siddur it's written, and this is how we pasken, that you should add another pasuk which has nothing to do with Korban tamid, and that is actually a pasuk in our parsha, parshas Vayikra, perek pasuk veshakhat al hayerekh hamizbe'ah tzafonah lifnei Hashem uze'aru kohen ben Aharon hakohanim es hadam al hamizbe'ah saviv. Which means you should shecht the Korban referring to many their Korbanus al yerekh hamizbe'ah tzafonah on the northern side of the mizbe'ah. Uze'aru kohen ben Aharon es hadam al hamizbe'ah saviv. The question is why what is that have to do with the parshas hatamid? This is a pasuk in parshas Vayikra that's not referring to Korban tamid at all, it's referring to general Korbanus, chatas, olah, asham, that are all shechted on the northern side of the mizbe'ah. Why add it over there? So, Sefer HaZohar say in in in in Vayikra Rabbah, uvikhol kakh lamah, why is that pasuk there? Shebeisha'ah sheYisrael makrivin tamid al gabbei hamizbe'ah, because when Klal Yisrael would bring the Korban tamid on the mizbe'ah, vikeres hamikdash hazeh, tzafonah lifnei Hashem, when they would add this pasuk, when they actually bring the Korban tamid, and they would add this pasuk of veshakhat al yerekh hamizbe'ah tzafonah, says the Medrash, vikeres hamikdash hazeh, tzafonah lifnei Hashem, zaycher Hakadosh Baruch Hu akeidas Yitzchak. Because when you say this pasuk, Ribono shel Olam is reminded of akeidas Yitzchak that Avraham Avinu did to Yitzchak. And then the Medrash says, me'idani alai es hashamayim ve'es ha'aretz, that Kaveyakhlei Ribono shel Olam says, I bring witnesses, the heaven and the earth, that bein goi bein Yisrael, whether it's a non-Jew or Jew, bein ish bein ishah, man or woman, bein eved bein bein omah, bein o, whether it's a slave, etc. etc., you when they read this pasuk, vikeres hamikdash hazeh, tzafonah lifnei Hashem, zaycher Hakadosh Baruch Hu akeidas Yitzchak, shene'emar, tzafonah lifnei Hashem. That's why we add that pasuk. Because Ribono shel Olam says this pasuk is so important that no matter who says this pasuk, when they brought the Korban tamid, Ribono shel Olam remembers akeidas Yitzchak. And that's why we add this pasuk as to remind Ribono shel Olam of akeidas Yitzchak, which just really furthers the question. What does this pasuk have to do with akeidas Yitzchak? That pasuk has nothing to do with akeidas Yitzchak. Why is it there? So, the answer is the Maharal Diskin, Rabbi Say, zichrono letzaddik livrakha, says a very interesting thing. He says, we know that when Avraham Avinu took Yitzchak up to Har Hamoriah to go ahead and to perform the akeidas Yitzchak, which was supposed to meant the the actual sacrificing of Yitzchak, so, Avraham Avinu put him on top of the mizbe'ah. Because up until that point, that is where you would bring a Korban. You put the Korban on top of the mizbe'ah. Yitzchak was afraid that out of fear he would go ahead and he'd move, and maybe he would passel the Korban. So, therefore, Yitzchak wanted akeidas Yitzchak, he should be bound to the mizbe'ah with ropes, so that he wouldn't be able to move and inadvertently passel the Korban. So, Avraham Avinu did that, that's why it's called akeidas Yitzchak, the binding of Yitzchak. Avraham Avinu is about to go to the shechtim. Malakh comes down min hashamayim and says, al tishlakh yadkha el hana'ar, don't do it, because you passed the test. He Ribono shel Olam sees how devoted you are, you were ready to sacrifice your beloved son. So, at that point in time, one would think that Yitzchak Avraham said to Yitzchak, "Oh, baruch Hashem, he stopped it, now let's go home." But, that's not what happened. What did Avraham Avinu do? He was he went and he looked for something to sacrifice on the mizbe'ah. Because he was told to go ahead and to bring a Korban. So, now that it's not going to be Yitzchak, but Avraham Avinu still wants to bring a Korban. So, he goes ahead and he finds a ram, we all know that, that was entangled in the brush over there. He goes ahead and takes the ram. Now, what should he do? Unbind Yitzchak, get him off the mizbe'ah, and put the ram on the mizbe'ah. But, Avraham Avinu wasn't sure that the that the ram didn't have a mum or any type of blemish. So, he left Yitzchak on top of the mizbe'ah, and he and he and he shechted that ram on the north side of the mizbe'ah. And from that time on, as anyone who's learning maseches Zevachim and Menachos now knows, that many Korbanus are brought on the right side of the on the north side of the mizbe'ah. And that is why that pasuk of veshakhat al el yerek hamizbe'ah tzafonah reminds Ribono shel Olam Kaveyakhlei of akeidas Yitzchak. And Ribono shel Olam says, that when any who says that, Jew, non-Jew, anybody says that, I am reminded of akeidas Yitzchak and I have rachamim on Klal Yisrael. And that is why that pasuk from parshas Vayikra is added to the parshas hatamid, because we would remind Ribono shel Olam of the mesirus nefesh of both Avraham and Yitzchak at akeidas Yitzchak. Okay.