Pinchas - 5th Portion

Join me as we learn Homish for Thursday Parshas Pinchas. Yesterday we learned about how Mosha was told by God to appoint Yeshua as his successor. Today we continue as the Torah tells us about the the daily and festival sacrifices that were brought in the Holy Temple. Commonly you will notice that this Torah reading is read on Rosh Chodesh or on holidays always for the Maftir of the different sacrifices that were brought on each respective holiday. Chapter 28 verse 1. Vayedaber Hashem el Moshe lemor, and God spoke to Moshe saying, Tzav es Bnei Yisrael, command the Jewish people, v'amarta aleihem, and you will tell them, es korban lachmi, my food for my fire offerings, the ishei re'ach nicho'ach, which will be for a fire offering and pleasing to me, tishmeru, you must be careful l'hakriv li b'mo'ado, to bring them in their appointed time. Rashi, tzav es Bnei Yisrael, this Torah reading, what's its connection and why it's juxtaposed to the previous Torah reading? So Rashi explains as follows. Ma amar l'ma'alah, what was said before? Where Mosha asks of God that somebody should be appointed to take care of the Jewish people's needs, yifkei d'ash, de'amar l'ei Hakadosh Baruchu, so God tells them, "Ah, tzav es mitzvosai u'vonai, tzaveh es bonai elai, until you tell me, like you're telling me what I that I should find a proper leader for the Jewish people, you must tell the Jewish people also the commandments of what they have to do for me, meaning the sacrifices. Mosha l'vas melech, this is a parable that's given for the daughter of a king she hoyesa niftaris min ha'olam, that she was passing from the world, v'hoyesa m'fakdes es habayis u'vanah, and she was telling her husband what she should do for her children. Therefore, she tells her children, "Please be careful. Watch for them. Take care of them." And he tells her, "You're telling me what I should do about your children. Tell your children that they should also be careful about me and not to rebel against me and not to harm me and so on and so forth." Carboni, what does it mean? My sacrifice, my bread. Zehadam, that's the blood which is referring to the sacrifices that it with each sacrifice the blood had to be sprinkled on the altar cuz that was the main point of the atonement for the sacrifice when the blood was sprinkled. Lachmi, my bread. Elua Murim, that's the parts of the animal which were then burnt on the fire of the altar. The chain of women are so to we find the that in the book of Leviticus where it talks about the parts of the animal that were born that were burnt on the altar. The Torah calls it my bread. Le Ishi for a sacrifice, for a burnt offering. I need eternally Isham is those that are given to be burnt on my altar. Tishmenu, you must observe. She you are of the Israel in the of the every time is sacrifice was brought there was the besides for the cohen who was actually doing and the service with the sacrifice, there was the Levite that was singing the instruments that was standing on the stage as well as the Jewish people have to be standing and saying the prayers at the time as well. We come with the from here we learn the concept of as the town of tells us that they were certain >> [clears throat] >> people that were there at the time when the sacrifices were brought because of this as well. The Maya in its time the whole year each one had to be brought in its proper time. That every single day has a special time of when would be its appointed time for the for sacrifices to be brought. Verse three. The mark of the hem and you should tell the Jews. The issue should take them this is the fire offering that you One year old two one year old unblemished lambs to me me unblemished to a day continuously. And this will be as a as a continuous ascent offering. This is a warning to the best then reminding them there the ones responsible to make sure that the coin and are doing the all the laws properly when it comes to bringing the sacrifices. Two lambs are brought daily as it means in the simple interpretation two lambs are brought daily. The coin the madras explains that over here it's telling us that the sacrifices had to be brought at the time of the day meaning meaning towards the day. For example tell me to share her. The madras that the constant offering that was brought in the morning should be slaughtered on the west of the altar for Shelby or as much west as a person can get for Shelby the one in the in the evening in the afternoon but I can't tell should be done on the east side closer to that area meaning on the ring that's closest to the east. Verse four. One lamb you must bring in the morning and one lamb you must offer in the afternoon. Even though this is already stated in the Torah reading in the book of Exodus in the Torah reading of Tetzaveh but that this is the way you should do it. That was talking about for the days of installation of the coin and over here the constant civil service laws pertaining to sacrifices were for future generations as well. Verse five. And together with that offering you're going to bring 1/10 of an ephah fine flour for [snorts] a meal offering, a grain offering. The sherman cos is service I am and that will be mixed with a quarter of a hin of crushed olive oil. Mincha this is talking about the meal offering, the grain offering which came with the libations and this is what we're talking about with every single ascent offering there was always a meal offering that was brought with it as well. Verse seven, verse six. It will be a continual ascent offering, one that should be done continuously every single day like the one offered at Mount Sinai to please to God as a fire offering to God. Rashi, what does it mean like the one that was done by Mount Sinai? Those that were done immediately as when the tabernacle was put up right after you got came left Mount Sinai. Another explanation it means Sinai meaning what does it mean made by Mount Sinai? The Torah compares and equates the two of the ascent offering that's brought every day, the continuous one to the ascent offering that was brought to the idea of of an ascent offering at Mount Sinai. That ascent offering that was brought before the giving of the Torah because we know before the Torah was given Mosha built an altar next to Mount Sinai as it says that he built his altar under the mountain and he told the young men to go bring this to to and he sprinkled the Jewish people with the blood with it. Mosha put it the blood into little containers which he used that blood that half of the blood was poured on the altar, the other half of the blood is sprinkled on the Jewish people. telling us is that there's certain vessel that you need in order to sprinkle the blood in the same way that was done. There was a gun nice, there were those vessels that were used by the Mount Sinai, so too by all the other constant offerings that will be brought in the future, you have to use these vessels as well. Verse seven. The new sky of its libation will be a a quarter of a hin. But in the holy on the holy the as a libation of strong wine to to Hashem to God. The new sky that means it's pouring. Yeah, you were talking about wine here. But I just say I love you. It's not cool. They would pour it on the actual altar. There were these little funnels that were put at the side of the altar which that they would pour the wine down on it. What does it mean a strong strong libation? Meaning this refers to that wine which gets people drunk. Probably I am a good day which this is excluding wine which comes straight out of the that meaning that it was just pressed which we would call today grape juice. That does not have it doesn't have any fermentation to it so therefore it doesn't have any alcohol content. And usually it takes about 40 days for fermentation in order to have some type of alcohol content that it would be considered wine and not grape juice. Next verse verse eight. And the second lamb you'll do in the afternoon just like the meal offering in the morning and the libations you will make it as a fire offering to please Hashem. This is pleasant before me the very fact that you're listening to what I told you to do. Verse nine. On the day of you will take two lambs which are unblemished tenths of mincha of flour mixed with oil and its libation. Wine libation together with it. First then the mincha the ascent offering of each shabbos on its shabbos following the continuing continual ascent offering which means the regular one that was brought every single day and its libations as well. Rashi meaning every single shabbos for loyal shabbos do not bring a a sacrifice from one shabbos to another shabbos. There's no making up for it. One would think that maybe if I missed last shabbos from bringing the sacrifice I can bring it the following shabbos. Therefore God says no. on its shabbos. If once the day passes you lost your opportunity and you no longer can bring the sacrifice. I'll shabbos at home and These are in addition to the regular constant offerings that are brought every single day. Meaning the one in the morning and the one in the afternoon you had one of shabbos as well. When was this brought? Between the two constant offerings. You had the one in the morning, the one in the afternoon and in between were all the extras that were brought. Therefore you'll notice that anytime there's an additional sacrifice on a special day it also uses this terminology I'll always at home and telling us that it had to be done between the two constant offerings. There was the constant offering that was brought in the morning, the constant offering that was brought in the afternoon and in between was when you brought the additional sacrifices. Verse 11. Now that we spoke about a special offering on shabbos now we go to Rosh Chodesh. And on the first day of each month which is Rosh Chodesh you must offer an ascent offering to God. Pardon me, the buck is nine it's going to be two young bulls, the eye of a cod, one ram, custom in a show no Shiva to me men, and seven one-year-old lambs that are unblemished. Verse 12. Which lawyers just rain him and then as well you're going to have 3/10 of an effort sailors been called below the ocean and of refined flour mixed with oil and put a half a for each cow for each bull or Schnieder straight and sailors been called below the ocean and 2/10 of an effort of refined flour mixed with oil the eye of a cod for each one of the rams. Rashi. Zeus which lawyers just rain him commission miscarried part like the amount that you brought the three a son and the 3/10 of the effort for the meal elevation and the wine elevation was a half a in so too as it's enumerating so precious and so come as the all this is enumerated in the Tory and which we mentioned previously in chapter 15 about all the details of how each meal offering and wine elevation had to be done over there they're explained clearly and therefore he says that should be applied with every sacrifice that's brought here as well. Verse 13. And 1/10 of an effort fine flour mixed with oil like have a sack out for every lamp oil array this is an ascent offering and a fire offering brought to a sham. Verse 14. The nice cam and it's wine elevation hot to him will be a half a in year a poor will be per bull or schmoozing a in a third of a in the eye of a ram or a view of a in and a quarter of a in. But here is the measurement. Like have a sack for the lamp you in made of wine voice a less a shuttle cut your son of this is the ascent offering that has to be brought each month on the first of the month throughout the month of the year. Verse 14, "Zos aila's chata'i she ma'avar yemer batel korban avishvei l'tashlumim." As we mentioned before, when they use the term b'Shabbos, it means that you can't do it on another Shabbos to make up at a later time. So too in this case, if you miss bringing your one Rosh Chodesh, you cannot make it up on another Rosh Chodesh and it has to be brought at each specific time. Verse 15, "U'sir izim echad l'chatos." One goat will be brought, one male goat as a sin offering, "l'Hashem al eil as atamim." That will be brought after a following the constant offering which is brought every morning, "yei osai shuld be made with niskei together with its libations." "U'sir izim and a young goat, kol siray am usafin bo'im l'chaper al kol tumas mikdash u'kodashav." Anytime that there was an extra goat that was brought on a special occasion and that was brought then another Rosh Chodesh or any other holidays, they were brought to atone for the sin of walking into the holy Temple impure or touching something which was while impure. "Hakol k'mo m'forash b'maseches Shavuos." As it's explained there in the tractate of Shavuos, where the different types of atonements that have to be done and what the atonements of the sin of the that the goat of Yom Kippur is done for, "finishtana Rosh Chodesh." However, the goat that was brought on Rosh Chodesh was different than all other holidays, "shenemar" because it says over here, "l'Hashem" to God, "l'lamedcha" to teach you "shema chata im b'yadai b'chilah v'leiv saf." This is telling you about a sin This is talking about a person who does something inadvertently. Sometimes a person, to begin with, he doesn't know he's doing wrong, but at the end he realized what he did wrong. This is referring to a person who does something inadvertently and he never realized that he actually even did something wrong, not at the beginning and not at the end. "Shema chait" which is meaning that this fellow never even realized he did something wrong and the only one that knows that he did something wrong is "Hakadosh Baruch Hu" that is God himself. "Sha'arei [snorts] Eidim l'ma'eidim einanu." And about this one and for this goat is what Rosh Chodesh atones for. So too the other goats we learn from it as well that it goes for a specific sin that only God may know about it. The midrash about God that the midrash about God explains as well. God said The reason for bringing the sin offering on Rosh Chodesh is because we're atoning for the fact that God diminished the light of the moon and Rosh Chodesh we celebrate the new moon is asking for an atonement of that. All the meaning the that individual it's not talking the it's not only talking about the goat but the entire sacrifice as we mentioned has to be done and all of it after the constant offering was brought. And it all becomes talk about its libations it's referring this is referring to This is talking about the goat because generally there is no libations that are done by a sin offering only for a only for a peace offering and a and a scent offering. So therefore he's telling us besides all the different things that you have done you're going to bring a sin offering besides the meal libation meal offerings and the wine libations so too these and or also as well for them for the constant offering which was brought every single day had a meal offering and a wine libation you're also going to bring the sin offering but generally with the sin offering there was no wine libations brought with it. This concludes the fifth Torah reading of Parshas Pinchas.