Emor 5786

Parsons MR The Torah tells us once again about the the Shulchan that was at the base hamikdash. And the Shulchan served the purpose of being the conduit of parnosa that comes down to this world. And that's symbolized by the lechem uponim the 12 loaves of bread that were put on the Shulchan every single week. So the Gemara, this is the Gemara in maseches Chagigah, but those of you who are learning the daf yomi we had this recently in maseches Menachos as well. The Gemara says over here the mighty shiv a Shulchan haTahor the possuk uses the word the Shulchan haTahor, the holy the the the the the pure Shulchan. It's tahor, not tamei. Says the Gemara in Taanis in Chagigah kuf michalsha hu tamei apparently that Shulchan can become tamei. I I forgot the Gemara kli eitz asher lo nachas ino mekabel tumah. This is called a kli eitz, a wooden keili that's supposed to sit there, it doesn't move around. Such a keili is ino mekabel tumah. Amalavei shemagbiin osoi umarin bo lo eilav kolam lechem uponim. No. They did move the Shulchan three times a year. What did they do three times a year with the Shulchan? They would lift it up and they would show to the people who were oleh regel came to the base hamikdash sholosh pa'amim bashanah and they'd lift up the Shulchan and they'd say "V'omrim lahem ruchi bas chem lifnei hamakom." Look how the Ribono shel Olam loves you. See look like kissidurei. Because we know that they would put the they baked the lechem uponim they put it there on Shabbos and it would remain there the entire week. But just like on the day that they put it in, it was hot fresh bread that's the way it was after a week like that. It was still hot, it was still warm. The Ribono shel Olam is saying this is a siman how much he loves us. Tanya shiv'ah nese gadol na'aseh balachem uponim. What great new miracle? They sit there for a week and they're still fresh and warm. Kissidurei shenemar last lechem lechem cham bayom hilochai. So they went ahead and they showed oleh regel the people came up to the base hamikdash three times a year when they're about to leave they show a neis a miracle that happened in the base hamikdash. What's the miracle? That the bread re- remained warm and fresh for the entire week. Now there were many nisim that happened in the base hamikdash on a daily basis. Why this neis? Of all the things that they demonstrated they demonstrated the Shulchan and the lechem uponim the warm challos that remained warm from week to week. Why that? So I once saw in a sefer I think a very a very interesting pshat. And that is that when the Ribono shel Olam is going ahead and telling us by making the warm the the bread warm, these are the 12 loaves, the 12 challos. Why 12? Connected to shivtei Yisrael the 12 tribes of klal Yisrael. The Yud Beis Shvatim the 12 shvatim each bread connected one of the shvatim. Ribono shel Olam this is how much I love you. You're still warm, you're still fresh by me. Kissidurei, that's the symbolism over there. Ruchi bas chem lifnei hamakom. Ribono shel Olam this is how I demonstrate how much I cherish you, how much I love you. You're still warm by me with me even after a week of sitting over there. That's the chibbas chem lifnei hamakom. That is why perhaps they picked this neis. This actually is a word from Rav Tzadok haKohen miLublin in the Pri Tzaddik. He says this pshat. And what he writes he says is that you're now going back to your cities, to your countries, to your wherever you live. And you know there are 12 shvatim, they're tell 12 different shvatim and guess what? People aren't alike. The shvatim are not alike. Yaakov Avinu had 12 sons, 12 different sons with different koachus and with different personalities and with different uh different person in the whole different gishah philosophy to life. You're going to go back now to your cities and your towns. And you have to live together. There is no only one way that's right. There are multiple ways that are right. Each shevet has its own approach to the Ribono shel Olam. You know there's a halacha in Shulchan Aruch in Orach Chaim that is that we some shuls do shuls do do today. The Shulchan Aruch writes in Hilchos Tefillah siman tzadi tzorech liftoach chalonos ochaloinus keneged Yerushalayim you have to have windows opening towards Yerushalayim kedei sheyispallel kenegdan and you daven opposite them. V'toiv sheyihyu babais hakneses Yud Beis Chalonos. There should be 12 windows. Each window connected to shevet. Why? Cuz there are 12 approaches, there are 12 pathways to the Ribono shel Olam. Not only one way. Reuven has his way, Shimon has his way Levi has his way, Yehudah has his way. And what the Ribono shel Olam says they're all acceptable to me as long as it's al pi das Torah. You know in Yeshivas Ner Yisrael in the Bais Medrash there are 12 windows. In the Agudas Yisrael shul in Baltimore here there are 12 windows. Cuz that's a halacha in Shulchan Aruch. 12 windows connected 12 shvatim. 12 windows 12 pathways to the Ribono shel Olam. 12 approaches. And that is why they lifted up the lechem uponim. The lechem uponim ruchi bas chem lifnei hamakom. See how precious you are to the Ribono shel Olam, all of you. Each one of you with perhaps your only different mahalach. And that's the message that the people should go home with. Yeah, okay, he davens like this, I daven like this. I start with Baruch She'amar, he starts with Hodu. Uh he says hallel on leil Pesach, I don't say hallel be Pesach. You know we have our different minhagim. Sefardim their minhagim, Ashkenazim their minhagim, Chassidim their minhagim, Sefardim their minhagim Teimanim their minhagim. Chibbas chem lifnei hamakom. They're all dear to the Ribono shel Olam. And that's why davka they lifted up the Shulchan with the lechem uponim with the warm bread to say everybody equally is acceptable to the Ribono shel Olam as long as it is al pi das Torah.