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No One Saw That, Parshat Vayikra
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When deeds are done in private, but hoping they are still noticed. Charlene talks about this in this week's Shabbat Shmooze. Find more inspiration on Shabbat Shmooze with Charlene: https://www.kosher.com/shows/shabbat-shmooze-with-charlene/
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Welcome back to another episode of
Shabbat News. I'm back, but I think my
Jacob did an awesome job and I think you
might be hearing from my Zachary very
soon as well. There was a little gorale
between the two of them and Jacob Juan.
So, he recorded last week Vayak Pic.
Stay tuned for another Ammon recording
in on the horizon guys. New book, new
safer parhat vikra.
This para is really all about the
corbanote. But there's one puk from in
this para that shapes the way we are
meant to serve hashem. The puk is
when a person from among you brings an
offering
from you. Mikm from you. So, Hashem is
saying bring corbanod, bring from all
types of animals and and different types
of ton and bakar and it's it's going
into so much detail, but that one word
mikm from you is what we're really going
to focus on. And with focusing on this
one pok, this one word of giving a to
hashem from you. Let's dive into what
that really means. There's something
called lip service where you could just
open up a tahillim and just start
davening or put up a sitter and just
stand there and shuckle and shul but
your mind is scattered. You're
disconnected. You're not connecting. You
don't know what's going on. And that's
not really a service. That's not really
an avod. That's not really a corban. So
what Hashem is saying is yes, give me
the corbanote, but give it from you.
So we're going to connect this to the
very first word of parhat vaikra. The
very first word of safer vayikra starts
with the word vayikra and hashem called
tamosha. But everybody here if if you've
been following long enough you probably
heard the drussa the concept that the
word vikra is spelled all in big fonts
except for the alf at the end. The
little alf at the end is a very
fascinating amazing story. Hashem called
to Moshe. Hashem was so in love with
Moshe and it was it's a term of
endearment and he called. But Moshe
being the greatest human and force who
ever lived and the paradigm of anav of
of humility. He didn't want for him to
write in the Torah such a word of
intimacy and closeness and cavod from
Hashem. He it was too honoring for
Hashem to call to Moshe. So Moshe argued
with Hashem and said, "I don't want to
write the word vayikra. I want to write
the word vikar." And he called upon him.
It's a little more casual, a little less
connected, a little less intimate. But
Hashem said, "No,
and I called to you." And it went back
and forth until finally Moshe agreed and
he wrote the word vayikra but he shrunk
down the last olive to represent his
humility because he he didn't feel
comfortable getting that recognition and
kavot from hashem.
So to connect the concept of giving a
corban and this beautiful idea of the
small olive there's a story that really
resonated with me. Um it's a true story
about a woman a young woman who had
moved to a new community right after she
got married. She quickly became very
popular and very loved. Um, people saw
that she's very capable and with it and
cool and stylish and she just had a lot
going on for her. So, they asked her to
help out with a very large women's event
and she was excellent, like the perfect
party planner. She worked tirelessly
late nights, uh, endless details. She
had a flare for design and for
organization and she was doing
everything behind the scenes. But
quietly a thought formed in her mind.
She thought, "Wow, this is my my foray
into this new community. Maybe this is
going to gain me some recognition. Maybe
they'll know that kind of a big deal."
And the night of the event came and
everything was beautiful. She walked in
scanning for her seats. She sees the
front seats are reserved. The middle is
full. Organizers tables all taken. And
she looks around and she sees there's no
seat for her. Nothing. She planned this
entire event. She handled all the
details meticulously, executing
everything to perfection. The place
looked spectacular, but there was no
place for her to sit. And then someone
called out from the very, very back,
"Hi, there's a seat over here. Come."
And she thought to herself, me, I I made
this. This is my event. Am I actually
going to go and sit in the back of the
room with the normal people?
And she began to to walk towards the
back. And inside she was really hurting.
She kept thinking, "For everything I
did, this is where I sit." And people
would have said, "She's right. She
should have been sitting in the front."
But then a different thought entered her
mind. She said, "Who did I do this for?
Did I do this for me, for cavode, for
honor, for applause, for praise, for
recognition?
Or did I do this for Hashem?" And right
then in the back of that room, she made
a decision. No acknowledgement, no
validation, no recognition. And from in
her heart, she said, "Hashem,
this is my corban to you. This is going
to be my lishma gift. I don't want
recognition. I don't want applause. I
don't want anything.
And then later on, she said, "In that
moment, I felt closer to Hashem than I
ever had before."
So sometimes in life, my friends, Hashem
moves us to the back of the room, but
that's where we could finally feel close
to him. When we want to show Hashem that
we want to give a corban to him, we want
to be close to him. the word corban and
kov close they're so connected we want
to give something to hashem so what do
we have to do we got to go back to the
first word of the para vikra we got to
look at that last letter of the olive
shrink ourselves down to make more space
for hashem
this is the ultimate corban we can give
make a little olive so you can make big
space in your world for Hashem's shina
to dwell and for hashem's
to shine. So for this week's spiritual
homework, we are going to do something
very fun.
We are going to do
we're going to work hard not for anyone
to say, "Ah, you're so amazing. You're
super mom. You're super wife. You're
superwoman. You're the best cook. Your
hala is amazing." We are going to
absolutely not look for applause. We're
going to absolutely not look for kavot
or recognition. And we're going to do it
as our corban to Hashem
from us from our hearts directly to
Hashem. And seeing as how this week we
usher in Nisan and this is the month of
Gaul want to give everybody a braha that
may we as we're watching this may the
chauffear blow and may we relocate from
our dining room tables to the front of
the beta mikdash with the coming of
Mashiach.
Amen. I love you guys. Wishing you a
wonderful, happy, healthy Shabbat
shalom.