Tzav - It's Okay To Say It Hurts

Hi, this is Wyloski with the Parsha in 5, where in 5 minutes we try to give you a little insight into the Parsha that hopefully will enhance your Shabbos. The second half of Parshas Sav deals with the seven what are called Yemei Hamelu'im. The seven days where we are going through the process of dedicating the Mishkan and the Kohanim, getting them ready. So, Moshe Rabbeinu was acting as the Kohen Gadol, and every day he would dress the Kohanim up in the special bigdei kehunah, and they would assemble the Mishkan, and they would bring a series of korbanos, and then at the end, they would take the whole thing apart, and they would settle down for the night, and then they would start over again. And they would do this for seven days, until the end, Moshe Rabbeinu transferred over the kehunah to the Kohanim. He gave up his role as a Kohen, and Aaron and his sons became the Kohanim. It's interesting that Moshe Rabbeinu lost the kehunah in Parshas Shemos, where he was fighting with Hakadosh Baruch Hu not to make him the leader because he would have to take the leadership away from his brother Aaron, and he didn't want to hurt his brother. And finally, Hashem says, "Stop fighting with me, but you should know, because you can fight with me, you're going to lose the kehunah, and it's going to go to your brother." That's why, since Moshe's name got left out of one Parsha in the Torah, it was Tetzaveh, which is talking about the dinim of the Kohanim. It's interesting. Sav repeats the second half of Parshas Tetzaveh, the second half of Sav. Sav, Tetzaveh, you see the connection there? Anyway, so Rashi says, uh brings a machlokes whether or not this made an impression on Moshe. Cuz it says "charon af". And so he brings a machlokes, and the first mande amar says that normally, whenever it says God got angry, something always happens. And here, nothing happened. And the other mande amar says, "What are you talking about? Moshe lost the kehunah." So, Chaim Soloveitchik says, "You can't have a machlokes where one says nothing happened, and the other one says he lost the kehunah." So, he says, "For sure he lost the kehunah, but it didn't bother him cuz he was happy that it went to his brother." And yet, four times in the Torah you find what's called a shalsheles. It's a very special trope. Only it shows up four times, and one of them is in this week's Parsha, on the word "va va when Moshe shochets the korban that's going to make Aaron the Kohen Gadol and take it away from him. And whenever you find a shalsheles, it's always because there's an internal struggle. So, when Yosef is being tempted by Aishes Potiphar, there's a shalsheles. When the malachim are trying to take Lot out of the city, there's a shalsheles cuz he doesn't want to leave. Doesn't want to go, and he's he's delaying. Moshe Rabbeinu was so happy that the kehunah was going to his brother Aaron. He so loved his brother, but he knew what he was losing. He knew that he was the Kohen Gadol for one week, and now the avodah was being taken away from him. Because sometimes we can have more than one feeling. Avraham Avinu is happy to do ratzon Hashem and take his only son up the mountain and kill him, but as he's doing it, tears are falling from his eyes. And when Hashem says, "Stop," he says, "Uh-oh, did I do something wrong? Did I mess it up?" Not just, "Oh, good, I'm glad that's over." I want to do the right thing, but I recognize it's hard. Moshe wanted to give this to his brother, but to let go hurts. And sometimes in our lives, we have to give something over to somebody else, and we know it's the right thing to do, and it's okay to say it hurts to have to let go. I want you to have a good Shabbos. Rabbi Laski, Rabbi Laski. Yes? Is the Laski Pesach program still happening? Of course. My Pesach plans fell through. Do you happen to have any available rooms? Well, the truth is, we were totally sold out by Tu Bishvat, but because of the current situation, the skies over Israel closed, and there's a lot of people [music] who had to cancel who were going to come in from outside of Eretz Yisrael. So, yes, we do have some rooms available. Is the hotel equipped with the proper safety equipment? >> It is very safe. We have bomb shelters, we have secure areas. I would not take people to a place that I didn't think was dangerous. [music] Rabbi Laski, is there still going to be a day camp? Yes, we've got the counselors lined up. They're very excited to run it. I hope they'll have a wonderful time in our Pesach program. How about bouncy castles? Bouncy castles? We're going to have bouncy castles the whole Pesach. We're going to have animal shows, we're going to have magic shows, we're going to have all kinds of fun things. >> Okay, I'll make sure to tell my parents. That's great. So, tell your parents to click on the link below.