Shnayim Yomi - Emor - Rabbi Meir Gavriel Elbaz - DVAR TORAH

Shalom aleichem Shabbat Shalom. Wow, what a week. Parshat Emor action packed chock-full of mitzvot the Shabbat and mo'adim and kehuna and korbanot. So much to speak about. Right at the end of Parshat Emor something that we didn't touch on previously the Torah speaks about the lechem apanim the double bread which was stacked on the shulchan inside the Beit Hamikdash. The Gemara at the end of Masechet Chagigah discusses that when Am Yisrael would gather together would be olah l'regel make the pilgrimage to the Beit Hamikdash during the three festivals Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot in order to show how beloved Am Yisrael was to Hakadosh Baruch Hu the Kohanim would pick up would lift the shulchan with the lechem apanim and bring it outside to the Azarat Yisrael where Am Yisrael stood and they showed them and they said, "Look, nine-day-old bread. Look at the nes and it stays fresh and hot. Look at how much Hakadosh Baruch Hu loves you." You know, Chazal teach us that the used to mock Am Yisrael about the mitzvah of lechem apanim. They said, "You have a God like Hakadosh Baruch Hu and you're serving Him in the Beit Hamikdash nine-day-old bread?" And our response to that is "He ain't nothing yet." That's exa- exactly the the place that it came from. Look how beloved we are. Look at the nissim that Hakadosh Baruch Hu makes happen in the Beit Hamikdash. This bread stayed fresh and hot for nine days. They would give out the lechem apanim on Shabbat as the mishmarot as the different shifts of Kohanim switched on that Shabbat. And that just shows the rest of the nations of the world. You see, this is just a glimpse of the miracles and the wonders that Hakadosh Baruch Hu performed in the Beit Hamikdash out of his abundance of love for Am Yisrael which doesn't even, you know, it's a glimmer just a drop in the sea of all of the miracles that Hakadosh Baruch Hu does for us in our individual individual lives in you know in our families that's just the nising that happened there. Look around just ponder it for a second. Look how good is to us. He gives us life. He gives us gives us health and that you know the big nising like this the at the end of reverberates his his words ringing in our ears from the big nising that does with us that always serves as a reminder of the will call it the miniature less obvious nising that happened in our own lives. It's such a such a merit and a privilege to be part of such a wonderful nation and serve together. It's been a wonderful privilege to spend the week with you and hopefully we can all be together in the spa of lengthens a person's life just by delving into the the it's how we tap into our energy source given to us by the actual Thank you for being with me this week. Have a wonderful day and shalom aleichem.