Drash Cards for Tetzaveh (5773)<\/b><\/p>\n
by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n
\u2022 Last week we learned that it took about 35 verses to create the world but about 450 to describe the Mishkan. \u00a0This week there are 42 verses about the clothing for Aaron and his sons. \u00a0 What are we to learn from this?<\/p>\n
\u2022 Clothes make the man — and you heard it first in the Torah.<\/p>\n
\u2022 But then, in Ch 29, v 4-7 Moshe washes (Rashi says total immersion) and anoints them, which seems a bit subservient for the greatest prophet ever. From this we learn that Chesed sometimes involves menial tasks.<\/p>\n
\u2022 That is, the lowliest job can have holiness if it is done with the right intention — Moshe considered it a great honor to dress his old brother\/the Cohen Gadol.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Happiness itself consists of seeing life in its entirety as meaningful and worthwhile and we can find that everywhere \u00a0— our way to a meaningful life is to seek opportunities to bring holiness to the world through acts of Chesed.<\/p>\n
\u2022 And that is the meaning of Aaron’s clothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Drash Cards for Tetzaveh (5773) by Marc Mangel \u2022 Last week we learned that it took about 35 verses to create the world but about 450 to describe the Mishkan. \u00a0This week there are 42 verses about the clothing for Aaron and his sons. \u00a0 What are we to learn from this? \u2022 Clothes make … Continue reading