Almost Shabbos

I have a headache, hopefully Shabbos will take it away. I want to thank the friends and family, as well as lurkers who visit here to read what`s going on in my external and internal life. I am grateful to G-d for this space. I want to wish everyone well in general and in particular a Shabbat which enhances our shalom.

We went to a waterfall today and then a mall. I shared my thoughts on Vayikra with a colleague. I want to speak about us trying to be people, that that`s what being spiritual - at entry level - is about. That`s the symbolism behind sacrifices, that we are not animals. This is hinted to by the use of the word "Adam" for man. We are correcting the mistake of the first man, thinking people are like animals (this mistake has been made over, including at the time of the sin of the golden calf). That`s based on Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky.

Rav Zevin points out that the phrasing of the Torah`s introduction to korbanot does not translate to mean that a man from our midst sacrifices, rather it reads that we must sacrifice from our midst. The idea is that we have to devote out lives to G-d from deep inside.

A korban does not translate to mean sacrifice, it means an action toward increasing closeness. We are told by Dovid Hamelech that the only good he ever knew was closeness to G-d. Also, he advised that we `"taste and see that G-d is good." We can`t simply look and see, we need to experience G-d. When it comes to the deepest of the deep only after tasting does seeing follow.

It`s not

about space

proximity

touching

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In truth

you taste it

kirvah

closeness