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VORT ON THE PARSHA
פרשת שמיני
Parshas Shemini
ויקטר על המזבח מלבד עולת הבוקר (שמיני ט:יז)
And caused it to go up in smoke on the Alter: aside from the morning elevation offeringThe two stokes break up the words in this passuk to show that until this point, one cannot drink wine – אל תשת. And from hereafter, when you are allowed to drink wine.
“אתה ובניך אתך” – just when you sit together with your household on Pesach, Shabbos, Yom Tov
“בבואך אל אוהל מועד” – when you make a חנוכת הבית – celebration of moving into a new home,
“ולא תמתו” – when one is saved from danger and makes a סעודת הודעה – a thanksgiving meal,
“חקת עולם” – by a bris milah which is a ‘חק’ (a mitzvah we don’t understand)
“לדורותיכם” – during a wedding (a wedding creates generations)
“ולהבדיל בין הקודש ובין החול” – during Kiddush on Shabbos and havdalah on Motzei Shabbos when we separate between the weekday and the weekend, and
“בין הטמא ובין הטהור” – Purim, when one separates between the tainted Haman and the clean Mordechai
“ולהורות את בני ישראל” – during a Siyum for a Mesechta (להורות is a phrase used for learning, like Torah).
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