Shavuah Tov! Wishing everyone a joyous week full of good times and blessings.
This week we read Parasha “Tzav” and we continue learning about the sacrifices performed in the Tabernacle.
“Then (the priest) shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry forth the ashes out of the camp into a pure place.”(Vayikra 6:4)
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch commented: “the taking out of the ashes that remained on the altar from the previous day expressed the thought that with each new day the Torah mission must be accomplished afresh, as if nothing had yet been accomplished.”
Every new day is a complete new moment in time, there is always something new to do and something new to learn.
We should never become stale in our lives and look at each day the same way every day.
Complacency is a dangerous feeling which can bring a person to a very not productive life.
“Carry forth the ashes out of the camp.” Every trace of yesterday’s sacrifice is to be removed so that the service of the new day can be started on completely fresh ground. This gives us also an insight of why the priest had to change his garments when he would be busy with the disposal of the ashes of the previous day.The past is not to be forgotten, but it must be retired to the background, and it’s not to invest us with pride before the fresh task to which each new day calls us. (Rabbi Hirsch commentary).
On another note, I once heard Rabbi Pliskin ask the question: “why do grownups can’t wait to go to sleep, while children fight to go to sleep?” Because adults tend to loose that loving feeling towards life, we get easily tired from all our responsibilities and challenges. Children on the other hand, don’t want to miss a beat, they are full of wonder and awe towards life. They don’t want to go to sleep because maybe they’ll miss out on something.
We should strive to have that inner child active in us always.
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