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The Yeshiva.net — Tetzaveh 5783

Выпуск: The Yeshiva.net — Tetzaveh 5783. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. 2/19/23, 11:17 AM TheYeshiva.net A Tale of Two Pots Dealing with the Tension of the Human Personality Rabbi YY Jacobson 3 Adar I 5771 Linking the apron and the breastplate There is an intriguing mitzvah (commandment) recorded in this week’s Torah portion: “And they shall bind the choshen (breastplate) by its rings to the rings of the ephod (apron) ... so that the choshen shall not budge from the ephod[1].” The meaning of these words is this: The choshen (breastplate) and the ephod (apron) were two of the eight special garments worn by the High Priest (Kohen Gadol) while performing the services in the Tabernacle. https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/833/print-view 1/2 2/19/23, 11:17 AM TheYeshiva.net Hence, the Torah instructs us to tightly link the breastplate to the apron, “so that the choshen shall not budge from the ephod.” We must somehow learn to integrate the two parts of the self, without escaping into either element. The Acronym of the word ephod is “Alamda phoseim derachecah v’chataim (alecah yashovo),” which means: “I will teach transgressors your ways and sinners (will return to you)” (Psalms 51:15), while the acronym of choshen is “shomer nafshos chasiduv” (Psalms 97:11), which means, “He guards the lives of His devout ones.” The two garments represent two very different types of individuals, the tzaddik and the baal-teshuvah, the spiritually devout and pious human being and the struggler who returns to G-d after stumbling and falling (Emrei Noam to Parshas Tetzaveh). You must come to terms with the truth that the “breastplate” and the “apron” together constitute the very objective of existence, to confront darkness and transform it into light, to create harmony out of the building blocks of diversity. The breast-plate represented those individuals whose hearts were aflame with spiritual passion and ecstasy, while the apron symbolized the people who struggled with backward temptations, the crass and lowly impulses and dispositions[3]. [4] ) This essay is based on Panim Yafos, Or Hatorah, Divrei Yechezkel and Emrei Noam to Parshas Tetzaveh; and an address by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Adar 21, 5748, March 10, 1988, published in Sefer Hasichos 5748 vol. The two garments – the breastplate seated atop the heart and the apron

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19 февраля 2023 г.

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