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Poor Dorothy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following a wild goose chase through Oz orchestrated by Good Witch Glinda, the movie concludes with Dorothy beseeching Glinda for help returning to Kansas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve always had the power to return,\u201d Glinda answers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me before?\u201d cries Dorothy, exasperated after being assailed by snarlling trees, malevolent flying monkeys, the wicked witch, and an interminable trek down the yellow brick road.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou had to learn it yourself,\u201d Glinda preaches.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leviticus 1-6 teaches, in painstaking detail, the step-by- step guide to the laws of Korbanot, animal sacrifice and meal offerings brought into the sanctuary. This portion is not for the faint of heart. God explains that you \u201cshall slaughter it on the northern side of the altar… shall dash its blood upon the altar, around… cut it into its [prescribed] sections, with its head and its fat, and the kohen shall arrange them on top of the wood…\u201d (Leviticus 1: 11-13). Leviticus continues, explaining the detailed steps for disposition of the sacrifices\u2019 entrails, and how to incise a sacrifice without tearing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

If God only wanted the Israelites to sacrifice animals as sin offerings, why jump through multiple hoops to get the job done? Did God truly care about which side of the alter the animal was slaughtered on? Or that it was important to lean \u201cforcefully\u201d upon the head of the burnt offering? (Leviticus 1:4) Undoubtedly, just killing the animal would be much easier.<\/span><\/p>\n

By mandating these time-consuming, manually intensive, emotional steps for animal sacrifice, God teaches that repenting of sin is not merely about checking off a to-do list. Just as Glinda required Dorothy to learn through her journey, God teaches through Leviticus’ detailed Korbanot instructions that it is not about a means to an end, but rather that there is value in the journey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, we obviously no longer practice animal sacrifice. However, Leviticus’ lessons still elucidate the meaning of being a Jew. When we pray the V\u2019Ahavta, \u201cyou shall love,\u201d he paragraph after the Shma\u2019 prayer, it is insufficient to mouth the words; instead, we must focus on what we do each day to love God with \u201call our heart, all our soul, and all our might.\u201d It is not enough to affix a mezuzah to the doorpost of your home; instead, we must make an effort to bring the words of God into our daily lives inside of our homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

May we continually remember to appreciate, not the end goal, but rather our mindful journey on that yellow brick road.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":93470,"id":93470,"title":"job1-land of oz","filename":"job1-land-of-oz.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/job1-land-of-oz.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/welcome-to-the-land-of-oz\/job1-land-of-oz\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"job1-land-of-oz","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":93469,"date":"2021-05-25 09:17:00","modified":"2022-06-12 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