{"id":44628,"date":"2018-11-26T21:51:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=44628"},"modified":"2022-06-20T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T14:20:09","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-live-a-life-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/what-does-it-mean-to-live-a-life-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does It Mean To Live A Life Of Service?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[692,707],"acf":{"old_id":"44628","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34285,"related_cahpter":"98","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Learning to live a life that is totally fused with the sacred","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does it mean to live a life of sacred service? To commit oneself to serve, to mediate between the congregation and God? Leviticus chapter 8 articulates a stark vision, laying bare the aspirational opportunities and acute threats of communal service. To prepare Aaron and his sons to act as priests, Moses ceremonially shows them the contours of their commitment. In extreme fashion, he teaches them to surrender their personal lives for the higher goals of the mishkan. He places special clothing on them, carefully circumscribing them in sacred garb, tying the belts around them. The same oil that Moshe sprinkles on the vessels of the mishkan, he sprinkles on the newly minted high priest. And he \u201cbrings them forward (\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1)\u201d to serve in the same way that he brings forward the bull and the ram as sacrifice. Finally, Moses instructs them that they must remain within the sanctuary throughout the period of ordination. Their food will be sacred; they must eat it at the opening of the tent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is high drama, a carefully choreographed spectacle, carried out by Moses but instructed by God. And although the congregation is assembled to watch, the priests are the real audience. Moses is schooling them in the lesson he has learned on the job. To serve the congregation and to fill the critical space between the masses and God means to relinquish the hold on one\u2019s personal space, needs, and wants. It means ceding control of one\u2019s personal narrative, loosening the grip on one\u2019s family ties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it also means learning to live a life that is totally fused with the sacred. Where one\u2019s every move &#8212; down to the most mundane of acts and moments&#8211; is aligned with divine connection. Serving the community in this capacity can bridge the yawning gap between the ordinary and the sacred and help others meet their need to elevate themselves, reach out to God, and deepen their awareness of the transcendent. Giving up a measure of the personal, communal servants anchors the sacred center for the multitude, keeping the flame flickering every day. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":54508,"id":54508,"title":"jo21-levites","filename":"jo21-levites.jpeg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo21-levites.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/levites-living-on-the-margins\/jo21-levites\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jo21-levites","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":54507,"date":"2019-04-29 14:08:48","modified":"2022-08-10 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