{"id":48535,"date":"2019-01-30T21:16:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T19:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=48535"},"modified":"2022-08-25T07:02:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T04:02:21","slug":"sacrifices-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/sacrifices-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacrifices \u2013 Then And Now"},"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":[384,363,387],"acf":{"old_id":"48535","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"145","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"God doesn\u2019t need food or drink, so what\u2019s going on?","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our chapter deals with various sacrifices to be offered to God on various occasions. To begin with God tells Moses: \u201cCommand the children of Israel and say unto them: \u2018My food which is presented unto Me for offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Me, shall you observe to offer unto Me in its due season\u2019\u201d (28:2). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rabbinic sages were disturbed by the apparent anthropomorphism inherent in the depiction of God demanding \u201cmy food\u201d (<em>lahmi<\/em>, literally \u201cmy bread\u201d). The Midrash (Numbers Rabbah, Chapter 21) addresses this problem by having God say: I ask for sacrifices not because I require food, for there is no eating or drinking before Me. Indeed, the ministering angels are sustained not by any physical food but from the spiritual radiance (<em>ziv<\/em>) of the Shekhinah. And even Moses, when he was on Mount Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights, neither ate nor drank (see Exodus 34:28). Human kings are just the opposite. Solomon\u2019s provisions for just one day were enormous (see I Kings 5:2-3). Every day, each of his 1000 wives prepared such a meal hoping that he would dine with her that evening. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God told Israel: From the beginning of time, I created three beasts that consume every day even more vast amounts of food and drink. This is to fatten up the Behemoth (a giant ox), the Leviathan (a giant fish) and the Ziz (a giant fowl) that will be sacrificed and served up to the righteous of Israel at the Messianic banquet at the end of days. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, the Holy One, blessed be He, says to Israel: My children! It is not because I need to eat and drink that I commanded you to offer to me sacrifices. 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