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The first sacrifice discussed in Numbers 28 is known as the \u201cKorban Tamid<\/em>\u201d which was offered daily, opening the Tabernacle\/Temple\u2019s work each day, and concluding the regular service in the afternoon: \u201cAs a regular burnt offering every day, two yearling lambs without blemish. You shall offer one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight\u2026\u201d ( 28:3-4).<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n

While sacrifices are generally categorized as rituals between God and man and therefore not subject to broad, theological interpretation, the <\/span>korban tamid<\/em> <\/span>is specifically mentioned in a rabbinic source as being profoundly meaningful.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cLove your fellow as yourself\u201d (Lev. 19:18) - Rabbi Akiva says: This is a great rule of the Torah. Ben Azai says: \u201cThis is the record of Adam\u2019s line. (<\/span>When God created humankind, it was made in the likeness of God<\/span><\/i>)\u201d (Gen. 5:1).\u00a0 This is a great rule of the Torah\u2026 (Yerushalmi Nedarim 9:4)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A third view is quoted by R. Yaakov Ibn Chaviv in his introduction to his work, <\/span>Ein Yaakov<\/span><\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shimon ben Pazi says: \u201cWe have found a verse that is more inclusive, and it is: \u2018You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb at twilight\u2019\u201d (Ex. 29:39, a previous mention of the sacrifice).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Apparently, in Shimon ben Pazi\u2019s opinion, a quality reflected in the regular sacrifice that was offered 365 days each year, surpasses rules of social morality. The <\/span>korban tamid<\/em> <\/span>represents regularly worshiping God, <\/span>both<\/em> <\/span>on the spiritual and social plane. It is not enough to feel love towards others, or even to consider them as a representation of God\u2019s image; one has to regularly observe God\u2019s law, ritually and socially.\u00a0 This idea is communicated via the daily offering of the \u201c<\/span>tamid<\/span><\/em>\u201d sacrifice. Judaism emphasizes action rather than faith and sentiment, beginning with the nation-wide commitment: \u201cAll that God has spoken we will <\/span>do<\/span>!\u201d (Ex. 19:8).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Now that the Temple is no longer functioning, and many of its rituals have been reworked so that Jews could continue their relationship to the commandments in \u201cdo-able\u201d form, it is significant to note that the sacrificial cult has been replaced by regular personal prayer, in the spirit of Hosea 14:3: \u201cInstead of bulls, we will pay (<\/span>the offering of<\/span><\/i>) our lips.\u201d While numerous repetitions could render sacrifices rote, the same could be true with respect to prayer. In order for prayer to serve a meaningful end as did sacrifices, it is necessary that we should aspire to every mention of God\u2019s name serving as a reflection of our ritual commitment, and the blessings we speak, e.g., for the sick, the poor, and the spiritually bereft, inspire actually helping those populations in any way that we can. 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Sit in most shuls during the Passover holiday and you probably experienced this phenomena. After the initial reading, the second Torah scroll is opened up for maftir reading. The reading is from chapter 28 in Numbers. Everything seems normal until the reader finishes verse 23, and suddenly, everyone in the room yells out the notation of the first word of verse 24: \u201cKA\u2019ELEH!!\u201d (like these) Jewish Whatsapp and Facebook groups are also full of \u201cKAELEH!\u201d memes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What does this word mean and why does it appear here in the discussion of the Passover holiday?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Chizkuni compares chapter 28 of Numbers with chapter 23 of Leviticus. In chapter 23 of Leviticus, God detailed the rules of the holidays as they related to the land. In this chapter, God provides the details of the offerings. Therefore, the word <\/span>ka\u2019eleh<\/em> <\/span>(like these) is meant to modify the previous listing to explain the offerings like these are given. Chizkuni\u2019s answer does not explain why <\/span>ka\u2019eleh<\/em> <\/span>only appears with the rules for Passover. It also only connects to chapter 23 of Leviticus, but not the other times that the holidays are mentioned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi addresses the Passover question by explaining that <\/span>ka\u2019eleh<\/em> <\/span>is meant to modify the offerings of Passover with the offerings of Sukkot discussed in chapter 29. The Sukkot offerings gradually decrease in number over the holiday, while the Passover ones stay constant. The problem with Rashi is that Passover is discussed before Sukkot. Why would the Torah need to modify something that it has not yet mentioned? Malbim modifies Rashi slightly and explains that <\/span>ka\u2019elah<\/em> <\/span>is meant to emphasize that these are the specific sacrifices given on that day to avoid any confusion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps <\/span>ka\u2019eleh<\/em> <\/span>is meant to distinguish these Passover rules from the previous Passover. The only holiday celebrated so far is Passover and each of them has been slightly different. 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Oy. Can't we Jews ever just have fun? Why is it that on every holiday, with every celebration, along with all of the festive sacrifices, a sin offering is brought? These sin offerings even have a faint echo nowadays in the series of fasts known as Beha\"b, fasts on the Monday, Thursday, and Monday following a festival, to atone for any impropriety that may have come along with all the merriment.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But rather than see this recognition of sin in a negative light, it can be seen as a healthy acknowledgment that sin is a part of life. It shouldn't be ignored- a time and place should be dedicated to atonement, but it needn't be obsessed over, or feared. Perhaps it can even be celebrated.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After all, God asks that we bring a sin offering for him as well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Picking up on the unique formulation used for the sin offering of Rosh Chodesh, \"a sin offering <\/span>for God\", <\/span><\/i>Resh Lakish boldly suggests that God is asking the Jewish people to atone for His sin of lessening the light of the moon at the dawn (sorry, moon) of creation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What's interesting about Resh Lakish's interpretation is not only that God is apologizing, but that God is apologizing for something we see positively. Being small has its advantages. The Midrash points out that the moon's diminution allows it to be present during the day as well as the night, and this is taken as a symbol for the Jewish people, who will exist in this world and the world to come, despite their diminutive stature compared to the nations. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

When we bless the moon when it is at its smallest, we focus on its ability to renew itself. The moon represents the possibility of growth, and so the Jewish people are a moon people, aspiring to continual growth and renewal. Which explains why God is apologizing for something positive. He is simply modeling the gift He has given the Jewish people. What allows for the waxing of the moon is its waning, and what allows for growth is the ability to make mistakes, and to apologize for them. Every holiday, we are invited to emulate God, to celebrate our sins, and the opportunity to atone for them. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n


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After commanding precise food offerings and times for them to be offered, God commands a sin offering on the new moon, and during <\/span>Pesach<\/span><\/i>. One who sins makes an extra offering for atonement. The word used in this chapter is <\/span>kaper<\/span><\/em>, as in <\/span>Yom Kippur<\/span><\/em>, Day of Atonement. \u00a0God offers us chances to atone multiple times per year. The fact that God offers us times of atonement is also a recognition that we are going to need them, that we are definitely going to sin; to miss the mark in some way at sometimes. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

God recognizes the perfection in our imperfection here. It\u2019s as if She says, \u201cOffer to me at these times! Oh, and here is what to do when you don\u2019t.\u201d \u00a0There is no punishment, but an opportunity is bestowed. The sinner is asked to make an additional offering to God. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Wrongdoing creates an opportunity to give God an extra gift. This is not an encouragement to sin, but rather an affirmation that we will indeed sin, and that when we do, we get to atone. \u00a0When wrongdoing occurs, guilt often arises in hindsight. Guilt is filled with wisdom; the feeling arises to remind us to atone; to remind us to make the wrongdoing into an offering. Instead, what so often happens is that we use the guilt to punish ourselves, we beat ourselves up and hide away in shame. \u00a0We treat ourselves as if we were supposed to be perfect, as if we were supposed to be flawless in our actions. Our Creator, however, knows well that we will sin, hence the myriad times to atone. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

We strive to do good in the world, and part of that process is messing up, it\u2019s inevitable, we are wired to. 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One celebration which used to be quite prominent in Biblical times has been relegated to a place of lesser prominence in post-Biblical practice, and it deserves another look: <\/span>Rosh Hodesh<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>the New Moon.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this chapter and the following, the festivals of the calendar are detailed at length. What is noteworthy in that regard is that <\/span>Rosh Hodesh<\/span><\/em> gets the same number of offerings as the other major sacred occasions \u2013 a sure sign that it was of equal importance to those other holy times.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To understand the context in which <\/span>Rosh Hodesh<\/span><\/em> was so important, it is worth recalling the place of the moon in ancient pagan religions. For many of them, the moon represented a powerful goddess, whose worship often effected fertility and sustenance. In a world in which people worshiped nature as though it were divine (pantheism), the moon was an attractive and frightening divinity. The genius of traditional Judaism was to refashion (rather than flatly reject) those powerful symbols, making clear that divinity did not inhere in nature or in simple being, but was a constant gift of the God who was and is the source of nature and of life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In that regard, the Torah offers a fascinating hint, calling for the offering of \u201cone goat as a sin offering to the Lord.\u201d That expression occurs for no other festival, anywhere else in the entire Torah. Why does it have to be here?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What had been pagan ritual was now transformed to meet the purposes of ethical monotheism. \u00a0The light of the moon now illuminates the riches of Torah and the sovereignty of the <\/span>Ribbono shel Olam<\/span><\/em>, the Commander of Space\/Time. The new phase of the moon becomes a time to praise God for the reliable cycles of nature. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

A few nights after Rosh Hodesh, Jews gather for the ritual of <\/span>Kiddush Levanah<\/span><\/em>, sanctification in response to the new moon. That ritual consists of reciting a psalm that firmly establishes God as the author of the natural order, noting that the sun, moon and stars do God\u2019s will reliably (and implying that we should too). In reference to this lovely custom, one Talmudic rabbi claimed that \u201cone who blesses the New Moon is regarded as one who greets the <\/span>Shekhinah<\/span><\/em> (the face of God).\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Blessings the New Moon is like seeing God\u2019s face, because when Jews gather to bless the moon we do so as an act of fidelity to the God who made the moon, who continues to pour supernal light on the world through the agency of the renewing moon, the rising sun and the glistening stars of the night sky.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Numbers 28-29 contains a long list of the annual festivals and their accompanying sacrifices. \u00a0These are the holidays that the Israelites were commanded to observe, and that Jews around the world still celebrate. The text then lists the sacrifices that ought to be offered every day, on Sabbath, Rosh Hodesh (the New Month), Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. Portions of these chapters are still part of the Torah reading (the <\/span>maftir<\/span><\/em>) for the holidays, and so they are read in synagogue many times each year. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The first-century Jewish philosopher and exegete, Philo of Alexandria, interpreted these chapters in his multi-book work, <\/span>The Special Laws<\/span><\/i>. This work, written in Greek, was addressed to those who wanted to learn about the basic laws and customs of the Jews. \u00a0There is much to say about Philo\u2019s explanations of the holidays. He tries his best to universalize their meaning and significance so that they could be understandable, logical, compelling, and appealing to those beyond his community. He offers unique interpretations of their numerical significance, their relationship to nature and the natural world, and the ways in which their observance cultivates values of integrity, industriousness, and gratitude.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Of special interest is the festival with which Philo decides to begin his list: the festival of every day. When Philo reads Numbers 28:3-8 about the <\/span>tamid<\/span><\/em> offering (<\/span>tamid<\/em> <\/span>literally means \u201calways\u201d or \u201cat all times\u201d), the daily offering in the tabernacle, he understands that the requirement of a daily offering teaches us an important lesson about how we ought to relate to each day. \u00a0Philo explains that the <\/span>tamid<\/em> <\/span>offering teaches us that every day is a festival, if people choose to make each day a festival. If they do so \u2013 which, for Philo, entails contemplation of wisdom and the cosmos and the pursuit of peace and justice, but for every person might mean something different \u2013 then one\u2019s whole life, from birth to death, becomes \u201cone continuous feast.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

What Philo does is encourage us to celebrate each day \u2013 not to take time for granted, but to make the most of it. He doesn\u2019t make this suggestion in the abstract, but rather in very practical terms: if we remember the daily offering in the tabernacle, then we will remember not to waste the day with the wrong tasks, but rather to let our values guide the decisions we make about how to use our time well. That is, he argues that it is important not only to celebrate holidays once each year and to make certain times, like Shabbat, sacred and different. \u00a0He also sees the value in using <\/span>all<\/em> <\/span>of our time in ways that are sacred. Philo explains that we ought to celebrate <\/span>each<\/em> <\/span>day, so that our entire lives become one long celebration. 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\"And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Passover of the Lord.\"
\r\n<\/span>(Numbers 28:16)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is not a children's game.
\r\n<\/span>This is not a game of <\/span>afikoman
\r\n<\/span><\/i>Hidden under a sofa pillow,
\r\n<\/span>And when the father comes closer, he's told,
\r\n<\/span>\"Hot \u2014 getting hotter.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is not a game with ten pieces of <\/span>hametz
\r\n<\/span><\/i>Wrapped in aluminum foil,
\r\n<\/span>Hidden the night before Passover,
\r\n<\/span>Concealed beneath a newspaper on the kitchen table
\r\n<\/span>Or behind dolls in the girls' bedroom,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And when a child moves away, she's told,
\r\n<\/span>\"Cold \u2014 getting colder.\" <\/span><\/p>\r\n

No, I'm not playing a game.
\r\n<\/span>I'm looking for You, <\/span>HaShem<\/span><\/i>,
\r\n<\/span>The hidden God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Can I find You?
\r\n<\/span>The compass of the soul
\r\n<\/span>Points to a direction
\r\n<\/span>Diametrically opposite the route
\r\n<\/span>Taken by my lifeboat.
\r\n<\/span>And look \u2014 my boat is drifting, lurching
\r\n<\/span>With no helm, no rudder,
\r\n<\/span>No oars, no sails.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Can I find You
\r\n<\/span>Amidst the pages of sacred books
\r\n<\/span>Whose letters rise and fall
\r\n<\/span>Like ocean waves,
\r\n<\/span>From horizon to horizon?
\r\n<\/span>But I don't know how to swim.
\r\n<\/span>Not even how to float.
\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Give me a clue, <\/span>HaShem<\/span><\/i>.
\r\n<\/span>If I come closer,
\r\n<\/span>Whisper, \"Warm \u2014 getting warmer.\"
\r\n<\/span>And when I move away,
\r\n<\/span>Warn me, \"Cold \u2014 getting colder \u2014<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span> Sleet \u2014
\r\n<\/span>An avalanche of snow \u2014
\r\n<\/span>Winter hibernation \u2014
\r\n<\/span>The north pole \u2014
\r\n<\/span>The frozen rings of Saturn \u2014\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Give me a sign, <\/span>HaShem<\/span><\/i>,
\r\n<\/span>Even a small one
\r\n<\/span>That can barely be seen or heard.
\r\n<\/span>It would be enough.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For I'm frightened
\r\n<\/span>Of ice,
\r\n<\/span>HaShem<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

(Or perhaps
\r\n<\/span>I'm frightened
\r\n<\/span>Of fire).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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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>\r\n

The rabbinic sages were disturbed by the apparent anthropomorphism inherent in the depiction of God demanding \u201cmy food\u201d (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 (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>\r\n

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>\r\n

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. But only for the sweet savor (nihoah<\/em>) that rises with the smoke from the burnt offerings that each day reminds you to be sweet and pleasing (nohin<\/em>) to God in the heavens above.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The Afternoon Service corresponds to the daily afternoon sacrifice (Num. 28:2). Min\u0125a, literally \u201cmeal offering,\u201d was not unique to the afternoon sacrifice. The afternoon service may have become known as Min\u0125a because of the verse in Psalms (141:2, \u201cMay my prayer be like incense before You, the lifting up of my hands like the afternoon offering [<\/span>min\u0125at arev<\/span><\/i>].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The sages attached special significance to the afternoon prayer, noting that Elijah\u2019s prayer was answered at this time (I Kings 18:36). It is easier to pray in the morning and evening as we are about to begin or end our engagement with the world for the day. Min\u0125a is more demanding. It means that we are turning to God in the midst of all our distractions. We are bringing Him into our life when it is maximally preoccupied with other things. Min\u0125a is the\u00a0<\/span>triumph of the important over the urgent, of what matters ultimately over what matters \u00a0immediately. That is why prayer in the midst of the day has a special transformative power.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Ba\u2019al Shem Tov said: Imagine a man whose business hounds him through many streets and across the marketplace throughout the day. He almost forgets that there is a Maker of the world. Only when the time for the afternoon prayer comes, does he remember, \u201cI must pray.\u201d And then, from the bottom of his heart, he heaves a sigh of regret that he has spent his day on idle matters, and he runs into a side street and stands there and prays. God holds him dear, very dear, and his prayer pierces the heavens. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Two chapters in the Torah describe differently the burnt offering of pleasing odor presented to the LORD on the Feast of Weeks.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to our chapter:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"On the day of the first fruits, your Feast of Weeks\u2026 You shall present a burnt offering of pleasing odor to the LORD: <\/span>two bulls<\/b> of the herd, <\/span>one ram<\/b>, seven yearling lambs.\" (Numbers 28:26-27)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But according to another chapter:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cYou must count until the day after the seventh week\u2014fifty days; then\u2026 you shall present as burnt offerings to the LORD, seven yearling lambs without blemish, <\/span>one bull<\/b> of the herd, and <\/span>two rams<\/b>, with their meal offerings and libations, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the LORD.\u201d (Leviticus 23:16-18)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It seems that the Torah describes two different traditions concerning how to present a burnt offering on the Feast of Weeks. Both of the traditions agree on the needed number of lambs \u2013 seven, but they disagree on the required number of bulls and rams. In the Leviticus tradition, one bull is enough, but two rams are needed. In the Numbers tradition, one ram is enough, but two bulls are required.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cSalt, Sacrifices, and Stealing from God\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Nili Steinbock: What is the relationship between our meals and Biblical sacrifices? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cIf it's tov enough for God, it's tov enough for me: What makes a yom tov good?\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Rebecca Klempner: Why do we refer to holidays as \u201cgood?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. A sacrificial meal.<\/em> The set sacrifices are called by God \u201cthe offerings of food due Me\u201d or literally, \u201cMy offering, My food,\u201d morning and evening (verse 2).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Since Sinai<\/em>. The regular offering is described in verse 6 in a surprising way: \u201cthe regular burnt offering instituted at Mount Sinai.\u201d Does this mean that this sacrifice has always been offered since Sinai? And does that mean that only this sacrifice was offered in the desert? Commentators have several other ideas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Double name<\/em>. In verse 26, the holiday of Shavuot is called both \u201cyour Feast of Weeks\u201d and \u201cthe day of the first fruits.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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