{"id":1082,"date":"2012-03-25T02:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/bblog2\/client\/index.cfm\/2012\/3\/24\/Parashat-Tzav-Burning-the-Fat-in-our-lives-upon-the-Altar-of-God"},"modified":"2012-09-29T16:21:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T16:21:43","slug":"parashat-tzav-burning-the-fat-in-our-lives-upon-the-altar-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/parashat-tzav-burning-the-fat-in-our-lives-upon-the-altar-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Tzav, Burning the Fat in our lives upon the Altar of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<!-- Place some text here to wrap near image --><\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s study from Parashat Tzav (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:1-8:36<\/em><\/font>) the Lord speaks to Moshe saying when a person steals or cheats someone out of money or is extorted, that the man who sins and is guilty of these things, he is to restore what he took by robbery and make restitution for it in full and add one-fifth more.&nbsp; This will be done on the same day that the man who sinned brings the guilt offering before the Lord (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>6:1-6<\/em> <em>English Bible<\/em>, <em>5:20-26<\/em> <em>Hebrew Bible<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The man then brings his offering to the priest and the priest makes atonement for him before the Lord <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05db\u05d5&nbsp;&nbsp; \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d4\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05df \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05de\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc: &nbsp;<em>(5:26) 6:7 and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he will be forgiven for any one of the things which he may have done to incur guilt. (NASB)<\/em>&nbsp;<\/font> The Lord then tells Moshe the details of the burnt offering (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>6:8-9<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The remaining ashes are to be carried outside of the camp to a clean place.&nbsp; The fire on the altar is to not go out but to be kept burning continually (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>6:12-13<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea (Torat, law) of the Minchah (grain,<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> \u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05ea \u05e7\u05d5\u05e8\u05d1\u05df<\/font>) offering, Aharon is to present it before the Lord at the altar (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>6:14-18<\/em><\/font>) the grain is taken as food (unleavened) for the sons of Aharon.&nbsp; Whoever touches these things (Minchah, Chatat offering, and Asham offering, etc) is consecrated before the Lord.&nbsp; The grain offering that is made into cakes of unleavened bread is to be burned upon the altar as a soothing aroma to the Lord; it is to be entirely burned up (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>6:19-24<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea (Torat, law) of the sin offering is given, the Chatat (sin, <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05e7\u05d5\u05e8\u05d1\u05df \u05d7\u05d8\u05d0\u05ea<\/font>) offering is to be eaten in the place where the burnt offering is slain, the sin offering is slain before the Lord (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>6:25<\/em><\/font>), the priest who offers it is to eat it in the court of the Ohel Moed (Tent of Meeting, <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05d0\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dc \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3<\/font>).&nbsp; If blood has been splashed upon the Cohen&rsquo;s cloths they are to be washed in boiling water in an earthen vessel and after washing the clothing the vessel is to be broken (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>6:28-30<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea<\/font> (Torat, law) of the Asham (guilt, <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05e7\u05d5\u05e8\u05d1\u05df \u05d0\u05e9\u05dd<\/font>) offering is given, the Asham offering is to be slain in the same placed the burnt offering is slain (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:1-2<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The fat and the kidneys are offered upon the altar for the Asham offering (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:3-5<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The priest that offers the burnt offering and the grain offering is to keep the skin of the offering and the grain of the offering (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:8-10<\/em><\/font>) for himself.&nbsp; The <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea <\/font>(Torat, law) of the Shelamim (Peace, <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05e7\u05d5\u05e8\u05d1\u05df \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05dd<\/font>) offering is given (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:11-13<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The scripture says that of this thanksgiving offering, one is to bring it with the cakes of unleavened bread and the person is to present one of every offering as a contribution to the Lord (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:13-16<\/em><\/font>) and all of the flesh of the offering is to be eaten up by morning (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:17-19<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; If a person eats of the sacrifice of the Shelamim offering while he is unclean he is to be cut off from his people (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:20-21<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The command not to eat the fat of the animal is given, anyone found eating the fat is to be cut off from the people (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:22-27<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; The Lord again spoke to Moshe and had Moshe assemble all of the people before the Ohel Moed (Tent of Meeting, <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05d0\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dc \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3<\/font>) (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>8:1-5<\/em><\/font>) and Moshe consecrated Aharon and his sons for the service of the Lord before all of the people.&nbsp; In this consecration process, Aharon and his sons offered up each of the five types of Korbanot (i) the Olah Offering (&ldquo;Ascending offering&rdquo;), (ii) the Minchah Offering (&ldquo;Meal offering&rdquo;), (iii) the Shelamim Offering (&ldquo;Peace offering&rdquo;), (iv) the Chatat Offering (&ldquo;Sin offering&rdquo;), and (v) the Asham Offering (&ldquo;Guilt offering&rdquo;) before God (<em>8:6-36<\/em>). And it is written in the Scriptures <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05dc\u05d3&nbsp; \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b8\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e6\u05b4\u05d5\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b9\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd: &nbsp;<em>8:34&lsquo;The Lord has commanded to do as has been done this day, to make atonement on your behalf. (NASB)<\/em><\/font> this is how we are to make atonement before the Lord according to the way He (God) has commanded! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/2011-2012\/Parashat%20Tzav%20_2011-2012_.pdf\"> Read More here. <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s study from Parashat Tzav (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:1-8:36) the Lord speaks to Moshe saying when a person steals or cheats someone out of money or is extorted, that the man who sins and is guilty of these things, he is to re&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-weekly-parashah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}