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Shnayim Yomi - Tzav - Chamishi - #5 - Rabbi Yehoshua Sova - Serving Hashem Through Sacrifice

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Rabbi Yehoshua Sova

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In the fifth aliyah, we find that Moshe Rabbeinu is maktir. He brings as a sacrifice as an offering all of the chelev, the residual fats of the animal. The question is, why do we need to take the residual fats? We could dispose of it any other way. Why specifically do we burn it? So, I saw a beautiful a beautiful idea from the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Lubavitcher Rebbe says the following. He says, what is chelev? What does fat represent? He says, fat represents something that is extraneous, extra, and something that

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