Parashat Vayikra: The Importance of Giving Wholeheartedly - Maran HaRishon LeTzion Rabbi David Yosef

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[music] >> In our parashah this week, we will read about the korbanot. Sacrifices. One of them is minchat solet. Fine flour. Korban. It's very very simple thing. And the pasuk said, "Venefesh ki takriv." Nefesh, it means the soul that brings. Why only about minchat solet, about fine flour, it's written nefesh, the word nefesh? Nefesh, it's mean the life. Uh Rashi's explains, according to the midrash, that a poor man who brings a fine flour sacrifice, only poor man. For poor man, it's like he brings his life to Hashem. It means if someone uh he is rich, he gives sacrifices, he's rich, he can give. It's not the same like poor man, very poor, that he hardly has food to eat, and he gives something for sacrifice, fine flour. For him, it's much more expensive than for the rich one to bring big. Hashem wants us to bring our soul to him. Our life. To show that we appreciate Hashem. We love Hashem. The midrash said a story about a king that was at the end of the time of the second Bet Hamikdash. Agrippas. Agrippas, one day, told the Cohen Gadol,

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1. 0:07[music] >> In our parashah this week, we will read about the korbanot. Sacrifices. One of…
2. 0:41Why only about minchat solet, about fine flour, it's written nefesh, the word nefesh? Nefesh, it's…
3. 1:13brings his life to Hashem. It means if someone uh he is rich, he gives sacrifices,…
4. 1:43than for the rich one to bring big. Hashem wants us to bring our soul to…
5. 2:19he told him, "One day, it closed the Bet Hamikdash, the Holy Temple, and only I…
6. 2:49And he gave sacrifice, two birds. Or two doves. The Cohen Gadol told him, "I'm sorry,…
7. 3:21At night, Agrippas, the king, went to sleep, and he saw a dream. Uh poor man…
8. 3:55Okay, Agrippas accepted what the Cohen Gadol did. But, we can see from that we can…
9. 4:25to conquer the yetzer hara, or we don't have, and we we did something very special,…
10. 4:55very much, I learn Torah, it's great. But, if I have difficulties, I'm busy, I see…

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