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עקידת יצחק — ויקחו אליך שמן זית / בגדי קדש לכבוד ולתפארת

Q (the cluster): Why do the opening verses — the oil for the ner tamid — stand apart from the parsha's main theme of priestly garments? Why are the begadim made "לכבוד ולתפארת"? Why is Moshe addressed in the second person, "ואתה תצוה"? A (the unifying chiddush): The kohen's garments are made "for honor and splendor" to teach the elevation of the avodah itself — the service of God must be clothed i

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עקידת יצחק

Akeidat Yitzchak 51:1

Q — Why do the opening verses — the oil for the ner tamid — stand apart from the parsha's main theme of priestly garments? Why are the begadim made "לכבוד ולתפארת"? Why is Moshe addressed in the second person, "ואתה תצוה"?

A — The kohen's garments are made "for honor and splendor" to teach the elevation of the avodah itself — the service of God must be clothed in dignity so that those who behold it grasp its loftiness. The ner tamid opens the parsha because the constant light and the honored garments share one purpose: to make the Mishkan's service radiate kavod. The honor is not vanity but pedagogy, impressing the grandeur of avodas Hashem on all who see it.

יבאר שע"י תחבולות המעשים תפול המצוה בדברים הנמסרים אל ההפעליות ואל הכחות הטבעיות ושזה תועלת אלו הבגדים לכל זמן ומקום:

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