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עקידת יצחק — זאת תורת העלה / על מוקדה על המזבח

Q (the cluster): How does Tzav differ from Vayikra, which already gave the korbanos? Why open with "זאת תורת העלה" if no new law appears? Why is this addressed to the kohanim specifically? A (the unifying chiddush): Where Vayikra told the offerer what to bring, Tzav charges the kohanim with the performance itself — the keeping of the fire, the removal of ash, the night-long burning — teaching that

פרשת צו נתייחדה במה שהיא מצות הכהנים בעבודה עצמה, להורות שהעבודה צריכה זריזות וקביעות תמידית

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עקידת יצחק

Akeidat Yitzchak 58:1

Q — How does Tzav differ from Vayikra, which already gave the korbanos? Why open with "זאת תורת העלה" if no new law appears? Why is this addressed to the kohanim specifically?

A — Where Vayikra told the offerer what to bring, Tzav charges the kohanim with the performance itself — the keeping of the fire, the removal of ash, the night-long burning — teaching that avodah demands zerizus and unbroken constancy. "זאת תורת העלה" introduces not a new korban but the discipline of its service: the fire must never go out. The parsha's distinct subject is the ongoing, vigilant labor of those who serve, that the divine service be sustained without lapse.

יבאר סגולת התפלה ותועלתה, ואיך היא תמורת הקרבנות ויותר מעולה: ויתן טוב טעם בסדר התפלה, ולמה אמרו (שבת י"ב.) שאין מתפללין בלשון ארמי.

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