Light from the Future: Parshas Tzav

1. Tzav – A Jewel and a Cow On the most basic level we honor our parents, because we are grateful to them for what they’ve given us: life, sustenance, education, love and…
2. Tzav – Eating Out Eating more than any other physical experience brings about, very literally, the unity between body and soul. Sacrifices – “G-d’s food” – had the…
3. Tzav – Egyptian Civil War The former Soviet Union, since its collapse, has provided buildings and financial assistance to the Jewish community for the purpose of Jewish…
4. Tzav – Emptying Our Heart’s Pocket When we ask for Moshiach we are actually asking from the two layers of our heart external and internal. The desire for the satisfaction of our…
5. Tzav – Illuminating Garments One of the goals of our spiritual journey is to humble ourselves before G-d. However, breaking our egos and the resultant feelings of lowliness can…
6. Tzav – Judaism & Our Pocketbooks No one would suspect people of high spiritual attainments of consciously making crucial decisions based on financial considerations. There is,…
7. Tzav – Korban Substitutes Chassidus explains that the unwitting commission of a sin is a sign that one’s animal nature is still untamed, causing one to gravitate towards…
8. Tzav – Messianic Maturity and Childlike Innocence An educator must recognize that he or she is dealing with a child, he or she must also view the child as a potential adult. Indeed, a child possesses…
9. Tzav – Take Aaron, Please… The word for life in the Holy Tongue is "Chaim." The word is written in the plural form the Rebbe explained, because life is only worthy of its name…
10. Tzav – The Command of Passover When one views Passover as only a cultural or even spiritual experience, they are able to capture much of the overt significance of the observance.…
11. Tzav – The Liberation of Thought Thought is the most intimate of “instruments” of our soul. Improper thoughts can therefore cause more damage to the soul than improper speech or…
12. Tzav – The Shabbos of Maturity The “immature” view of freedom is to see it as an end. The more mature view is to view it as an opportunity to rise to a higher spiritual level. In…
13. Tzav – The Ultimate Symphony Moshiach is the embodiment of Moses and more. Moshiach, as Moses, embodies the balance between right and left, and he too has the “single” hand that…
14. Tzav – Touched We have been guaranteed by our sages that when engaged in the process of helping our fellow Jew — materially or spiritually — that we will be…
15. Tzav – Use Both Hands! In Judaism, the preparation for a Mitzvah—while less dramatic, romantic and exciting than the actual Mitzvah— is no less G-d’s will. The same G-d that…
16. Tzav – When the Torah Rises It does not suffice for us to study Torah. We must instill it with fire so that the Torah itself rises and you rise with it. This will surely help…

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