(for Parshat Tzav)
i
The priest who brings an offering upon the Altar, in the Temple, shall put on his priestly linen garment.
He shall remove his garments when he leaves the Temple.
He shall put other garments on.
ii
The priest puts his garments on, and he takes them off again.
He serves in the Temple, and he goes away.
He comes and he goes.
iii
Such a man must know that his life is in flux.
He must know that his life can change.
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Perhaps it is precisely such a man who is called to serve in God’s Temple, at God’s Altar.
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Originally shared in 2009
Shabbat shalom,
Abe