Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1−5:26)
This Week’s Torah Portion: Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1−5:26)
The book of Exodus finished with a Crisis, God dwells in the Sanctuary we build for God, but we cannot enter it.
Leviticus 1:1 the first verse in Leviticus says “Adonai called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting” – crisis resolved, God calls Moses to enter God’s dwelling place, the temple.
Rashi the greatest Jewish Torah commentator ever say “it was an expression of affection”.
Such a beautiful understanding of what our relations with the Divine ought to be! Affection!