Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Tzav #1- Bringing Bread?
In Parshat Tzav, 7:12 it says the following: יבאִם עַל תּוֹדָה יַקְרִיבֶנּוּ וְהִקְרִיב | עַל זֶבַח הַתּוֹדָה חַלּוֹת מַצּוֹת בְּלוּלֹת בַּשֶּׁמֶן וּרְקִיקֵי מַצּוֹת מְשֻׁחִים בַּשָּׁמֶן וְסֹלֶת מֻרְבֶּכֶת חַלֹּת בְּלוּלֹת בַּשָּׁמֶן: Translation: if he is bringing it as a thanksgiving offering, he shall offer, along with the thanksgiving offering unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and scalded flour mixed with oil. Q: Why for the thanksgiving offering, besides bringing an animal sacrifice, the donor must also bring four types of bread, and ten breads of each type, totaling forty loaves? The Netziv answers this by saying that the thanksgiving offering must be accompanied by a public celebration with many guests invited. Therefore, unlike the ordinary shelamim, the numerous loaves of bread are prescribed so that all the guests can partake of the meal. What are other reasons why the thanksgiving offering requires four types of bread?
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Aish.com says that the korban todah requires four types of bread because a korban todah is recognizing what Hashem gave you and being very grateful to Hashem for it because you feel as though you did not deserve it. Leah felt that type of immense gratitude when she gave birth to her fourth son. She felt as though she did not earn it and was so grateful to Hashem for giving her a fourth son, especially since one of her other sisters could have had the child instead. That is why we give four types of bread for the korban todah because we should feel that immense gratitude towards Hashem that Leah felt when she had her fourth child.
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ohr hamelech.com says that it was in order to make it a publicized event. Because he is giving so much bread, it will be very public. This helped strengthened the faith Jews. Also all the bread wwas in order to feed the mouths of 572 men.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Rav Cohen, the four types of bread symbolize the four emahot. This is because the women provided the bread for shabbos, and the role of bread making is often seen as something that is special for women. So, the pasuk is drawing a connected of the bread being offered to the role of the four emahot and how they connect to the idea of bread as well.
ReplyDeleteEtzion.org explains that the reason there was so much given and so little time to eat it was because of the main goal of the Korban Todah- to give thanks. The Korban must be accompanied by a verbal expression of gratitude for Hashem, so there is so much bread given so that Bnei Yisrael could unite to thank and praise Hashem. This normally individual act now becomes a communal event where Bnei Yisrael can publicize Hashem's kindness and He is praised. It says in tehilim, “Let them exalt Him in the
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Rashi explains that there had to be so much bread in order to make two ephot, which is a measurement.
ReplyDeleteRabbi Yehuda says on etzion.org that four types of bread are required to really thank and truly praise Hashem. He derives this idea from tehilim.
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Continuation:
ReplyDeleteIn order to fulfill the thanksgiving offering to its fullest extent, four types of bread should be given.
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Rash explains that the four different bread represent a measurement, the ephot. This Karbon is crucial because it represents our thanks to Hashem and I believe that is why the loaves of bread are so specific and represent something special.
ReplyDeleteA better question is why is Chametz forbidden for all personal Karbanot except for the Korban Todah? Why is Matzah not good enough for the Korban Todah? Rav Kook explains that generally Chametz represents haughtiness, a feeling of “I did this” a feeling that is contradictory to the message behind Korbanot. Korbanot are a way of a person expressing that he understands that Hashem is the boss and that everything comes from Hashem. The Korban Todah is a way for a person to thank God for saving him from harm within the human realm. A korban Todah contains within it people, both the grateful person saved from a bad situation, and the guests that he wants to include in the celebration and understanding that G-d is not just a heavenly ideal but someone who steps into our lives and gets involved with us.
ReplyDeleteRashi says that one loaf of bread represents someone who is ill, one represents one who is crossing a desert, and one represents one who is getting out of jail, lastly, one represents one who is crossing over seas. I once heard a dvar Torah that these representations are displayed through the passage we say after saying modeim in shemonah Esra. when we say vchol hachayim: chovesh beit asurim, yam, yisurin, and midbar. In all of these scenarioes that we as human beings experience we feel eternally grateful to Hashem when it is over
ReplyDeleteRabbi kaganoff says the reason there needs to be 4 different types of breads is because when a person lived through the thing that is causing him to bring this thanksgiving offering he says the phrase, Yodu lashem chasdo venifle’osav livnei adam, “they acknowledge thanks to Hashem for His kindness and His wondrous deeds for mankind.” These words are repeated four times. Repeating the phrase 4 times is the reason why you need 4 different types.
ReplyDeleteRabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb writes about the Rabbis who explain that this sacrifice being made is combined with the actual animal itself and then 4 different types of bread, that has to be given from a person who successfully overcame one of these 4 things: was sick/had an illness, was in prison, someone who voyaged the sea, or someone who journeyed through the desert. This person should bring an animal along with 40 breads, 10 from each different one, and give one bread from each type to the kohen leaving him with 36 loaves of bread and the meat from the animal which is a lot of food for one to eat by dawn the next day. So the Torah says that of course this is to encourage him to invite his family and friends to eat with him and have a big seudah and enjoy a huge feast together where they would talk about what initiated this thanksgiving feast and continue to praise Hashem that night talking about His miracles and thanking Him with all of their gratitude
ReplyDeleteRashi says it was to meet the require amount of 2 aphot. Also to feed 572 men. They needed a lot of bread
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