Audio Shiurim on Vayikra
Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik: The Purpose of Korbanos
Rabbi Michael Rosensweig: Maimonides on the Reason for Sacrifices
Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg: Mitzvos on a Higher Level
Rabbi Baruch Simon: Standing at the Entrance of the Ohel Moed
Rabbi Hershel Schachter: Inyanei Korbanos
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag: The Structure of Sefer Vayikra
Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky: Chametz & Matza in Service of Hashem
Rabbi Shlomo Drillman: The Uniqueness of Moshe Rabbeinu
Rabbi Ally Ehrman: Korbanos: Finding The New In Old And The Old In The New
Rabbi Chaim Brovender: Rashi vs. Ramban on the Small Alef
Rabbi Michael Taubes: Berachos on Food and the Prohibition of Me'ilah
Rabbi Yaacov Thaler: The Importance of Talmud Torah
Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Rabbi Yonason Sacks: L'Shma by Korbanos
Rabbi Shmuel Wagner: What is the greatness of Korbanos?
Rabbi Alex Israel: The Meaning of Korbanot
Rabbi Yitzchok Cohen: Amalek and Safek
Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler: Learning from the First Korbanos
Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: The Book of Perfection
Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Torah in the Home
Rabbi Shalom Hammer: Proper Productive Intentions
Mrs Ilana Saks: The Meaning of Sacrifice
Rabbi Zvi Romm: Haftarat Vayikra - The Folly of Avoda Zara
Dr. Shawn Zelig Aster: Yeshayahu Perek 43 (Haftarah for Vayikra)
Articles on Vayikra
Rabbi David Horwitz: The Structure of the Laws of Sacrifice
Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl: Why does Hashem need our Korbanos?
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin: Confronting Korbanot
Rabbi Avraham Gordimer: Private Avodah
Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb: Salt vs. Honey - The Spiritual Taste Test
Rabbi Ephraim Meth: The Crime of Ignorance
Rabbi Maury Grebenau: The Symbolism of Chometz: Matza, Hold the Honey
Rabbi Ari Kahn: Making Space for Holiness
Rabbi Josh Hoffman: Go with the Flow
Rabbis Stanley M Wagner and Israel Drazin: Beginning Vayikra
Rabbi Jeremy Wieder: Laining for Parshat Vayikra
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In the building of the Tabernacle as described in the the last four Parashahs of Shemos (Exodus) G-d commanded that Shittim (Acacia wood) be used for the Ark, table, carrying poles and support beams. Since the Jews were in the desert where nothing grows, as Rashi points out, the only way they could have had the wood available was if they carried it from Egypt. Thus, Rashi concluded that Jacob brought seedling Acacia trees from Canaan and transplanted them in Goshen in anticipation of the need to fulfill the Mitzvah of building the Tabernacle. So it appears that Shittim wood was part of the plan and when called for, the lumber was prepared and ready. The Acacia tree has a rough exterior with a thick homely bark and long sharp thorns growing out of its branches while sporting lush green leaves and beautiful flowers at certain times of the year. Thus in order to make this tree suitable for such Holy service the rough exterior has to be peeled off and the wood must be smoothed over with an abrasive cloth. This procedure is called refinement and it indeed is a painful process. But, when we apply this principle to ourselves we can see that every hardship we endure individually and as a nation is a gift because with every moment of suffering HaShem brings us closer to the eternal rapture of basking in His G-dly light.
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