“…a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, a satisfying aroma to Hashem.” (Lev.1:9)
R’ Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenberg explained that a person shouldn’t think that s/he achieves forgiveness with their sacrificial offering. Rather, it is to be an aroma, a scent of the changed life that will now commence. You encounter the smell of something before you encounter the thing itself. So too, the sacrifice must presage personal transformation in the sinner.
“I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob…” (Exodus 6:3). This seems to be a very straightforward and unambiguous statement by God to Moses.
“You don’t learn by having faith. You learn by questioning, by challenging, by re-examining everything you’ve ever believed. And yet, all this is a matter
“You have enough. Circle the mountain and turn to the north” (Deuteronomy 2:3). Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, in his commentary Kli Yakar, spins this verse
2 Responses
Does HaShem ever get’s tired of us sinning and repenting over and over again?
No. Hashem is described in the Torah as infinitely patient with us.