Parshat Vayikra/trehu ,arp
(24th Parsha of the Torah )
By Rabbi Avrohom David great grandson of Strettyner Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Langner  

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A Time of  Renewal & Unity

In  this week’s Parsha, which is the beginning of the book called Vayikra, meaning and He (God) called to Moshe. The Torah says van kt trehu, “And He called to Moses”
(Leviticus 1:1).  If we take the acronym of the encircled letters, it spells the word
kvt , ohel, meaning tent and it spells the name vtk, Leah, who was one of  the Matriarch’s of the Jewish nation. If we look at the aleph of  the first word of Vayikra,
we see that it is written small. Commentators have several interpretations. Some say it refers to Moses humility. Some (Rabbi Abraham Twerski, MD and Dr. Aharon Friedman, MD) say it refers to the little children who begin their study of the Torah with Vayikra, which also represents purity, since many sections deal with purity. According to Rashi the term Vayikra is one of affection. If we look at the middle letters of  trehu, Vayikra, including the yod, kof, reish, it spells reh , yakar , meaning dear, precious, confirming Rashi’s words. Perhaps the aleph stands for  Avcvt, ahava , meaning love. Moreover, as it is now spring time, it is a time of  renewal. The plant world is beginning to grow. Flowers are beginning to bloom and it is a time of renewal. Perhaps the little aleph alludes to this.

The first sacrifice is called the  vkg, Olah  which means a burnt sacrifice.  According to Rabbeinu Bachya, the different functions in the  Mishkan were made to show the unity of Hashem. Everything is really connected.   The first sacrifice is called the vkg, Olah  which means a burnt sacrifice. The Torah says, recv in ubcre vkg ot, “If his offering shall be a burnt sacrifice of the herd”, (Leviticus 1:3). If we take the acronym of the encircled letters (rearranged) it spells the term vrubn, Menorah, Candelabrum. Hence, the complete burning of the animal really represents a spiritual light. In another interpretation, the complete burning of the herd represents our disavowal of earthly materialism. Just think of it, the huge cow, that represents power and wealth is reduced to ashes. This means that all of our wealth and power can become nothing in an instant. Just look what happened yesterday in Iran (3/30/06). The earthquake came and all of the stone houses crumbled and were reduced to rubble in an instant. We must realize that all of our  life force is really a gift from God. But just like things are destroyed, God can rebuild it an instant, just like we see the little plants that are in bloom at this time. 

Further on in the Parsha, the Torah continues to discuss the Olah sacrifice and it says the following, jcznv kg at ivfv irvt hbc ub,bu, “And the sons of Aharon the priest shall put fire upon the altar”(Leviticus 1:7). If we take the acronym of the encircled letters,
it spells the term, ijka, shulchan, Table. The table represents wealth as the priests were always putting show bread on the table.  Hence just with a few passukim discussing the Olah we see a link between the articles of the Mishkan and the sacrifices that bring renewal and unity between man and his maker.   
A refuah shlaima to my father, Yaakov Zev ben Malka, who is recovering from stroke at Vanderbilt Nursing Home, SI, NY

Shabbat Shalom ouka ,ca