PARSHAS TZAV
Can you figure out what each picture has to do with the parsha?
Rabbi Dani Staum
Parshas Tzav – Parsha Pix KEY
Shovelful of ashes – The first avodah performed each morning in the Mishkan/Bais Hamikdash was terumas hadeshen – removal of the ashes from the charred ashes of the previous days korbanos. The ashes were taken from the pile atop the Mizbeiach and deposited at a designated spot next to the floor of the Mizbeiach- 6:3
No Chometz –Chometz was never offered on the Mizbeiach. The kohanim had to ensure that the menachos – flour offerings did not become chometz – 6:10
Seven days – During the seven days of Melu’im – “training”, during the last week of the month of Adar when Moshe demonstrated the avodah to Aharon and his sons, Aharon and his sons were instructed to remain at the entrance of the Mishkan the entire week – 8:33
Thank You – If one merited personal salvation, he brought a korban Todah – a “Thank You” offering to Hashem – 7:12
Broken Pottery (earthenware) – If the meat of a Korban is cooked in earthenware, its juices invariably become absorbed into the walls of the earthenware vessel. The meat becomes forbidden the day following when the animal was offered on the Mizbeiach, and then the absorbed juice causes the earthenware vessel to become forbidden as well. The only way to rectify the situation is to break the vessel – 6:21
Special Clothing – When the Kohain performed the avodah of removing the ashes he changed out of the priestly clothing and wore special linen clothes – 6:3
40 Loaves – When one brought a Korban Todah he accompanied the offering with 40 loaves of bread – 7:12, see Rashi
Pigool – If, while a Kohain is slaughtering a Korban, he has in mind to consume its meat after the allowed time, the korban becomes “piggul” – rejected. One who eats the meat of a korban that is piggul is liable for kares – 7:18
Shalsheles – One of the most unique trop (cantillation readings of the Torah) is the shalsheles. The word literally means a chain. It is lained as if there is a three part “chain” above the word. There are only 4 shalsheles in the entire Torah. Three are in Chumash Bereishis. The only other one is in parshas Tzav. There were three special korbanos offered during the seven days of “miluim”. Each of the three times the Torah says “vayishchat” – that one of the three korabnos were offered – it has a different trop. The final one is read with a shalsheles – 8:23
