Letting Go of Who I Was Yesterday |
Parshas Vayikra opens with a discussion of “karbonos,” the daily service in the Temple where offerings were brought on the altar. We begin every day’s prayers with the recitation of the order of “karbanos,” which is translated as “offerings” or “sacrifices.” A more literal translation of “karbonos” would be “closenings,” as the root of the term is “karov,” which means “close/near.” The intent of the temple service was to draw us ever closer to God. Yet if we believe, as we profess in the shema prayer twice daily, that God is One and therefore omnipresent, how is one to draw closer to Him if He is already everywhere? How is it possible to become far from........