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Watch the archived edition of the YouParsha Titsaveh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnN7yncP2s You Command

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The Parsha of Titsaveh - Exodus 27:21 - 30:10 - focuses on the clothes worn by the Cohen Gadol - high Priest while working in the sanctuary. The Cohen Gadol was Hashem's representative to the Jewish people and the Jewish people's representative to Hashem. Every facet of the Cohen Gadol represented Divinity. The Torah describes the need of the clothes to be for "honor and beauty." The priestly garments unified the finite and infinite expressions of Hashem. Honor is a measure of the esteem a person inspires in others. As such, it alludes to Hashem’s finite revelation, which takes into account the limits of its recipients and their ability to accept Divinity.

Beauty denotes the type of harmonious integration of contrasting features. Such harmony can only be achieved if there is an underlying common denominator that aligns the components and blends them into a united whole rather than a chaotic mess. This force expresses G’d’s infinite revelation that treats its recipients equally, regardless of their limitations.

The merging of honor and beauty in the clothing of the Cohen Gadol is the manifestation of Hashem's ability to express his infiniteness in a way that can be appreciated by finite beings.

Every person mentioned in the Torah alludes to our own personality traits. We all have a bit of Cohen Gadol inside. Everyone of us can appreciate the infiniteness of Hashem by adhering to the tenets of the Torah and its mitzvahs. Everyone of us can express our connection to the infinite through directing our action, speech and thought to realizing the purpose of creation - making this obscure world a place of clearly revealed G'dliness.

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Levi Yitschok Berditchev - late 1700's Poland - noticed one of his congregants hurrying through his morning prayers. He asked the man why. The man replied that he needed to get to work in order to make a living. Reb Levik responded, "How do you know you are running to your livelihood, perhaps you are running away from it?" The man stayed in shul until the end of the services.

As the man was leaving the building, another congregant approached him. The two talked business for a few moments and decided on a deal that made the man more money than he had expected to make in his normal line of work.

Everything is in the hands of Heaven except our moral decisions. Praying with a minyan, saying amen and all that goes with it, opens channels for one's livelihood. You take care of G'd and G'd takes care of you. ==========================

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