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This week's YouParsha Vayikra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Q5MRp3ldE&t=69s A Child's First Verse.
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Parshas Vayikra (Leviticus 1 - 5) features the procedure for many of the sacrifices. One part of the animal that was designated to be burned on the altar was the lobe of the liver and the diaphragm. Why?
Chasidus describes three kings: the brain, heart and liver. The brain controls the thoughts, the heart controls the emotions and the liver governs the actions. The liver is the largest organ as we live in the world of action. There are 70 veins in the liver corresponding to the 70 ministering angels (each nation receives its life force through a ministering angel). The numerical value of the Hebrew word for liver ca-ved is 26 similar to the numerical value of Y-H-V-H - Hashem's holy name. The liver is a place of blood and hence a place of the soul and life.
Everything exists in balance. Blood is also the medium for the animal soul and the inclination towards animal pleasures. The diaphragm separates the lungs and heart from the liver and other digestive organs. When bringing a sacrifice - in Hebrew - korban meaning to come close - it is essential that one give away their animal desires and focus on the holy.
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This story is in honor of Purim. Many of the custom of drinking adult beverages. Please drink responsibly.
One of the Chasidim of the Rebbe Reshab - Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe -Reb Shalom Dovber - owned what today we would call a Micropub. He made his own vodka and sold it to the local peasants. It happened, that a peasant decided to open a tavern across the street, undercutting the chasid's price. The competition threatened to put the Chasid out of business. He went to the Rebbe for advice.
The Rebbe told him to raise the price of his vodka and call it premium. In time, the Chasid sold his entire stock.
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In memory of Chaim Elozar ben Dovber HaLevi Niftar Lag B'Omer 5783
May their families be comforted among all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
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