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Why does HaKadosh Baruch Hu tell Moshe to command the children to bring Him daily offerings instead of promising to care for them? The Korban Tamid transforms our relationship with Hashem (ה׳) from subjects serving a king to children connecting with their Father. This daily recognition that we contain actual godliness within us—not just being made in God's image—becomes the foundation for genuine self-esteem and the klal gadol baTorah.
The shiur begins with a puzzling Midrash where Moshe, like a dying mother, asks HaKadosh Baruch Hu to care for the Jewish people, but receives the seemingly selfish response: "Tell my children to take care of me" through the daily Tamid offerings. Rabbi Zweig explains this through the analogy of family dynamics: a mother's primary role is to establish the father's presence and authority in the home, enabling him to fulfill his paternal responsibilities. The Gemara (גמרא) presents this as connected to a fundamental dispute about the klal gadol baTorah (great principle of the Torah (תורה)). While Rabbi Akiva advocates "love your neighbor as yourself," Ben Azzai counters with the principle that man was created "b'tzelem Elokim" (in God's image), arguing that one must first have self-worth to love others. Rabbi Yaakov, whose opinion the Gemara follows as halacha (הלכה), identifies the daily Tamid offering as the ultimate principle.
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Parshas Pinchas - Korban Tamid
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