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Why does God tell Moshe that before asking Him to care for the Jewish people, Moshe should tell them to care for God? The shiur reveals that the daily Korban Tamid represents the marriage relationship between God and Israel — cooking breakfast and dinner together — not religious taxation or obligation.
This shiur explores Parashas Pinchas's opening section on the daily sacrifices, particularly the Korban Tamid. Rabbi Zweig addresses a puzzling Rashi (רש"י) that compares God's response to Moshe' request to care for the Jewish people to a dying king's daughter who asks her husband to care for their children, only to have him respond: 'Before you tell me to care for the children, tell the children to care of me.' This seemingly selfish response appears to contradict basic parental responsibilities. The key insight emerges through understanding Jewish marriage as having two stages: erusin (betrothal) and nissuin (full marriage with cohabitation). Mount Sinai represented the erusin between God and Israel, while the Mishkan represented the beginning of nissuin — actually living together. The Luchos (tablets) were the ketubah (marriage contract) meant to be given at the chuppah ceremony.
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