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Torah
A thought for every day of the Hebrew year, from the Rebbe’s book. It is the same entry every year, on the same Hebrew date.
12 Adar II 5787
The Torah portion dealing with altar offerings begins: "A man who offers (yakriv) of you an offering to G‑d."[1] The logical order of the words should be, "A man of you[2] who offers, etc."
The Alter Rebbe answers:[3] "A man who offers" - in order that a man become closer[4] to G‑d - "of you an offering to G‑d" - he must bring the offering of himself. He must sacrifice his personal "animal," the desire for evil that is called the animal soul.[5]
Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
Vayikra 1:2.
I.e., "from among you."
Likutei Torah, Vayikra, beginning.
Yakriv ("who offers") literally means "draws close."
Tanya, Ch. 1.
Footnotes
דער אנהויב פון פרשת הקרבנות איז: אדם כי יקריב מכם קרבן לה'. עס האט דאך געדארפט שטיין אדם מכם כי יקריב גו', זאגט דער אלטער רבי: אדם כי יקריב, בכדי א מענטש זאל ווערען נעהנטער צו השי"ת [השם יתברך] איז מכם קרבן לה', פון אייך אליין דארף זיין דער קרבן, מקריב זיין זיין אייגענע בהמה, דעם יצר הרע וואס ווערט אנגערופען נפש הבהמית.
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Hayom Yom, compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory. Text from chabad.org.