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It is difficult to understand why the Kohanim needed urging to sacrifice
the korban olah even though they did not gain any priestly gifts from it,
as they did with the other korbanot, since it was burned entirely. It would
not occur to us that the Kohanim would neglect their service. The
explanation is that since the Kohanim did not know the reason that the
person had for bringing the korban, because there was no verbal
confession during this sacrifice, he might therefore assume that the other
korbanot were more important and thus took precedence. This might
cause him to delay the sacrifice of the olah.
“For what he has deprived the Sanctuary he
We should be aware that having hirhurim ra’im is worse than actively
committing a transgression. This is because after actively committing a shall make restitution, and add a fifth to it, and
sin, one suffers from a guilty conscience, which eventually leads him to he shall give it to the Kohen; then the Kohen
repent. However, a person who had a hirhur ra, without actively shall provide him atonement with the ram of the
committing a sin, might remain corrupt because he would not feel the guilt-offering, and it shall be forgiven him”
necessity to repent. Therefore, the Torah urged the Kohen not to delay (Vayikra 5:16)
bringing the korban olah, because of its importance. The korban olah had
the potential to remove corrupt thoughts from a person and help him do
complete teshuvah.

Often the portion of parashat Tzav is read on Shabbat Hagadol. Hashem
performed a great miracle on that day: The Egyptians could not harm the
Jews despite the fact that they took the sheep, the idol of the Egyptians,
and tied it to the foot of their beds, preparing it to be slaughtered. Why

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