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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.
                                                                                                                      We should be aware that having hirhurim ra’im is worse than actively
                                                                                                                      committing a transgression. This is because after actively committing a
                                                                                                                      sin, one suffers from a guilty conscience, which eventually leads him to
                                                                                                                      repent. However, a person who had a hirhur ra, without actively
                                                                                                                      committing a sin, might remain corrupt because he would not feel the
                                                                                                                      necessity to repent. Therefore, the Torah urged the Kohen not to delay
                                                                                                                      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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