A close relationship
The Cohen Gadol wore eight exquisite garments. One of them was the Robe
(m’il). Hanging from the bottom of the Robe were bells. Many explanations
are given for these bells. Rabbeinu Bachya compares the Cohen Gadol to a visitor
to the King’s palace. He must be announced before he enters. So too the bells of
the Robe announce the entrance of the Cohen Gadol into the Tabernacle, the
Palace of the Almighty. In addition the Tabernacle was filled with administering
angels. Had the Cohen Gadol entered unannounced the angels would have killed him
on the spot.
Rabbeinu Bachya goes on to note an inconsistency. On Yom Kippur, when the
Cohen Gadol enters the Holy of Holies, he wears the garments of an ordinary
Cohen. These garments don’t include the Robe. Why isn’t this improper and indeed
dangerous?
One day a year, when we are busy repenting and requesting atonement, the
Almighty brings us very close. He makes us a part of His household so to speak.
Just as a member of a household comes and goes unannounced, so too the Cohen
Gadol on Yom Kippur comes and goes from the Holy of Holies unannounced.
Happy are the Jewish People who have such a close relationship to their
Father in Heaven!
Thank - you Rabbi Beryl Glaser, my ex - next door neighbor, for this word.
His son Chaim Shmuel, came home from the hospital, Tel Ha Shomer a couple of
weeks ago. He still frequents a Jerusalem hospital quite often, but he is home
in a wheelchair,and has good mobility in his upper torso. So the family had to
move to a different home on Metzad. One without stairs to get to the front
door. A home in the town center of Metzad close to the Shul was completely
renovated for him and his family. Thanks to Ha Kodesh Baruch Hu, When he had
the traffic accident on Chol A Moid Pesach a year ago, the Dr's. said there was
little chance of survival. He he not only surviving but he is thriving.
Purim: I will end off now with something that probably everyone knows. Why
is Purim even greater then Yom Kippur ? It is because the words say so. Yom
(the day ) ki (like) pur (Purim). So you see proof positive that Purim is
greater. If I don't write you a special Purim Torah,(which I probably won't
have time to do, as our whole family is going to my daughter Shaindle and
Shmulik the Restaurateur. Its along way to go from Metzad, but he promised us
each our own sea bream (which of course I will grill ) then Lamb for the main
course.
Have a great Shabbas and a super Purim.
Rb Yossi Ponak
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