The sin offering is brought for an unintentional sin. That is something that happened but was not intended. It is not an accident but it caused damage either spiritually or physically. We are still responsible for our actions.
Author: Shlomo Bar-Ayal
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Do The Right Thing
The Torah gives a lot of rules and laws on the sacrificial service. The reason is to avoid us falling into anarchy and losing sight of what the service is for.
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The Sacrifices Are For Us
The Torah is very clear that the Temple service is for us and not for God. The purpose of the service is to make us better people.
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What is the Tabernacle For
We finish the Book of Exodus with the completion of the building of the Tabernacle. We start the Book of Leviticus with how to use this building. The use of the building is what makes it special, not its beauty.
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Under God’s Guidance
The Book of Exodus ends with the Pillar of Fire to guide the Jews by night & the pillar of smoke in the day. This is to show the Jews that they are to follow God’s ways throughout their lives.
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The Ritual Keeps Us
The reason that we have so much detail in the Torah about building the Tabernacle is that people need ritual in order to remember. As has been observed, more than the Jews have kept Shabbat, the Shabbat has kept the Jews.
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Why All The Rules
The Torah goes into detail about everything in the building of the Tabernacle. Why? To avoid misinterpretation by the artist.
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The Importance of Shabbat
The Torah stresses that keeping Shabbat is more important that building the Tabernacle. That if we do not keep Shabbat then what is the Tabernacle for?
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Use Your God Given Talent
We all have to remember that we all have talents and they come from God. That after we return God will ask what we did with the gifts that He gave us.
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A Leader Must Lead
After the incident of the Golden Calf Moses rebukes Aaron for allowing the situation to get out of control. He reminds him that a leader is responsible for the actions of his subordinates.