[Avodah] Davening Sefer Korbanos

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Sat Mar 12 16:48:32 PST 2011


The Ramban on this week's parashah takes the Rambam to task for his
position on the reason for qorbanos. Afterward the Ramban gives his
own explanation. (Which doesn't seem to fit todah, shelamim, chagiga,
pesach, etc...)

Cheit operates on three levels: machashavah, dibbur and maaseh. So,
the Ramban explains that kapparah also requires operating on all three
levels: Teshuvah is machashavah, vidui is dibbur, and the qorban provides
a physical element.

So now I'm wondering how the Ramban explains "uneshalmah parim sefaseinu"
and the notion that saying seder qorbanos can fill in -- at least in
some measure -- for actually bringing the qorban. After all, the whole
point of qorbanos is that they be maaseh rather than vidui. How is
"uneshalmah parim" add anything over teshuvah and vidui alone?

Gut Voch!
-Micha

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