Parashat Tzav
Rabbi Goldin
Rabbi Goldin asks 3 questions on this week’s Parasha. Why is the Kohen a position that’s inherited and not earned? Why even today is honor given to a Kohen just because of lineage? And aren’t we all equal before Hashem?
Rabbi Goldin asks very interesting question. A person with such a high honor should be someone who deserves it. The questions make me want to read more to find out why exactly honor is given to lineage and not whether he deserves it or not.
We see other times when someone is given an honor because of lineage like a Bachor. However, we see other people given high positions and honor because they deserve it and not because of lineage like with Moshe. Also during Birkat HaMazon, a Chacham would lead the Ziman before a Kohen. And during Yitzat Mitraim, people who were descendants of Avraham who decided to stay, disappeared in our history and a person who isn’t Jewish at all who joined Bnei Yisrael during Yitzat Mitzraim and accepted the Torah became a full member of Bnei Yisrael. So the commitment to G-d is the factor that determines his affiliation with the Jewish people and not the blood relationship.
So both roles, inherent and earned, our part of our nation and both are essential for our survival. There will always be opportunities, for people who want to, to receive high positions and honors; however, we need the inheritance role so our nation can continue for centuries.
This Divar Torah by Rabbi Goldin is very good. He fully explains the answers and the reasoning for the answers with a message to take. The message is that we have lineage honors and positions to keep the Jewish people lasting forever and we have honors and positions for people who want them and deserve them.
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