SHABBAT SHALOM!!!!
Shalom mishpachah veh chaverim!
It’s almost Shabbat!!! In this week’s Torah portion, Tzav / Command (Vayikra / Leviticus 6:1 ~ 8:36), we learn about the Aish (fire) Tamid (always) or eternal flame. Tending to it was the first mitzvah of the day. The Holy One gives the priests instructions for keeping the fire burning on the altar. As I understand scripture, The Almighty sent the first fire by His Presence but He never promised to send it again if they let it go out. The priest was to keep wood on the altar so the fire would not go out. He also was to keep the ashes cleaned out to make room for more wood.
Doesn’t this speak to us today? We should be ablaze with the fire of The Holy One of Israel! It is His fire which causes us to be light in a dark world. His fire continues to purify us as gold in the refiner’s fire. As we are refined, it is important for us to remove the ashes of yesterday and continually add His Word / His Wood daily, following Torah so we do not let the fire go out!!!!
May the “aish tamid” of you and yours burn brightly for others to see! Shabbat shalom veh shavuah tov, Batyah
