Vayikra
We can offer our objects. Or we can offer our selves.
When one wishes to come close, one may do so in a variety of ways, to overcome a variety of distances: There are Offerings of Ascent, coming close elevating upward; Meal Offerings, coming close through flour and oil; Peace Offerings, coming close in peace; Mistake Offerings, coming close by removing the wrinkles of man; Guilt Offerings, coming close by making whole the breaks. The world calls these “sacrifices,” but what they really are is a soul coming close to its source.
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