כבר הקדמתי בהקדמת חלק זה הנקרא לוחות הברית מי שעוסק בתורה לשמה כדי לקיים כל מה שאפשר לו לקיים, ואף המצא ימצא מצות שאי אפשר לו לקיים כגון חלק עבודת בית המקדש בקרבנות המוזכר בפרשה זו שבעונותינו הרבים אי אפשר לקיימם עתה, מכל מקום ראוי לעסוק בדיניהם ולידע סודם איש איש לפי מדרגתו, ואז מעלה עליו כאלו עשאום. על כן מרומז קצת מהקצת מסוד מצות הנ"ל, מאותן שאנו נוהגין, ומאותן שאינן נוהגין בזמן הזה:
I have outlined in my introduction to this treatise on the written Torah that anyone who studies Torah in order to be able to observe the commandments to the extent that it is possible for him to observe them will get the credit also for having observed those commandments which he studied but was unable to perform due to conditions beyond his control. If someone who is not a priest and is therefore unable to perform service in the Holy Temple, has studied how to perform that service, he is given credit as if he had performed such service. Study of much of the legislation found in our portion is in the same category. Although due to our collective and individual sins, we do not have a Temple nowadays, we can still perform those commandments vicariously through study with a view to performing them as soon as the opportunity will present itself again, hopefully in the near future. I will therefore endeavour to reveal a little of the mystical dimensions that are part of the Passover sacrifice legislation.
כבר הקדמתי בהקדמת חלק זה הנקרא לוחות הברית מי שעוסק בתורה לשמה כדי לקיים כל מה שאפשר לו לקיים, ואף המצא ימצא מצות שאי אפשר לו לקיים כגון חלק עבודת בית המקדש בקרבנות המוזכר בפרשה זו שבעונותינו הרבים אי אפשר לקיימם עתה, מכל מקום ראוי לעסוק בדיניהם ולידע סודם איש איש לפי מדרגתו, ואז מעלה עליו כאלו עשאום. על כן מרומז קצת מהקצת מסוד מצות הנ"ל, מאותן שאנו נוהגין, ומאותן שאינן נוהגין בזמן הזה:
I have outlined in my introduction to this treatise on the written Torah that anyone who studies Torah in order to be able to observe the commandments to the extent that it is possible for him to observe them will get the credit also for having observed those commandments which he studied but was unable to perform due to conditions beyond his control. If someone who is not a priest and is therefore unable to perform service in the Holy Temple, has studied how to perform that service, he is given credit as if he had performed such service. Study of much of the legislation found in our portion is in the same category. Although due to our collective and individual sins, we do not have a Temple nowadays, we can still perform those commandments vicariously through study with a view to performing them as soon as the opportunity will present itself again, hopefully in the near future. I will therefore endeavour to reveal a little of the mystical dimensions that are part of the Passover sacrifice legislation.