In this parashah, it is mainly about the sacrifices; what should we bring; how to accomplish them; who should do it; who has the right to consume them and when; what to do with leftovers not eaten.
In Hosea in verse 14:3 it is written:
אמרו אליו, כל-תשא עון וקח-טוב, ונשלמה פרים, שפתינו
We will offer our lips as bull sacrifices.
Prayer is the substitute for sacrifices. Three times a day, we pray, even in the most difficult conditions (wars, pogroms, climate, etc.).
Tirat-Zvi (טירת צבי – fort Zvi) is the first religious kibbutz established in Israel. It is located in the southern part of the Bet Shean Valley. On June 30, 1937, 80 men and women, aged 20 to 25, from Germany and Eastern Europe established a settlement around an existing structure purchased, along with the surrounding land, by the JNF ( Jewish National Fund or KKL – Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael). They name this place Tirat-Zvi in memory of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalisher, who supported immigration to Eretz. In this region, temperatures are particularly cold in winter (-5°C. or 23° F.) and high in summer (up to 50° C. or 122°F). In the early years, on cold nights, they light fires to protect crops from frost, and on summer nights, kibbutz members sleep outdoors under mosquito nets to escape mosquitoes. For more than ten years, they cleared the land and channeled water from the swamps, a source of malaria. The Arabs do not accept the new community, and six months after its creation, the kibbutz is attacked. The attack is repelled, but the tensions and the attacks will remain important until the war of independence.
Tirat Zvi specializes in the development, production and marketing of meat specialties (pastrami, sausages and other charcuterie).