Hayom Yom 26 Elul - Removing your materialistic blood

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Sep 12, 2023 · 3m

סֵדֶר הֶכְשֵׁר בָּשָׂר לַאֲכִילָה לְהוֹצִיא מִמֶּנּוּ דַּם הָאָסוּר הוּא

To make meat fit for consumption, the forbidden blood must be removed by the following procedure:

שְׁרִיָּה, מְלִיחָה, הֲדָחָה

[First the meat is] soaked, then salted, and then rinsed.

עִנְיָנָם בָּעֲבוֹדָה

The parallels in our Divine service are:

הֲדָחָה — נִגּוּן

Soaking — which means immersing oneself in the words of one's Rebbe;

מְלִיחָה — יְחִידוּת

salting — which means [meeting him at] yechidus;

שְׁרִיָּה — וֵוייקעֶן זִיךְ אִין דִּבְרֵי הָרַב

rinsing — which means [singing a] niggun.

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