This week's article is dedicated to our beloved friends Dr. Mehl and family who unfortunately lost their father/grandfather this week. May the Neshoma of Yitzchak ben Chava have an aliyah and continued nachas from his beautiful family. To sponsor a future article please email us at Nitzotzos@gmail.com דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדשִׁ֣ים תִּֽהְי֑וּ כִּ֣י קָד֔וֹשׁ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֹ֥ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶֽם: אִ֣ישׁ אִמּ֤וֹ וְאָבִיו֙ תִּירָ֔אוּ וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֹ֥ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶֽם: " Speak to the entire congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy. Every man shall fear his mother and his father, and you shall observe My Sabbaths. I am the Lord, your God. " (Vayikra 19:2,3) A careful reading of these pesukim reveals that there has been a major deviation from the standard operating procedure when giving over the Torah to Klal Yisrael. Ordinarily, Moshe would teach Aaron while Aaron's son stood beside him. There they would remain while Moshe taught the zekeinim who would in turn teach Klal Yisrael. Here, Hashem instructs Moshe to gather Klal Yisrael together and teach them directly. Why? What is so critical about this Parsha that it needs to be learned directly from Moshe Rabbeinu? Why was it necessary for them to learn this Parsha as a community? Rashi (citing the Medrash in Toras Kohanim 19:1; Vayikra Rabbah 24:5) explains that this Parsha contains most of the fund
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