In Parsha Tzav, as we study the detailed laws of the Asham (guilt) and chatat (sin) offerings performed on the altar in the Mishkan and later in the Beit HaMikdash, we are invited to consider the relationship between two core teachings in Torah thought.

On the one hand, there is the teaching that studying the laws of a mitzvah, especially one that cannot be performed today, is considered as if one has performed........

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