Commentary ADERET ELIYAHU:
"In this verse, Hashem began to tell them the good deeds that He did for them at Mount Sinai: that He initially gave them the Written Torah and then the Oral Torah.
"The
Torah is called 'water' as in Isaiah 55:1, 'For everyone who is thirsty,
go to the water'. It is also called 'oil', as in Song of Songs 1:3,
'your oils have a pleasant fragrance'.
"Thus, the Written Torah is called 'water': just as everyone needs water every day and cannot live without it, so must everyone study the Written Torah every day. However, there are many who do not study the Oral Torah and hence, it can be called 'oil' because some people anoint themselves with oil and others do not.
"'I washed you with water', meaning that the Written Torah washes and cleans the soul of a person. 'I cleaned your blood from you' means that at the time of the giving of the Torah, the contamination they received from the serpent had ceased to be among them. 'I anointed you with oil' means that He then gave us the Oral Torah."
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"And if the entire community of Israel sins, the congregation shall bring a young bull as a sin offering. They shall bring it before the Tent of Meeting. The ANOINTED KOHEN shall bring some of the bull's blood into the Tent of Meeting. Then he shall cause it to go up in smoke on the altar. Thus the kohen shall make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven." -- Leviticus 4:13-20
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You will find that the ones who study Oral Torah and learn the secrets of Metatron will be the ones chosen to serve as the ANOINTED KOHANIM in the rebuilt temple and offer the sacrificial bulls and make atonement for the sins of all human beings. Only those who master the Oral Torah will be able to correctly perform the priestly service, thereby arousing the highest levels of divine mercy.
"Thus, the Written Torah is called 'water': just as everyone needs water every day and cannot live without it, so must everyone study the Written Torah every day. However, there are many who do not study the Oral Torah and hence, it can be called 'oil' because some people anoint themselves with oil and others do not.
"'I washed you with water', meaning that the Written Torah washes and cleans the soul of a person. 'I cleaned your blood from you' means that at the time of the giving of the Torah, the contamination they received from the serpent had ceased to be among them. 'I anointed you with oil' means that He then gave us the Oral Torah."
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"And if the entire community of Israel sins, the congregation shall bring a young bull as a sin offering. They shall bring it before the Tent of Meeting. The ANOINTED KOHEN shall bring some of the bull's blood into the Tent of Meeting. Then he shall cause it to go up in smoke on the altar. Thus the kohen shall make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven." -- Leviticus 4:13-20
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You will find that the ones who study Oral Torah and learn the secrets of Metatron will be the ones chosen to serve as the ANOINTED KOHANIM in the rebuilt temple and offer the sacrificial bulls and make atonement for the sins of all human beings. Only those who master the Oral Torah will be able to correctly perform the priestly service, thereby arousing the highest levels of divine mercy.
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