But if we go one more layer in, this verse is talking about social perception and how the community will “buy” or listen to the story that Aaron is trying to tell.
#Look wonderful tonight how to#
You can read this verse K’phshuto – literally – and interpret that we are talking about how to make the garment. Next you shall instruct all who are skillful, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron’s vestments, for consecrating him to serve Me as a priest. Our clothes have the potential to help us to tell the story of who we want to be and where we want to be. But God commanded Moses that he should make these sacred garments – meaning to teach them how to refine their souls and traits, in such a way they will wear majesty and splendor upon their internal souls.” The Malbim ( Rabbi Meir ben Yehiel Michael) too explains that this goes beyond the physical garment: “But really indicate inner clothes – to clothe their souls with thoughts and traits and proper tendencies… and the craftsmen did not make those garments. Rabbi Levi-Yitzhak of Berdichev explains that the splendor of the garment is a reflection of the internal beauty of the wearer. The word TIF’ERET is translated as Splendor. The weight of the responsibility that this role conveys. The word KAVOD means respect but it also resembles KOVED, weight. It was in a way a reminder for himself and for those looking at him.įor dignity and for splendor לכבוד ולתפארת The function of the clothing was to represent the change in his status. There was a real need for that role and he had the internal ability to fulfill it. Make sacral vestments for your brother Aaron, for dignity and splendorĪaron was going to fulfill a new role in the society. We know from our daily lives that the question of clothing is often essential to our experience. One might wonder – should the clothing be such an essential topic? And the answer might be in an issue that many of us are familiar with:
This Torah Portion discusses in great detail the clothing that the Cohanim, the priests, will wear. Make sacral vestments for your brother Aaron, for dignity and splendor. She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hairĪnd then she asks me, Do I look all right?Īnd I say, “Yes, you look wonderful tonight”
“It’s late in the evening she’s wondering what clothes to wear I remember that I felt beyond embarrassed, totally naked. “I see why you wear that shirt, you’re trying to hide your belly, but you can’t do that, it’s right there so you better do some diet”.
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