Aliya Summary: The Kohanim were chosen by G‑d to be His holy
servants. They do not receive an inheritance (portion) in the Land of
Israel, because "G‑d is their inheritance." Instead, the Kohanim are the
beneficiaries of various priestly gifts; selections of meat from
certain sacrifices, as well as tithes from crops and animal shearings.
The
three sections of the animal that the Kohanim get to keep are the
foreleg, the jaw (tongue) and part of the intestines. Rashi explains
that this corresponds to the story of Pinchas, when Pinchas raised his
hand (foreleg is the equivalent of the hand), prayed (tongue) and
stabbed the transgressors through the stomach (intestines).It's the
butterfly effect, where one string of actions leads to perpetual benefit
for every generation that follows, that we should all wish to emulate.
You never know what one act of kindness, one little Mitzvah (which may
not be so little if we realized its butterfly effect), one smile, can
perpatuate.
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