Living Torah: Tzav

(5) The fire on the altar shall be kept burning, not to go out: every morning the priest shall feed wood to it, lay out the burnt offering on it, and turn into smoke the fat parts of the offerings of well-being. (6) A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar, not to go out.

What would it be like to have a tangible pathway to God?

(28) And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: (29) Speak to the Israelite people thus: The offering to the LORD from a sacrifice of well-being must be presented by him who offers his sacrifice of well-being to the LORD: (30) his own hands shall present the LORD’s offerings by fire.

A peace sacrifice should be offered by the person who wishes to offer it. What hand do we play in our own showing of gratitude?

(34) For I have taken the breast of elevation offering and the thigh of gift offering from the Israelites, from their sacrifices of well-being, and given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their due from the Israelites for all time. (35) Those shall be the perquisites of Aaron and the perquisites of his sons from the LORD’s offerings by fire, once they have been inducted to serve the LORD as priests; (36) these the LORD commanded to be given them, once they had been anointed, as a due from the Israelites for all time throughout the ages.