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From the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria; translated and edited by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky

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Kabbalah teaches how the priestly garments transcend the power of the hair of Esau.

Spiritually, a sacrifice consists of both an "upward" and "downward" spiritual movement. The animal ascended in flames on the altar, signifying and effecting the elevation of man's animal nature into holiness, which elicited a downward flow of divine beneficence in response.

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