“Nasi” – The Offerings of the Tribal Princes of Israel
One year after the Exodus, on the first of Nissan, the dedication of the portable Sanctuary began. The dedication lasted twelve days, during which offerings were brought daily to the Mishkan, delivered by the prince of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
In memory of this, it is customary during the days of the month of Nissan preceding Pesach to read daily the passage from the Torah describing the offerings of the prince of a different tribe.
Our website provides the text of the prayers from the Siddur “Tehillat Hashem” published by “F.R.E.E. Publishing House.”
7 Nissan
Today there is a particular desire to ask the Almighty for the strength of the tribe that consecrated the altar on this day. Ephraim – his strength is embedded in his name: “G-d has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.” Fruitfulness and success that take problems and the very conflict of a situation as their foundation: a foreign land yielded fruit.
A remarkable quality: turning any obstacle into a springboard for a leap. That’s practically coaching! The most effective of modern psychological techniques: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
But within this lies both inner justice and the shaping of one’s own world – it programs the emergence of obstacles to be overcome. Nevertheless, we are confident: even far beyond the Sambatyon, the sons of Ephraim will not be lost.
