Friday Adar Sheini 12 5703
Chumash: Vayikra, Shishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 66-68.
Tanya: Ch. 37. This (p. 167)... G-d forbid. (p. 169).
The Torah portion dealing with altar offerings begins: "A man who offers (Yakriv) of you an offering to G-d." [1]
The logical order of the words should be, "A man of you [2] who offers, etc."
The Alter Rebbe answers: [3] "A man who offers" - in order that a man become closer [4] to G-d - "of you, an offering to G-d" - he must bring the offering, of himself. He must sacrifice his personal "animal," the desire for evil that is called the animal soul. [5]
Notes:
Vayikra 1:2.
I.e., "from among you."
Likutei Torah, Vayikra, beginning.
Yakriv ("who offers") literally means "draws close."
Tanya, Ch. 1.