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Kedushas HaShabbos
by YN
We must differentiate between Shabbos observance and the sanctity of Shabbos.
We must understand why the Torah actually permitted the offering of sacrifices on Shabbos in the Beis Hamikdash. Chazal say: Come and see how dear is the mitzvah performed at its designated time, for the fats and kosher organs can be burned on the Mizbeiach all night and nonetheless they didn't wait until Shabbos was over but rather burned them on the Mizbeiach on Shabbos during the day. While we cannot fathom the will of Hashem, still, if the Torah went so far, we can, nevertheless try to understand it - said HaRav Wosner zt"l.
The gemara tells us that the Shabbos Tomid sacrifices were more important than the Shabbos musaf ones. The Ari HaKodosh writes that no two prayers are the same. It is also reputed to have been said that all of the kavonoh found throughout the Ari's writings are a mere example for one single prayer in the life of a person, for him to internalized and apply to all other prayers.
If so, since the prayers which were instituted instead of the Tomid sacrifices are thus less than those sacrifices themselves, so certainly, a Shabbos korbon Tomid does not compare to a weekday one. Shabbos korbonos have the sanctity of Shabbos and are an inseparable part of Shabbos, and if it is written that the Shabbos prayer draw the holiness of Shabbos, all the more so did the actual avoda in the Mikdosh. So we see the importance of the sacrifices brought on Shabbos itself.
We must realize that "then did the devout of Shabbos exchange with one another" - this is a hint that `exchange' is a form of conduct. If one Jew can provide benefit to a Shabbos-observant Jew, it is a mitzvah to do so and befriend him rather than give profit to those who desecrate it. But in our sinfulness, we do not always do so. Often enough, it is the opposite, which falls under the rule of "and you shall observe and see [the difference] between the tzaddik and the rasha, between one who serves Hashem and who does not. The difference between them should be obvious and blatant.
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