Rabbi Eliyahu Noson Silberberg begins parshas Emor with an explanation of the concept of the power of speech. Usuallly we hear about the destruction caused by negative speech. Here, he looks on the positive side, in certain spiritual realms, praising other people reveals their strengths, even if they are not present.
Rabbi Silberberg continues with the laws of kohanim and delves into the words of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Zohar concerning the deeper levels where every Jew, and even Hashem are considered to be kohanim. Everyone has the ability, on the neshama level, to be a Kohein,
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