Dressing with Divinity: Exploring Jewish Wisdom of Clothing (Parshas Tetzaveh)

One never really gets a chance to make a first impression, for his clothing has already done that, for when you walk in a room it will be sized up, it will be quite clear from your exoskeleton and attire that you are clothed in, what your job is, what religion you practice, probably how organized your life is and whether or not you got some dandruff issues. But your clothing acts like a welcoming party. Your clothing, done right, will actually add up in your spiritual bank account to many emitsposts, to Arisa. If you should put the fringes on the corners of the garment, fulfill titsis and clothing gone horribly wrong. If you should weave wool and linen together, key lyam could destroy everything from clothing. And surely you picked up on the fact that the greatest tragedy known to mankind, when Adam and Eve, adam and Chava ate from the forbidden fruit from that Eitzhadaas, when they felt barren and naked out in the open, the answer was let's give them some clothing. Clothing, the very first answer. Now, jew knows that there is nothing small in this world and clothing is no different. But listen here, for this takes things to a whole other league when, in parashahs to Tzava, we find that we are ve'asu, we are to make clothing for the high priest special vestments, surely are aware of their likeness. But ve'asu is big day. Aron, the kachalacha, anoli. Why we are to make them? To make Aron part of the priesthood, the koengaldo. So what does the making and the dawning of Aron's clothing have to do with turning him into a koeng? He says Rashi, and I quote listen just how important our clothing is. L'kachal, to make him holy, to sanctify him. L'achaniso, be'kahuna, al-yideh abegad, that we bring him into the priesthood, you elevate him to these lofty spiritual heights by dawning the clothing. When he puts them on, he becomes like the superhero. He becomes elevated from a plain Israelite to an elevated, lofty high priest, how al-yideh abegad, by wearing these pieces of clothing. That makes you holy. Ladies and gentlemen, we are a part of the kingdom of priests. We are a nation that is holy. It is important that we dress with nobility. We dress dignified and monarchically. We dress to impress. We dress to define ourselves how we want to be defined. We dress the way that the Torah wants us to dress. Doing clothing big day kahuna, big day kitesh properly can really elevate you to unimaginable heights. Keep this in mind every morning when you get dressed. You should do it to impress.