Pleas Instead of Bikkurim

משפחת לשותלח למשפחתם אפרים בני אלה” משפחת לתחן הבכרי משפחת לבכר השתלחי (לה כו) “התחני

Chazal (Tanchuma 1) taught us that the three tefillos we daven each day were established to correspond to the mitzvah of bikkurim, which we cannot fulfill when there is no Bais Hamikdash. They said: “Moshe saw in Ruach HaKodesh that the Bais Hamikdash would be destroyed, and the bikkurim would cease, and he then instituted for Am Yisrael to pray three times each day.”

Rav Tzvi Yitzchak Abramowitz, the Rav of the Kirya Hachassidit in Chatzor Haglilit, says that this Midrash is alluded to in this passuk: “LeBecher mishpachas haBachri, leTachan mishpachas haTachani.” Instead of בכר, the bikkurim, Moshe instituted תחן the techinos and tefillos.

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