Holy Words:
Sefer Tiferes Shlomo explains the words: “Odom ki yakriv michem.” A person from amongst you who draws close.
A person may be living life without having any closeness or connection to Hashem. Such a person should learn a lesson from an animal that becomes holy when someone simply says, “This is a Korban Olah.” From a few words, the animal becomes sanctified. The animal is still the same animal. It hasn’t changed. But the person’s words have made it holy. This should teach a person a lesson about the holiness that is inside every man.
This teaches us the incredible power of speech. And words of Torah and tefillah are, of course, even more powerful and valuable to Hashem.
With this in mind, the pasuk can be understood to be saying that if a person draws close to Hashem, he should learn a lesson “min habeheima”, from the animal. From an animal, he should learn the power of speech and realize how holy a person can become through his words.
