In this week's Torah portion, Tzav, the Torah continues to outline the laws concerning certain sacrifices. In addition, it describes the process of inaugurating the Kohanim (priests) through specific offerings made by Moshe.
Our sages recount that, in this case, even though Moshe was a Levi, he fulfilled the role of Cohen, which would later be carried out by his brother Aaron.
Elsewhere in the Torah, the idea appears that Moshe was a king, that is, the benefits and responsibilities that many years later (approx. 350) the kings of Israel would have were applied to him.
From these two places (and others less specific) we see that Moses fulfilled diverse tasks throughout his leadership of the Jewish people. Only at the beginning of his leadership do we find that Moses, in his humility, asked God to appoint Aaron as his guide. From the moment God designated him, Moses never refused to be a military strategist, lawyer, scribe, builder, sculptor, warrior, priest, teacher, and fulfill any of the other roles he played.
Judaism posits that God meticulously and specifically oversees every occurrence in the entire universe. This is called Hashgacha Pratit in Hebrew. In this context, oversight doesn't simply mean that God knows what happens, sees it, etc., but also that He causes it to happen. Human beings have free will to make the decisions they deem appropriate at each stage of their lives, but the situations they encounter are under Divine "oversight," as if to say, "nothing is a coincidence.".
In turn, the masters of Jewish mysticism tell us that each one has within him a spark of Moshe which is the part of the soul that nourishes our faith in God.
Being so close to Passover, these ideas offer us a very important lesson: as our sages say, "where there is no man, strive to be one," meaning that each person should take responsibility for participating in a Passover Seder and having all the necessary elements for it, as well as encouraging others to participate, either by inviting them or providing the necessary items, such as matzah, wine, meat, etc. No one should think they don't know how to do it, that they weren't taught, etc., because, as we said, on the one hand, without specific prior training, Moses (and we all have a part of him within us) performed countless tasks, and that gives us the capacity to perform any task necessary for drawing closer to God.
On the other hand, if God gives us the festival and puts us in a position to "make it happen," that is, not let the festival pass us by like a date that came and went, but nothing changed, but rather to ensure that the festival has its traditional observance and has its effect on our lives and the lives of others, so that we can experience the true Exodus, with the coming of Messiah, swift in our days, Amen.