Jewish Spirituality and the book of Vayikrah

For me the conversation on Jewish spirituality begins in earnest in the book of Vayikra.Adam mikem kee yakreev" if one amongst you brings an offering to G-d.....". The Hebrew word for offering" yakreev "derives from the word karov - to draw close.Though the Jewish format of worship would evolve over the years from actual sacrifices during the temple era,to today where personal Prayer replaces the sacrificial offerings,the real breakthrough of the notion of an individual spiritual prayer is rooted in this weeks portion. If genesis is about the origins of the world,and our Patriarchs and matriarchs,and exodus about a newly minted Jewish nation receiving Torah,then vayikrah is about all of those things coalescing into the actual practice of Judaism. It's the place where the Jewish nation commenced the daily routines that would become the heart and soul of Jewish life. If Creation, redemption and revelation, were the way in which g-d gradually offered himself to us; then it is through the medium of the Korbanot (sacrifices) that we began to reciprocate and offer ourselves back up to hashem. The opening verse vayikrah hashem el moshe- and g-d called out to Moshe",was actually a summons to prayer and an initiation into an existence filled with daily moments of soulfulness. This week of vayikrah we too hear the call of spiritual renewal and are given the opportunity to offer ourselves up into a rejuvenated prayerful relationship with g-d.