Musar su Numeri 28:6

When the Beis HaMikdosh was standing, a person would bring a sacrifice and make confession over it, at the same time repenting for his sin. Then the kohanim would slaughter the animal and sprinkle its blood on the altar and burn its fat. All this was in place of the sinner’s own body and limbs, which had incurred a sentence of death through his sin. Thus the sacrifice served as the rectification for his limbs. Nowadays, however, the recitation of the sacrifices must take the place of offering them, as it is written, “And let us pay for [the offerings of] bullocks with [the prayers of] our lips” (Hoshea 14:3). Maharam the Babylonian (Ta’amei HaMitzvos, 64) writes that when a person recites the portion of the sacrifices he should have in mind that the letters on the page represent the body of the sacrifice, while the vowels animating them represent the soul of the sacrificial animal. In this way it is considered as if he actually offered a sacrifice on the altar. The importance of reciting the portion of the sacrifices every day should not be underestimated. Every morning a certain malignant spirit called Tola is aroused (Sha’ar HaKavanos, Tefilas HaShachar, 13b; Pri Eitz Chayim, Sha’ar Olam HaAsiyah, Part III) and begins lodging accusations against Israel for the sins they committed at night. As long as the Beis HaMikdosh was standing the kohanim were able to weaken its power through the offering of the morning daily sacrifice. Nowadays one should instead have this in mind when reciting the portion, “A continual burnt offering ordained at Mount Sinai” (Bamidbar 28:6). For the word for “[continual] burnt offering” — olas [tamid] — is the reverse of the name Tola. If a person behaves with arrogance he gives power to this malignant spirit, whereas by conducting himself with humility, in emulation of the sacrifices, he weakens it. Thus it is written, “God will not despise a broken and contrite heart” (Tehillim 51:19). Concerning this King Dovid wrote, “And I am a worm [tola’as] and not a man” (Tehillim 22:7).