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The Yeshiva.net — Chukas 5782

Выпуск: The Yeshiva.net — Chukas 5782. Темы: relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית, זוגיות, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Ashes and water In the beginning of the week's portion, we explore what the Sages defined as the most mysterious Mitzvah in Judaism, known as "the mitzvah of the red cow." In short, the ritual worked like this: A red heifer was slaughtered and burnt, its ashes stored and preserved with much care. The mystery of this mitzvah is so profound that it inspired the brilliant King Solomon to make the following confession: "I said I would be wise, but it is far from me (1)." The Midrash (2) explains Solomon's words thus: Through my wisdom I gained insight into all of the mitzvos of the Torah; but for a comprehension of the mitzvah of the red cow, "I searched, I questioned, I scrutinized, and I discovered that it was far from me (3)." This explains an anomaly in the opening verses of the portion, where G-d says to Moses "They shall take to you a red cow." Why "to you"? When Moses' face turned green A dramatic tradition in Midrash (5) records the following incident: Throughout the entire Bible, whenever G-d told Moses about a person becoming spiritually impure through contact with a contaminated object or creature (say, a dead weasel), He immediately informed him of the means for purification (6). "At that moment, Moses' face turned green." Only much later, says the Midrash, "When G-d reached the section of the red cow, did He say to Moses: 'When I communicated to you the laws of ritual impurity through contact with a human corpse, you asked Me, how can this person become pure, but I did not respond. 3) Hundreds perhaps thousands of laws in Judaism are not explicitly stated in the Bible They are deduced from https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/2861/print-view 3/7 7/6/22, 4:21 PM TheYeshiva.net 3) Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of laws in Judaism are not explicitly stated in the Bible. They are deduced from existing biblical text via a very meticulous and complicated methodology that G-d presented to Moses, known as "the thirteen methods (9)." When G-d refused to present Moses with an answer to his legalistic question, why did Moses not go in search for the answer himself, u

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The Yeshiva.net

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7 июля 2022 г.

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7

Темы: relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary