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Project Likkutei Sichos — Shemini 5782

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Shemini 5782. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Sicha Summary Chelek 16| Parah The Talmud: On the Shabbos that falls on or before the first of Nissan, we read parshas HaChodesh (Shemos 12:1–20), which records G-d’s instructions for the Jewish court to set the Jewish calendar based on the appearance of the new moon each month, and to regard Nissan as the “head of months.” This parshah also records the details of the Passover offering. The Jerusalem Talmud notes that it would be fitting for HaChodesh to precede Parah, being that the Tabernacle’s inauguration concluded on the first of Nissan — the day associated with the theme of Hachodesh — and the Red Heifer was prepared for the first time on the second day of Nissan, following the Tabernacle’s inauguration. Why, then, does the Talmud say that we read Parah first because it “purifies all of Israel?” The Explanation: Rambam defines the mitzvah of the Red Heifer as follows: “To prepare the Red Heifer to have it ready for the procedure of purifying those who are impure…. The source of this commandment is the verse, “(A ritually pure person shall gather up the cow’s ashes and…) it shall be a keepsake for the congregation of Israel.” (Sefer Hamitzvos, Positive Mitzvah 113) What is unique here is that Rambam does not define the mitzvah as the purification process itself, but rather, having the ashes available for this procedure at all times. And as the Talmud concludes, “we do not interrupt between Parah and Hachodesh,” for through the process of earnest repentance, we usher in Nissan, “the month of redemption,” leading to the complete and final redemption of Moshiach. On the week prior to parshas HaChodesh, we read parshas Parah (Bamidbar 19:1-20), which records the laws of the Red Heifer that was used to purify a person who became ritually impure due to contact with a corpse. Therefore, the Talmud says, the Red Heifer is the “purification of all of Israel,” because in a spiritual sense, every person requires the purification process of repentance to bring him closer to G-d. Yet, the Talmud concludes, Parah is read first because it “purifies all of Israel.” Meaning, first the people purify themselves before they can offer the Pesach sacrifice as recorded in HaChodesh. (Jerusalem Talmud, Megillah 3:5; Rashi on Babylonian

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