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Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Tzav 5733 MITZVA BEYOND REASON — Tsav 5784

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Tzav 5733 MITZVA BEYOND REASON — Tsav 5784. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT he Rebbe's Discourses T Summary of Points from the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫ זאת חוקת התורה בלתי מוגה‬..‫פרשת צו פרשת פרה תשל''ג ד''ה וידבר‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Tzav, Parshat Parah 20 Adar II 5784, 30 March 20241 MITZVAH BEYOND REASON HIS SHABBAT IN THE MORNING SERVICE TWO TORAH T SCROLLS ARE taken from the Ark. A perfectly red cow which had never had a yoke would be taken outside the camp (later, outside Jerusalem), slaughtered, its blood sprinkled towards the Sanctuary or Temple, burnt, and then its ashes mixed with water would be sprinkled on the person who is impure, bringing purification. Hence the Sages comment ‘do not say I do not like pork, but rather that I do like it, but what should I do – my Father in Heaven has forbidden me to eat it!’7 The self-restraint that the person imposes on himself or herself to avoid giving in to their natural desire is an example of submitting to the yoke of Heaven, despite the fact that Reason (and/or biological desire) tempt the person towards forbidden food or other kinds of forbidden behaviour. Indeed, the Talmud there presents the idea that the Earth was frightened that the Jews might not accept the Torah at Sinai, and the world would be returned to 4 See Numbers 19:7-10, Sedra Chukat, which indicates that the Priests involved in its preparation become impure and have to purify themselves in a Mikveh, ritual pool. But on a higher level, there is Torah as the Will and Wisdom of G-d (which includes both the Written and Oral aspects), and could be considered ‘written’, as ink on parchment, like the Torah Scroll [and also the many volumes of the Oral Torah, such as the Talmud]. Knowing that the Divine life-force is the essential nature of existence, one can contemplate the sun, moon and stars, or the sea, the forest, a pebble – and be aware with one’s mind’s eye that its existence is based on its Divine source. The term ‘My covenant’ can be understood as the Torah which one should study day and night, and the Talmud suggests that what this verse implies is that the existence of Heaven and Earth depen

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Chabad Research Unit

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29 марта 2024 г.

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Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary