Thoughts on for this in the future; Chayecha Sheani SHEMINI Tsorerah Lecha Bekenafecha. For that reason the Shechina did not descend Year 24 during the seven days Moshe served, by Dayan Abraham David and only appeared on the eighth day

when Aharon took over the service. The Midrash tells us that even though The question remains why was Moshe Moshe had served the first seven days punished for this? It would seem it was of the Inauguration of the Mishkan and his humility for which G-d praised him the Ordination of Aharon, it was only Anav Mikol Adam that made him feel on the eighth day when Aharon took unworthy and less fitting for the job over the service that the Shechina than his older brother Aharon. The descended and a Heavenly fire came Shem Mishmuel goes further saying down on the Mizbeyach. Rabbi that Moshe felt that he was only Chelbo in the Midrash said ‘after chosen, even though he was not the serving for the first seven days as best, because the Bnei Yisrael in Priest during the Inauguration, Moshe Egypt were not on a high level and Rabbenu thought it was his, until G-d more deserving of a greater leader to told him lo shelcha he eleh shel save them. So as usual he took up for Aharon Achicha He’. As it says ‘vaihi them with great Miserat Nefesh and bayom hashemini kara Moshe le refused to obey the command so that Aharon’. This cannot be referring to they should have a greater the actual priesthood, for Moshe knew representative and leader to save it had been given to Aharon and he them. But even these good intentions had prepared the clothes for Aharon were not acceptable against the word and his sons to serve in. It could only of Hashem and considered a sin, for be referring to the descending of the we must accept that G-d knows better Shechina which only came down as the Navi Yeshayahu told King through the Service of Aharon. It would Chezkiyahu who had not married seem that this had been denied to because he had known through Moshe, but why? The Midrash gives a prophecy that he would have a wicked reason for this. Moshe was being son Menashe; Dibehadi Kibshe repaid for his reluctance to go on the Rachmanah Lama Lecha. Why do you Shelichut to Egypt when he had been interfere in the reckoning of G-d. You told by G-d to do so at the burning do as you are commanded and G-d bush. For seven days Moshe persisted will take care of His world. So Moshe Shelach Beyad Tishlach send the one even though he had worried for the who you are more used to sending Jewish people should have accepted (Aharon). Finally G-d agreed to send G-d’s command with the knowledge Aharon but told him that he would pay that G-d knows best even when we think otherwise. Moshe should have called a ‘chatat’, a sin offering even accepted G-d’s choice and prayed that though it was not offered on the he should succeed even if he was not ‘mizbeach’ but nevertheless it came the best in his own judgement. to atone for the sin of the golden calf, This is no contradiction to Moshe’s ‘Egel hazahav, Yavoh ha em pleading on behalf of the Jewish vaychaper al ha bat’ the mother people after the Chet HaEgel when should come and atone for its child. G-d offered to make him a great nation What we need to understand is what instead of the Bnei Yisrael when he has the ‘Parah Adumah’ have to do said Macheni Na Misifrecha if you do with ‘Chet HaEgel’ since its purpose not forgive them. And G-d forgave them at his behest. For there G-d had was to cleanse us from ‘Tumat Met’ indicated that it depended on Moshe’s which originated with the sin of prayers as it says in the Pasuk Adam, when death came into the Heniach Li suggesting that Moshe world. could hold Him back. We could add The Talmud in Shabbat (page 146) that we should always pray for tells us that when the Bnei Yisrael Rahamim to save the Jewish people. reached the highest level of But even so when Aaron offered his Kedusha at Sinai with their korbanot the shechina did not manifest acceptance of the Torah ‘Naase Ve itself until Moshe went with him into the nishmah’ they were cleansed of the mishkan to pray to Hashem and only effect of serpent on Chavah, with the then did the shechina descend after original sin; ‘Yisrael she amdo al har they came out and blessed the people. Sinai paska zohamatan shel Ha The fire descended from Shamayim in Nachash’, their acceptance of the honour of both Aaron’s offering and Torah which is compared to the ‘Etz Moshe’s prayers. Moshe was now Hachayim’, the ‘Tree of Life’, as it being honoured too for his refusal had was in Gan Eden, gave them a been for good reasons because of his renewal of life as Adam before the humility as above. sin, without death. But unfortunately ‘Egel’ after the sin of the they lost GEMS this level and death returned, even though they received the second We read Parashat Parah from the ‘luchot’ of Torah, it was not on the Sedra of Chuchat which speaks same level. Now we can connect the about ‘Taharah’, to purify ourselves ‘Parah Adumah’ which brought from the ‘Tumat met’, uncleaness purification for ‘Tumat met’ to the sin through contact with a dead person. of the golden calf which brought Generally it was to allow people to back death and its uncleanliness. enter the Beit Hamikdash to offer the But why the Parah which is the korban Pesach and other offerings. female full grown animal and not the The Parsha is read before Pesach to calf itself for atonement, ‘Yavoh Ha remind a Jew of his obligation to em Ve yechaper al Habat’, why the offer the korban Pesach after mother? We know that those who purification. Many poskim hold it as actually served the golden calf with a mitzvah from the Torah to hear the witnesses were killed by the Levites, reading of this Parasha even today. some 3 thousand. Those who had A red cow was slaughtered and served but there were no witnesses burnt and its ashes were used to were killed with the plague which purify the ‘Tameh met’. The Parah is followed. The rest of the Bnei Yisrael had not actually sinned with Chaim Soloveitchik when he the Egel’, but they had allowed it to introduced himself or when he happen; they had not tried to stop it, signed letters, never as the Rav of or at least protest against such an Brisk. The only exception was on abomination, that is why they were one occasion when he heard that held responsible. Hence the mother, a certain widow in Brisk was the Parah came for the atonement depressed and he decided to pay as a mother is responsible for the her a visit to cheer her up. When doings of the child, they did not have he was still a block away from the to bring the calf itself since they did widow’s house he sent his not physically take part in the ‘Avodah Zara’ of the ‘Egel’ only the attendant ahead with instructions Parah (mother) for their to tell the widow that ‘Rav Chaim responsibility. Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav, the In this Parasha we see that Aaron Chief Justice of Brisk’ is coming. personally had to offer a calf as a To make a widow feel important, chatat’ a sin offering which was an Rav Chaim was willing to forgo his atonement for his part in the ‘Egel’ natural modesty and use his full (Rashi). Because he physically had title. Otherwise never! a part in the making of the golden calf, even though his intentions were Shabbat Shalom for the good, he had to bring a calf, he was considered like a ‘shogeg’, HALACHOT someone who sins unwittingly without intention and this calf 1) On this Shabbat we take out a brought him atonement. On Rosh second Sefer Torah and we read Chodesh Nisan the mishkan was Parashat Para in Chukat. inaugurated and the ‘shechinah’ 2) On the following Shabbat, descended among the Jewish Tazria, 6th April 2019, we take out people manifested by the fire from 3 Sefrei Torah, from the first we Heaven, it came after the purification complete the Parsha of the week of the Bnei Yisrael with the ‘Efer’ of Tazria in six aliyot, but we do not the Parah Adumah for their ‘Tikun say a Kaddish. For Shevee, we and the offering of the calf for Aaron’s part in it. That is why we read from the parasha of Rosh read the Parasha of Parah Adumah Hodesh ‘Bayom Hashabbat’ in the at this time. second Sefer Torah and then say the Kaddish for both Sefarim. The rd Mufteer we heard from the 3 STORIES OF TZADDIKIM Sefer ‘Hachodesh haze lachem’ and then say a Kaddish. We say the Haftorah from Yeheskel Rav Yechezkel Abramsky, the (45:19) ‘Ba Rishona Hodesh’. We brilliant author of Chazon then say the first and last pasuk of Yechezkel and head of the London the Haftorah of Rosh Chodesh ‘Ko Rabbinical Court, when he amar Hashem Hashamayim kisi’. eulogized Rav Chaim Soloveitchik, 3) From Rosh Chodesh Nissan, said that Rav Chaim “always which is on Shabbat 6th April referred to himself as simply onwards, we read the Parashat Nesiim in Naso. One Nasi each day in remembrance of the Hand-baked soft Sedarim Matzot, Hanuchat Hamishkan in the desert Made according to our Tradition when each prince brought his KASHER LE-MEHADRIN Under the supervision of Dayan offering beginning on Rosh Abraham David of Od Yosef Hai Chodesh Nisan. Baked in the ZADIK Bakery on the 4) During the month of Nisan we premises of the Yeshiva make birchat Ilanot. This beracha makes the eating of the required is only said once and only in Nisan Shiur of Matzot on Seder night according to the Ben Ish Hai and easier most Poskim. 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