מו"ר הגאון הרב שקד בוהדנה שליט"א מדרש תנחומא פרשת חקת סימן ג'-ד'

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Shaked Bohadana’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Midrash Tanchuma, Parashat Hokat Siman 3 says that the midrash is the law of the Torah, which says, "Whoever is pure from unclean, not one?" The point of the matter is that there is a verse in the book of Job, it is written there in the book of Job, chapter 14, verse 4, "Whoever is pure from unclean, who can bring out pure from unclean, not one? Only the Holy One, blessed be He, may His name be praised. Now, why does the midrash arise regarding this matter? Because here too it is known that the one who deals with the whole act of the red heifer is then charged with the washing of goats, meaning that he is assimilated. On the other hand, the ashes of a red heifer can be purified from the impurity of the dead. So this is an interesting thing. The one who deals with it becomes impure, and the one who So this is an interesting thing. The one who deals with it becomes impure, and the one who feeds it becomes purified. So whoever is pure from unclean, not one? This is a decree that is called a legislative law. And where do you have permission to go after it? But before the midrash comes back to the cow, it gives all kinds of examples, such as Abraham, who is pure, from where was he born? From where was he born? He From where was he born? He was an idolater. Hezekiah, from the stronghold of Hezekiah. King of Judah, he was the most pious of the kings of Judah, as is told about him in the book of Kings 2:18, and he was born of Ahaz, who was one of the wicked kings of Judah, Yoshihiro, who was a righteous king, Mammon, who was one of the wicked, Mordecai, meaning Mordecai, a Jew of no account, was

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