Parsha Perspectives (Chukas, 5782) - Kill Yourself Over It

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

Vayidaber Hashem el Moshe v'el Aharon lemor. Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon. Chukas haTorah. This is the chok of the Torah. Asher tziva Hashem lemor, that God commanded. Daber el Bnei Yisrael v'yikchu eilacha para adumah What is that chok? What is the chok that God commanded? That you take for yourself a para adumah temimah, take a completely perfect red cow with no blemish, asher ein bah mum, asher lo alah alah ol, has no blemish, and it never worked. And these are some of the criteria the Mishnayos in Parah elaborate on exactly what are the qualifications and criteria to be a para adumah in order to be able to in order to be able to purify the impure. So, even before we delve into the chukim themselves, a few words of a few words of introduction. Let's start with a Sichas Mussar of Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz. The great Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz says the following. Rashi, Zos Chukas haTorah asher tziva, this is the chok of the Torah, says Rashi, "L'fi she'asatah the Satan and the non-Jewish nations of the world they come at the Jewish people and they say what is this mitzvah the chop chop stop trying to comprehend stop trying to understand stop trying to analyze simply submit and surrender recognize This is the will of our you do not have permission you do not have license to demand to seek to understand the

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