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Beha'alotecha
Numbers
8:1-12:16
Zechariah
2:10-4:7
1
Corinthians 10:6-13
This Parashah begins
with the command to light the lamps of the Menorah. It continues with the
inauguration of the Levites. This included purification through the
sprinkling of water. Following were animal and the grain offerings, thus
separating them for the service in the
Temple.
Then G-d gives the
children of
Israel who
missed the Passover when it was to be observed in Nissan 14, a second
chance to observe the Passover. G-d's love for His people indeed is shown
here, as well as in the rest of His word.
We know that Rav. Shaul
(Paul), in the book of Romans, tells us in chapter 3 verse 10-12, "As it
is written, There is none that is righteous, no not one: There is none
that understands, there is none that seeks after G-d. All have turned
away, they have all together become worthless; there is no one who does
good, not even one".... all have sinned and come short. But G-d said, in
Jeremiah 31: 31-33 that He would give not only the Jewish people, but all
who have fallen, another chance to follow Him albeit not by works that any
man should boast, but by the grace (Hen) the mercy of G-d.
We all have a second
chance if we just turn unto G-d and let Him carry your sins and burdens
and start again to follow the path that He gave by His Torah.
The first Passover runs
an entire week, while the second Passover is observed only one day. The
Rabbis interpret this as that the power of Teshuvah, repentance. That
power can transform a person in an instant.
Let the power of G-d
transform you so that you may become a new creation, thus the old has
passed away, and the new transformed you into one of G-d's children.
SHAVUA
TOV
Rabbi Z.
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