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Beha'alotcha
"In your setting up"
29
May 2010
Numbers
8:1-12:16
Zechariah
2:10 (14)-4:7
1
Corinthians 10:6-13
This Parasha begins with the command to light the lamps of the
Menorah. It continues with the inauguration of the Levites which included
purification through the sprinkling of water. Following were animal and
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.
Rav. Shaul (Paul) tells us the book of Romans, 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. G-d also
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 His grace and mercy.
We all have a second chance if we just turn unto G-d and let Him carry our
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 Sages interpret this as 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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