Nefesh B’Nefesh
This week’s
parasha is Hukkat, known for the law of the red cow. Its [the cow] ashes are
used for cleansing. This brings me to the point I’d like to touch on. One who
is near a corpse, whether touching it or just in its vicinity, becomes unclean.
In order to become clean again, another person who is clean must sprinkle the
ashes and water on the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day.
The “sprinkler” will then be unclean until the evening. This parasha shows two things to me: We all need aid sometimes and sometimes we have to lower
ourselves for a little to help others.
No comments:
Post a Comment