Friday, 2 June 2017

Parashas Nasso

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Nasso which continues with the tasks of the other two Levite Tribes of Gershon and Merari,where in the last Parsha ,the tasks of the Levite Tribe of Kohath was discussed.
HaShem Spoke to Moshe and asked for a 'Nasso,' - 'Census' to be taken of the sons of Gershon.We saw the same word 'Nasso,' in the previous Chapter Daled of this Sefer Bamidbar,when HaShem Spoke to Moshe and Aharon to take a Census of the children of Kohath.
HaShem lists the responsibilities of Gershon and Merari, each task and part of Levi being of equal importance showing that each Jew is needed equally to complete the World.
HaShem then Commands on Purifying the Camp and about restitution for theft.
The Torah Parsha continues with the Laws of the Sotah - The Wayward Wife who is unfaithful to her beloved and the ceremony that takes place to test for unfaithfulness.It is in this section that HaShem shows how important to Him , faithfulness is between a husband and wife,for HaShem even allows His Name to be erased from a scroll in sacred water which she drinks , to test her and as the Talmud shows, the couple, for HaShem takes unfaithfulness between couples, as if it were unfaithfulness to HaShem Himself Chas Ve Shalom .
HaShem then Gives the Laws of the Nazarite and the Parsha continues and completes with the offerings of each of the Tribes for the Tabernacle and Altar, each miraculously bringing the same amounts of offerings and articles.Each amount mentioned including its total together with the other Tribes has a very deep significance , even to each Tribe of Israel .As an example,all the silver of the vessels being two thousand four hundred was a reference to the years that had passed from Creation to the Fortieth year of Moshe's Life.The One Hundred and Twenty shekels of gold pans represented the One Hundred and Twenty Years of Moshe's Life. The Twelves that were mentioned a few times, refer to the twelve constellations and twelve months and the twelve guides of men as their organs within them . All this , the Midrash explains so beautifully .
And so, this Parsha ends with Moshe coming to the Tent of Meeting to speak with HaShem , Whose Voice Spoke from Atop the Cover on the Ark of Testimony between the Cherubim . And So HaShem Spoke to Moshe.
This Parsha has the theme of purity running through it, from the purity of the Sons of Levi and their tasks and the Purity of The Tabernacle, to the purity of the Husband and Wife and of the Nazarite and when all offerings are brought and the Nation of Israel stands as one, then HaShem Speaks to Moshe from Atop the Cover after the Dedication .
What has this idea of purity got to do with the name of this Parsha, which is 'Nasso,' - 'Census.' 
The word Nasso, doesn't just refer to 'Census,' but the word 'Nasso' also means , ' To Raise Up.' Thus when HaShem Calls on the different Levites to their task , HaShem is actually 'Raising them in Holiness .' This is the case with standing up to be counted doing any Mitzvah.
When we come to do a Mitzvah of HaShem, we are actually being 'Raised Up' by HaShem . That is the main purpose of the Mitzvoth. To raise us up levels and to return us to Gan Eiden to be close to our Creator HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu The Holy One Blessed Be He .
Every time we stand together with our fellow Jew and even our fellow man and woman and follow that which G-D Gives us to follow, we are really 'Nasso' - ' Raising' ourselves up to G-D . 
Within the Word 'Nasso' is another Word also spelled sounding the same except with a Samech and this word is the Hebrew Word 'Neis,' which refers to a 'Miracle .' Thus whenever we perform a 'Nasso' a 'Raising Up' due to a Mitzvah, we are letting ourselves be part of a 'Neis' - a 'Miracle,' which is a 'Raising of our own Physicalities ' up to G-D . That is exactly what a miracle is, a Raising of the Physicality to Spiritual Dimensions of Wonder. Thus, whenever we do a Mitzvah and Commandment of G-D , we are making ourselves by our own Free Will, to be part of a 'Neis' a ' Miracle ,' and the result is a 'Nasso,' - 'A Raising up,' to be 'Counted ,' as a part of HaShem's Love .
Keep this in mind and follow HaShem's Mitzvoth always and ' 'Nasso,' - ' Raise yourself Up ' to HaShem and be a part of HaShem's 'Neis' - ' Miracle ,' by your own choice of love and faithfulness and purity to HaShem . 
With Love to HaShem , I wish HaShem with Love , a Beautiful Sweet and Special Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all, a beautiful , sweet and special Shabbos Kodesh with love.

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