Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Nasso.
This Parsha continues with the duties of the different families of the Kohanim,in this Parsha,starting with the sons of Gershon.It then goes on to Merari and their duties.A total Census is made of the Levites.
HaShem then Commands that the Camp be purified and to expel those with Tzaraas, a Zav-Emission and everyone contaminated by a human corpse.
The Laws of Theft and its consequences are then taught.
Following this, are the Laws of the Sotah,a wayward wife suspected of unfaithfulness to her husband and the procedure followed in testing for her innocence o guilt . HaShem Holds so dear,the Laws of Faithfulness between a Husband and Wife that in the test, HaShem Will even have His Name written on parchment , to be erased in bitter waters, as the test of the Wife's fidelity or infidelity .So sacred is HaShem's Wish for faithfulness in the bounds of Marriage that He would even have His Own Name erased Chas Ve Shalom .
HaShem then discusses the Laws of the Nazarite, where a person has the the opportunity to become more Holy and abstain from wine beverage,vinegar of wine and dried grapes,for a period and also not cut the hair and not become contaminated by a human corpse.The Haftorah in Judges 13:2-25 for Parashas Nasso also refers to a famous Nazarite called Shimshon - Samson , who as we know, was never to cut his hair.
The Parsha continues with 'Birkas Kohanim,' the. 'Priestly Blessing' which we Jews say every morning in the Shacharis Service and also on Yom Tovim,of how Aharon and his sons were to Bless Israel,saying,"May HaShem Bless you and Safeguard you,May HaShem Illuminate His Countenance for you and Be Gracious to you,May HaShem Lift His Countenance to you and Establish Peace for you."
The Sedra then tells us that Moshe completed erecting the Tabernacle and anointed and sanctified it and the Altar and all utensils and it was sanctified according to Rabbi Bachya on the 1st of Nissan,where Aharon said the Birkas Kohanim for the first time and then the Offerings were brought by the Tribal Leaders and each leader brought miraculously the same offerings which HaShem wrote of in the Torah ,Repeating the report of each tribe's offering in Torah even though it was the same as the other tribes,as HaShem Wanted to pay respect to each Tribe's Gift , with Love. Each amount mentioned for the different things, even for each Tribe and also the total of each thing brought by the Tribes as a total whole, has significance for that Tribe and for Israel as a whole. After this, Moshe , coming to the Tent of Meeting to speak to HaShem , heard HaShem's Voice Speaking from the top of the Cover on the Ark of the Testimony , between the two Cherubim and here HaShem Spoke with Moshe. It is here that this Parsha ends.
In the previous Sedra, HaShem Gave the most sacred portions of the Tabernacle as the work charge to the sons of Kohath so now, so that the sons of Gershon should not think any less of themselves, HaShem , in Giving their charge, Tells Moshe to "Nasso Et Rosh B'nei Gershon," - "Take a Census of the sons of Gershon ," where the word 'Nasso,' means 'To raise up , so they would realize that all Work for HaShem is of equal value no matter what it is. How true this is. Some people feel they have lesser value tasks in life than others.How untrue this is , for each and every soul, no matter who they are, or what status they are, are an equal part of Creation , and are needed as part of Creation . For if it were not for one part of Creation existing, Creation would not be. Thus HaShem Creates all things as part of Creation , all to be a part of the 'Big Picture.' We are all needed in Creation , whether being a King or a Pauper . In the Scheme of things , one couldn't be , without the other .If we stop thinking so materialistically, which is of no proper real value,we are all of equal value and equal need , for Creation, for the true value , that is everlasting, is the Spiritual Moral Value in Creation .No one should ever arrogantly think they are better than anyone else, for each task, no matter how small it may appear to be, is of Universal Importance in the Scheme of Creation. If we go right down to the basis of the reaction of the atom, it is not even something we can see with the naked eye, but without those small tiny atoms that HaShem Creates, nothing would be. Each part of Creation has its role to play in Creation.The word 'Nasso,' which means 'Lift Up,' also means ' To Carry and to Take.' So when we do HaShem's Work, no matter how big or small a task it appear to our smallness to be, we are helping to carry Creation, and taking HaShem Within us. And by so doing , we are 'Nasso' - 'Raising' ourselves and our spiritual level and Neshomas and Bodies, up to HaShem and His Love which can bring beautiful 'Miracles,' - 'Neisim,' where 'Neisim' is a word of similar sound to the word 'Nasso,' except 'Neisim ' is spelled with a Samech . Similar too in Hebrew is the word 'Ner,' - which means 'Candle,' whose flame points upward to Spiritual heights and wants to reach HaShem. The word 'Nisa,' that appears in Bereishis Chaf Vet - Genesis 22 , also has a similar sound as 'Nasso,' except it is spelled with a Samech, and it means 'Tested,' and appears in and relates to the Akeidah where HaShem Tested Avraham.Here again, it shows, that the tests and trials that HaShem Blesses us with, is to 'Nasso,' - 'Raise and lift us up, ' to higher levels of Spiritual Heights and to bring us closer to Him.
The word 'Nasso,' in Gematriah is 50+300+1 =351 which is 3+5+1 = 9 . This is the number before 10 , where 10 is the Number of Completion and thus 9,is the number just before completion , showing that when we 'Nasso,' - 'Raise ' ourselves to HaShem by keeping all His Torah Laws, it is like the step next to and before Completion, and thus the step to keep doing to bring the End of Days.Also,the Ninth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is the letter 'Tet' , which curls from the bottom to the top, so even the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, shows the pathway toward raising and rising up to HaShem .
We are here to 'Nasso,' - 'Raise ' ourselves up Spiritually in holiness to HaShem all the time . Wherever we are and whatever task or work we do, we are to make that task or work an opportunity to raise ourselves and others around us Spiritually in Holiness. To bring ourselves and those around us, ever closer to HaShem .
HaShem Desires our closeness. The path to bring that about is up to us to work on. This is our show of Love to HaShem for the Creation He Gives us and also mainly because we are to Love HaShem for Him .
We are to make every step we take, a step upwards on the Ladder toward HaShem, like Yaakov's dream of a Ladder, where Yaakov kept climbing upwards toward HaShem . So must we . We just celebrated Shavuot and the counting of the Omer where we were to climb higher and improve ourselves spiritually every day.That climb must continue, even after the Omer Count and Shavuot. Even when we walk from Har Sinai into the World, into the 'Bamidbar' - ' Wilderness.' HaShem Assists us , but we are to do what we can ourselves to continue growing and improving every day, never to be satisfied with our level, but to want , every day, to improve, not according to our standards, but according to HaShem . Love HaShem enough, to go to Him . And if you do, you will be surrounded with the beautiful Light and Love of The Warmth and Sweetness of HaShem.
HaShem Awaits us always , with Love. Let us always Go to HaShem in Love.
With Love to HaShem, I wish HaShem with Love , a Sweet Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all, a sweet beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love.
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