Parashas Acharei Mot

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Acharei Mot . It was after the passing of Aharon's two sons Nadav and Avihu, that HaShem Told Moshe to tell Aharon , not to come at all times into the Sanctuary , in the inner part , where HaShem's Shechinah Rests . It is here that we learn that Aharon's two sons tried to approach HaShem here , thus not displaying the correct respect and humility. HaShem Is Beyond Holy. Holiness too, as is everything else , is a Creation of HaShem . HaShem Is Above Creation . We are to always give HaShem the utmost respect , even when we address Him or refer to Him . So many in this World bring HaShem's Name down to a colloquialism , for every day talk and even go so far as to speak with ugly swearing using His Name , Chas Ve Shalom . This is a sin beyond sin . HaShem and His Name Is Beyond Sacred , and must be treated as such . Even in Holy Speech, we are. To be careful not to over-use HaShem's Name , but to treat His Name with the utmost respect and Kavod . Even when saying a Brocha , we are cautioned in Halacha not to say a Blessing in vain and our Rabbonim teach us what to do and say , if we do . How much more so must the Holy of Holies in the Mishkan be respected , which Aharon's two sons did not give It the Respect It Deserved. So HaShem here Cautions that not at all times must Aharon go into this Holy area . A time when it was permitted by the Kohein Gadol , was on Yom Kippur , the Day of Atonement and even so , the High Priest had to go into this most holy area , with pure white garments and as to perform the Ketores action , only after practicing before-hand . This Parsha teaches the Yom Kippur Service , with all that needed to be done on It . Yom Kippur , is the Day of Atonement on the 10th of Tishrei , the day when Moshe finally achieved Atonement for us for the Chait Ha Eigel ( golden calf ) and thus set as the Day of HaShem's Mercy . It is also linked with the death of Aharon's two sons , as our Chazal teaches that the death of the Righteous can work toward an Atonement for that generation . 
All that the Torah mentions for Yom Kippur , was to be strictly done as Commanded . The idea of one Korban being set as a sin offering and the other sent to ' Azazel ' ( Az meaning strong and el meaning mighty ) and the idea of ' Azazel , ' is one of the Chukim of the Torah . It is interesting to note that the names of the two fallen angels in Noach's time that were linked with the Nephillim ( the Fallen Ones ) , that so lowered the spiritual level of the Earth at that time , were Shem-chazai ( Azai ) and Azael , and these two names fit into the word ' Azazel . ' Midrash Bereishis ) . The one sent to ' Azazel , ' was taken to a tall cliff , high peak in the Wilderness and by its Korban , atoned. 
The Whole Yom Kippur Service is explained in detail in the Torah . HaShem Then Commands that from now on , that no one may make his own private altar , but must bring a Korban to the Altar of the Tabernacle . HaShem Cautions that it is totally forbidden to consume any blood and also that blood of an animal found or caught , is to be covered with earth . 
HaShem Then , for the first of two times in the Torah , Strictly Forbids the Immorality of Forbidden Relationships , and we are cautioned as a people to not behave as the Canaanites did or others , but to remain pure and holy and modest in such matters and thus to be a Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation , As HaShem Requests of us . We are not to behave as the Canaanites did in the Holy Land for it is such a Holy Land close to HaShem , that it will disgorge any such impure immoral people . Israel is not to be a place like new york or paris or any of the other main city in the World . Israel is to be a total place of holiness . Immoral sexual acts cannot abide in this Holy Land . It is to be a Land where purity of marriage and union be kept . HaShem Lists the Forbidden Relationships , forbidding incest , bestiality and homosexual unions . We , as Jews are to be a holy people unto HaShem , and not bring these leud sexual practices to the Holy Land , which the nations before there , were thrown out for doing . An example of this were the four cities of Sodom , Amorah ( Gemorrah ) Admah and Tzeboyim . These cities were destroyed , being within the Holy Land ( The fifth city that was set for destruction Tzoar , was saved on account of Lot and his daughters having to run there ) . Israel is not to be like other lands , and will not tolerate any impurity within its borders and any lack of following Torah there . It must be a land where Torah is kept , and not become , Chas Ve Shalom , like other cities around the World that are secular and far away from HaShem's Commandments . Israel is very close to HaShem and HaShem's ' Eyes ' Are Always on this Land , and so , It is to be kept pure and Holy and Torah Following . 
HaShem Gives us Laws , not just for the sake of it , but so that we can emulate Him . These forbidden relationships , are there to aid us in emulating HaShem . How so ? The true union between a Husband and Wife , is something that cannot be gotten with other forbidden relationships . It is at such a time , when the couple are truly one , As HaShem Commanded in the Beginning that a man shall leave his Father and his Mother and cling to his wife and they shall become one flesh , Bereishis 2:24 . It is at such a time , that they become one . HaShem Is One and so , as they become one , not just physically , but spiritually too , they thus emulate the Oneness of HaShem . It is a closeness to HaShem that is gotten in a beautiful way , unlike any other . So to turn away from this and seek forbidden relationships , is to turn away from that Holy Oneness and thus is a rebellion against HaShem Himself Chas Ve Shalom . HaShem Calls upon us to do a Kiddush HaShem and give up our lives on three occasions ,one is when forced to worship Avodah Zorah Idolatry , another is when asked to commit Murder and thirdly , Sexual Immorality . All these three , lead away from HaShem and it is very important not to transgress these sins . 
The Torah Portion this week ends on this subject of not committing a forbidden relationship , with strict punishment ensuing and also not to give over our children to molech . This was a statue of a calf with a fire set in its stomach , carved out and two poles with fire and flames before it , between which parents were to pass their children through . A sick and disgusting cult and HaShem Cautioned that we are not to give over our children to molech . The Midrash Vayikra of Rabbi Weissman goes into details of how today , this is still a problem , not that this cult is worshiped today , but that our Jewish children are not to be given over to secular education without Torah Values , for their upbringing as Jews can be lost to the new ways of secular today . It is easy in this modern World for a young person's mind to be turned away from traditional values and sadly then , a Jew is lost Chas Ve Shalom . So easy is the pull of negative ways and the Yetzer Horah to be taken by these negative ways . Our people must get a proper Torah education and proper Jewish values and grow up in an atmosphere of holiness , with no pull of secular foreign and pagan ways . Not doing so , could lose Jewish people to the pull of false religions and idol worship , Chas Ve Shalom . Such is today's warning with molech . 
The Parsha ends with HaShem Telling us to Safegurd His Charge thus keeping it Holy , not to do any of the abominable things that nations did before us , nor contaminate ourselves with them , with the Parsha ending with HaShem Telling us " I Am HaShem your G-D . " Thus , we are to put into place Laws that will keep us far away from transgressing the Torah Law , as Rabbi Akiva taught , to ' Put a Fence Around the Torah , ' to ensure that we don't even get close to breaking the Torah Law . In the case of Forbidden Relationships , our Rabbis instituted Yichud , to make sure , knowing that we each have a Yetzer Horah , that we are not alone with a person of the opposite gender where transgression , in the hands of the Yetzer Horah can be an easy target . The Laws of Yichud are far and wide , and though some might think they are outdated , our Rabbis teach us that the Yetzer Horah that is strongest in this area of forbidden relationships , keeps the pull toward this kind of transgression , the same as it was in Adam's time . HaShem In His Wisdom of Creation , Knows the human psyche and power of this area and Thus Wants us to be very careful in this subject . Safeguards are there for our protection , and as Yosef showed us , keeping away from immorality , brings us closer to the Shechinah of HaShem . The Haftorah for this Shabbos is 1Samuel 20: 18-42 starting out with the subject of the following day being Rosh Chodesh , and is read ( replacing the regular Haftorah for this portion ) because , the day after Shabbos is Rosh Chodesh Iyar . 
HaShem Wants To Shower us with His Goodness and Blessings . HaShem Wants us close to Him . HaShem Wants the same relationship with us that we would have had , had we stayed in Gan Eiden , where Adam Ve Chava walked with HaShem in the Garden . Sadly , we are not on a level right now to do this, and the only way to get on that level is through HaShem's Torah . We need to work at it every day . The path back to Gan Eiden is only through HaShem's Laws and Tests . We are not ready , to stand before HaShem's Shechinah yet , even if some of us think we are . Nadav and Avihu also thought they were ready to stand before HaShem's Shechinah . They too , were not yet ready . Only when HaShem Decides , will we be ready . In the mean time , we have to prove ourselves every day and make ourselves ready every day , growing every day , with HaShem's Laws . There is no other way to HaShem , but by HaShem's Way . Every day we need to atone for the previous day and work at ourselves . The time will come , but it isn't right now . But it could be in the next minute . It all depends on us . It always has depended on us and our humility and obedience to HaShem . HaShem Is Waiting And Is Always Ready To Receive us . It is for us to make ourselves ready for HaShem . HaShem Awaits us . Gan Eiden awaits us . Shamaim awaits us . May we all get to the point where we ourselves think of nothing else , but that the real holy versions of us all , await us and that once and for all , nothing else but HaShem , is our destination . HaShem's Gift of Torah , is our Pathway , and HaShem's Eternal Love for us ,Is our Life . So guard the gift of life with honor , and live in the Arms of HaShem forever .
With Love to HaShem , I wish HaShem with Love , a Very Sweet and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov with Love , and to all my fellow Yidden , a very sweet and beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov with love .