Parashas Emor

Our Parsha this week is Parashas Emor. This Parsha starts out with instructions to the Kohanim , the sons of Aharon , the teachers and keepers of holiness for our people's Temple Services . A Kohein , who does the work of the Sanctuary , had to be pure and holy, keeping away from all forms of Tum'a Impurity and marrying purity . The Laws of the Kohein Gadol were even more strict , purity wise . The Kohein had to be pure in Spirit and Body. The Kohein Gadol had to be a man of pure standing, looked up upon in the community , one of strict holiness . The anointment of the Kohein Gadol with the Shemen Ha Mishchah , the Holy Anointing Oil brought even more purity to him and even and more physical strength. We see this in Aharon who , when he had to anoint the other Levites ,The Torah Tells us how he had to lift each one and move them from side to side , waving them in the air all in one day , and we are talking of over 22 000 Levites ( Vayikra. 8:11 ) . In those days, a Spiritual defect showed up as a Physical defect, so the Kohanim had to be Spiritually pure.
The portions given to the Kohanim , like Terumah, is then discussed and the Parsha then instructs that even the Korbanos had to be without blemish. We are reminded of a story in the Gemorrah , sometimes learnt on Tisha B' Av of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza , where a certain person / host asked his helper to invite Kamzta to a banquet and, due to the similarity of these names, the the wrong one Bar Kamtza , the host's enemy was invited mistakenly, who was an enemy of the host of the banquet . Bar Kamtza pleaded , in order to save his embarrassment , to at first pay for his meal, then half the banquet and eventually offered to pay for the full banquet , but each time , the host rejected it and wanted him to leave . On leaving , Bar Kamtza got so angry at the host and the leaders of the congregation there , that they should have protested, that he went to the roman leader and told him a lie that we want to rebel, and that the roman leader should test our Jewish people , by sending a Korban to see if we would accept it on our altar. The beheimah was given through Bar Kamtza and he purposefully caused a Moom, a blemish on its lip , knowing we couldn't accept it , and so started Nero's upset and rome's resulting destruction of our Holy Temple ( Gemorrah Gittin ) . So , the Korbanos offered must be pure and without blemish to be acceptable . 
HaShem Then Commands in the Parsha , not to desecrate His Holy Name and how HaShem's Holy Name is to be Sanctified by us . 
A Jew is called upon to sacrifice his or her life , should the Jew be called upon to sin in idolworship, murder or immorality , Chas Ve Shalom . The same applies, if a Jew is asked to break a Torah Commandment in front of ten other Jews Chas Ve Shalom . Throughout the ages , our fellow Jews have gone to their deaths, for Kiddush HaShem , in Sanctifying HaShem's Holy Name . We Jews are still here today , from our ancestors who would not give up on our Holy Yiddishkeit . In today's times , we can still perform this Mitzvah , by not stopping our Torah Laws , in the face of being told not to . The very way we portray ourselves to others , in being upstanding moral , as Jews , Sanctifies HaShem's Name . We as Jews must be proud of who we are , as HaShem's Light Unto the Nations , and teach others to follow HaShem's Laws , and never follow or acknowledge any of their pagan ways or traditions ever .
HaShem then discussed the Holy Yomim Tovim Holy Festivals of Pesach ( when we left Mitzrayim ) , The Omer we count ( as we are doing right now ) in between , for 49 days till the 50th day of Shavuot , where we purify ourselves through the 49 Gates of Purity and Wisdom , till we reach the Holy Festival of Shavuot , on which day , we received the Ten Commandments and Met HaShem at the foot of Har Sinai on the 6th of Sivan . It is interesting to note , that in Bereishis , where each day of Creation is referred to as an indefinite article ' one day , a second day .... , ' yet the Sixth Day , has a definite article " The . " Our Rabbis of Blessed Memory teach that this specific " The , " points to another specific 'Sixth Day ,' which is the Sixth Day of Sivan on Mount Sinai , for Shavuot. This shows that even at Creation , HaShem Linked it with the day we received His Law , on Har Sinai , for had we not accepted it , there would have been no purpose for a Creation that does not uphold HaShem's Laws and so, Creation would have reverted back to ' Nothingness . ' Creation exists only to fulfill the Will of HaShem. 
Then Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur is discussed in the Parsha , and then Succos and Shemini Atzeres , where we take The Arba Minim , The Four Species, and put them together and rejoice throughout Succos. The four species have many representations , like referring to the four types of Jews , having Torah Knowledge or Torah Actions in different degrees. The can also refer to our Foremothers . The Succah we build , takes us back to HaShem's Clouds of Glory that surrounded us in the Wilderness . 
The Menorah is then discussed, and we can learn from this to always let our Neshoma point toward HaShem , just as the lights on the Menorah pointed toward the central stem . Also only Pure Clear Olive Oil , pressed from the first drop of squeezed olive oil was used, just as we are to serve HaShem with total purity and holiness . HaShem Then Discussed the Showbread , the twelve loaves every Shabbos baked on the day before , that lasted in freshness from one Shabbos to the Next .
The Parsha ends with the blasphemer, just after discussing in the Parsha about the Showbread, for it was the subject of the Showbread that the blasphemer started talking of , to blaspheme HaShem .
This blasphemer was the progeny of an Egyptian and a Jewish woman named Shelomis Bas Divri , Dasan's wife . This was the same Dasan , whom Moshe saved in Egypt , from an Egyptian Task-master. Shelomis , who had this name as she immodestly was always saying Shalom - Hello to everyone , chatting impurely with men who weren't her husband . One day , the Task -master , had come to Dasan and her home , and he took a liking to her , especially due to the fact that she was quite forward with him and displayed no Tznius modesty . So , when Dasan left the home one day , the Egyptian Task-master returned and so was this Mekalel - Blasphemer born . The Mekalel , first started to try put down HaShem by mockimg the Miracle of the Showbreads lasting all week in freshness , and then moved his tent into the place where the tribe of Dan were situated in their positions , for before , the Mekalel , had lived outside, with the Tamim - impure ones . A certain Jewish member of the tribe of Dan told the Mekalel, that he doesn't belong there as his Father was an Egyptian , and tribal lineage only goes through the Father . The Mekalel argued and the Danite told him to remove himself as he is not allowed to be there . A Beis Din was called for the matter and the subject of the death of the Mekalel's Father came up , where the Mekalel, the Blasphemer heard that his Egyptian Father had died , when Moshe had pronounced the Shem Ha Meforash - The Deep Name of HaShem , to save Dasan that day , to kill the Enemy Egyptian . The Mekalel , Blasphemer in anger , blamed HaShem and HaShem's Deep Name for the death of his Egyptian Father and the Mekalel proceeded to blaspheme HaShem's Name and so , HaShem Intructed him to be sentenced to death . 
The Laws of an eye for an eye are repeated again , teaching the consequences of wronging another , that restitution need be paid , in monetary value , according to deep secrets within the text of this verse .So ends the Parsha . 
The Haftorah is Yechezkel 44:15-31 and also speaks of the holiness of the Kohanim , just like our Parsha.
We notice , that the word " Emor ," the name of the Parsha , can be an indication of the future tense . We also note that the root of " Emor , " appears three times in this verse , as " Vayomer, " " Emor , " and " Ve ' Amarta . " This shows the pathway of all Holy Laws . They Start From HaShem , then come down to us in our Torah and also to our Holy Leaders and Kohanim , and we are then taught . The very fact that the word " Emor ," is in the Future Tense , shows that Torah Learning must be ongoing , into every generation . It ( The Torah and It's Laws ) , are what gives Creation , its reason for continuing . As I said earlier , had Torah not been accepted , the reason for Creation , would have been returned to Nothingness . Thus , with HaShem's Torah , HaShem Is Giving each one of us to play a part in holding up the World and Keeping Creation going . The path of " Emor , " of continuing the pathway of HaShem's Commandments , in Torah , is what will lead us into the World to Come Olam Ha bah after Moshiach Comes . This is also hidden within the word " Emor , " for its Gematrical value is 1+40+200=241 and 2+4+1=7 , the same value as the Hebrew Word Moshiach . All HaShem's Commandments were spoken before at the beginning , and HaShem's " Emor " Speech , Is Eternal . What HaShem Says , With His Voice , Continues Forever . So Everything HaShem Said , Is Ongoing , And Continues To Enter into us into the future . So explains the one opinion of the future tense of the word " Emor ," for HaShem's Commands and Voice , Even That Was Spoken Back Then , Is Ongoing . Sometimes , when we ask HaShem a question , HaShem Who Is All Knowing , we can be assured that HaShem Knew at the beginning of Creation that we would ask it , and gave the answer back them . His Answer Filters To us Through the ages , into the future , To Answer us when , in the future , we might ask it . How Amazing is HaShem . HaShem Created Creation via " Emor " - " Speaking ," and so , Continues to Create , since the Beginning . 
If we listen closely , we might hear The Beauty of HaShem " Emor " Talking to us from within .
HaShem Wants us holy and pure . We need to listen carefully to His Commandments and so , travel toward HaShem and His Created Olam Habah - The World To Come . As HaShem Continues To Speak To us through the ages , may we continue to listen , and so , let HaShem's Words Carry us into the future , into the time of Moshiach , where we can live within HaShem's " Emor , " in His Everlasting Love . 
With Everlasting Love , I wish HaShem with Everlasting Love , a Beautiful and Sweet Shabbos Kodesh with Love , and to all my fellow Jews , a beautiful and sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love .