Parashas Emor : - The Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Emor . This Sedra begins by teaching about the Laws to the Kohanim , in order to ensure that they always keep themselves Holy and Pure . They are also appointed to help keep K'lal Yisrael Holy and Pure . This is understandable , as the task of the Kohanim , is to ensure the Purity of our nation , by their offerings that are done by them on our behalf , thus helping us to achieve a much closer relationship with HaShem . The Haftorah for this Parsha is Yechezkiel Ezekiel 44 : 15 - 31 and also talks of the Laws of Purity of the Kohanim . The Kohanim , who seek Purity in the nation , must therefore ensure , that they must first and fore-most , be very Clean and Pure themselves . One cannot clean a stain with a cloth that is already dirty , so the Kohanim themselves , who help clean the nation , must themselves first be Clean and Holy and Pure and fully Torah Observant . They may not contaminate themselves for one who has passed on , except for a close relative . They may not make a bald spot on their heads nor may they shave the edge of their beard or cut a gash in their flesh , for they shall be Holy to HaShem and not desecrate HaShem's Holy Name , Chas Ve Shalom . They may not marry a woman who is a Zonah , a harlot , or a woman who has been desecrated , or a woman who is a Gerushah , a Divorcee and the Kohein Gadol is not allowed to marry a widow , where an ordinary Kohein can . The Laws for the Kohein Gadol are much stricter than for an ordinary Kohein , for he cannot marry an Almanah , a Widow and cannot even contaminate himself , even for his relative's passing . Torah Instructs that they may not do the Avodah if they have a " Mum , " ( pronounced as " Moom ) " - " A Blemish , " or if they are blind , lame , or if they lack a nose bridge , or one limb is longer than the other , or if they have a broken leg or arm , or abnormally long eyebrows , or a membrane on their eye or a blemish in their eye , or a dry or moist skin eruption or crushed testes . For those that have these , from the offspring of Aharon Ha Kohein , may not do the fire-offerings of HaShem . In those days , if a person had a Spiritual problem with their holiness , it would show up physically in one of these mentioned ways , and these things would disqualify them from doing the Avodah . They would also be forbidden to do the Avodah , if they had any of the previously mentioned Contaminations , when eating of that which the Kohein is supposed to partake of , from the holy offerings . Torah goes into the Laws of Terumah , the one fiftieth of the crop that is the Kohein's Portion . Torah then Speaks of the offerings themselves , that they must be unblemished . The Torah Portion then continues with the " Mo'adei HaShem Asher Tik're'u Otam Mik'ra'ei Kodesh , " - " The Appointed Festivals Of HaShem , that you are to " designate as Holy Convocations , " which refers to our Yomim Tovim that we celebrate and keep throughout the year . They are also called Moadim , for within this word is the word " Eid " which means " Witness , " for when we keep HaShem's Festivals , we stand as witnesses to HaShem's Oneness and Truth . HaShem Set these Festivals at Creation , even though their connections with and reasons for keeping them , took place through our Biblical History . I mention this , as Pesach is celebrated as our Exodus from Egypt and Shavuos , is also the Day we received the Torah Ten Commandments on Har Sinai , and Succos also has a connection , to the Clouds of Glory of HaShem that surrounded us in the Wilderness . Rosh HaShanah , is the New Year and Yom Kippur , the Day of Atonement . So all these days Were Created already at Creation , yet with our history , only was Commanded to the Children of Israel , after we left Mitzrayim . Yet our Fore-Fathers did keep these days Holy before the events which were tied to them , even came about or took place . For example , Avraham already made and ate Unleavened Bread in his life-time and was in fact , busy preparing it , when the Giant Og , came to tell him that his nephew Lot had been taken captive by the four kings over the five , for this time , was actually the time of the future Passover . So Avraham had to rescue his nephew , during the time that became our Passover . No wonder the Giant Og , was named from then on ' Uga / Og ' which means cakes , to refer to the unleavened cakes , that Avraham was busy making , when Og came . It is from this name , that the word ' Ogre ' comes , that in today's times refer to a Giant . This Og had been around a long time and he was one of the progeny of the Nephillim , from whence came the fallen Angels , in Noach's time . Og survived the " Mabul " - the " Flood " due to Noach's kindness , for when Noach was building the Ark , Noach added to the side , a little standing platform and little roof , for Og to stand between , and Noach fed Og every day , through a little trap - door opening . Also linked to Festival days in Biblical History , was the incident with the Malachim that came to Sodom , to Lot , for it was Passover then . HaShem Instructs That we are to designate these Holy Festivals , For HaShem Put in our charge , the intercalation of the Jewish Calender , so that we are to set it up and also say when each New Moon Rosh Chodesh starts and to add in a leap year when necessary , so thus we were to designate the Festivals , called " Holy Convocations , " where the word " Convocations " means " Holy Days of our people gathering as one , " ( Ramban ) . We have a Lunar Calendar and a Solar Calendar and when putting the two together , they do not quite coincide with the exact number of days , for the Lunar Month is a bit shorter than the Solar Month and thus , in order to keep HaShem's Commandment of always celebrating the Pesach in the Spring , a Month chosen by HaShem's Mercy and Compassion , for it is a mild weathered month and so , was easier to be freed on this month to travel , we add every few years an extra leap year month Adar 1 and Adar 2 , so that the months of the Lunar Calendar , will always be closer , in matching the two alongside each other , to the Solar Calendar . The muslims , also follow a Lunar Calendar , but do not put in that leap year month every few years as we do , coming seven times in every 19 year cycle - Chabad , so their celebratory days tend to jump around from year to year . HaShem Thus Commanded us to be the ones to designate our Holy Convocations , and In Commanding us this , Made us , as it were , a partner in His Creation , And Celebrating the Festivals With us . The very first Festival mentioned here is Passover Pesach . This is mentioned first , As HaShem Commanded that this Month of Nissan in which Pesach comes , will be to us the First of the Months . On Pesach ,we are to eat Unleavened Bread Matzos for the seven day period of the Festival . Between Pesach and Shavuot , we count the Omer , for 49 days , where on the 50th day , we Celebrate the Festival of Shavuot , on which Day , HaShem Came Down On Har Sinai . While we were in Egypt , Egypt at that time , was the lowest Spiritual Place at the time , the most impure , and they had reached the 49th level of impurity ( just as there were 49 steps leading up to Pharaoh's throne ) . Seeing that we lived there , we were exposed to this Tum'a Impurity , the same Impurity and Impure sources , with which they performed their sorcery and the same impurity that they had , that had them committing every single Forbidden act of Immorality that Torah Commanded us in the previous Parasha , not to commit . So , when we left Egypt , before we were Spiritually on a level to meet HaShem , we had to climb these 49 levels , toward Purity and so , between Pesach and Shavuot , we count the 49 Days of the Omer , on which we purify ourselves , to meet HaShem on Shavuot . The seven weeks of seven , take us to Holiness , where we know , the number seven is a holy number , and seven sets of seven , Holy upon Holy . The Gematriah of Moshiach is Seven . The Sabbath , Which Is Also Mentioned In this Parsha , is on the Seventh Day . The Sabbatical Year is the seventh year and seven Sabbatical years takes us to the number forty nine , whereafter , comes the Yovel Jubilee ( Fiftieth ) Year . So we count seven sets of seven , and on that next day ( 50th day ) , ( like an 8th after the 7 ) , is Shavuot , The Day That we Received HaShem's Revelation On Mount Sinai And Were Given By HaShem , The Ten Pronouncements , after purifying ourselves through the 49 day count of the Omer Offering and on that next day , the 50th Day , is Shavuot . So do we celebrate Shavuot , having reached that 50th Day , like the 50th Gate of Purity , for which Moshe Rabbeinu ( who started by having to climb up Pharaoh's 49 steps ( like the 49 levels of impurity of Pharaoh ) to speak to Pharaoh , for Pharaoh's throne ( as I mentioned ) was at the top of 49 steps , on the 50th step , representing his 49 / 50 steps of impurity ) Moshe climbed through all 49 Gates of Purity and Wisdom and went on Spiritually toward that 50th Gate of Holiness , after his passing . Such was the Festival of Shavuot . It was also due to the Omer offering , that we also warranted Being Saving , in the time of Purim , for it was the time of Pesach , when this event of haman happened in Shushan and haman had given 10 000 kikar to have us Jews exterminated . It was on the Second Day of Pesach when the decree was turned around on haman's own head , when haman had to parade Mordechai in front of the people . For Mordechai was teaching at that very time , when haman had come to fetch him to put him on the ride , ready for parading , about the Omer that had to be offered at this very time , and so this Omer counteracted , the money given by haman . ( Midrash Vayikra - Rabbi M Weissman ) . HaShem Reminds us That when we reap our harvest , we should not remove completely , the corners of our fields when we reap , and not gather the gleanings of our harvest , but leave them for the poor and the proselyte . HaShem Then Commands About Rosh HaShanah , The First of Tishrei . Rosh HaShanah , goes back to the Beginnings of Bereishis , for it was on Rosh HaShanah , that HaShem Created Adam Ve Chava , so this is the Day of the World's True New Year . The Shofar that we blow , commemorates the Akeidah , where Avraham offered a Ram , in place of his beloved son Yitzchak . Rosh HaShanah and The Ten Days of Repentance , bring us to the 10th of Tishrei , Yom Kippur , which are days of Atoning , where it was on Yom Kippur , that Moshe came down after his third time of 40 days and 40 nights up on Har Sinai , when he finally gained Forgiveness From HaShem , for us after the Chait Ha Eigel . So on Yom Kippur , we Fast and Atone . Five days after this , we celebrate the Festival of Succos for a seven day period , where we dwell in our Succahs and take the Lulav and Etrog , the Four Species , and Rejoice before HaShem . Yes Rejoicing is a Mitzvah , to be happy and rejoice with Kiddush . The four species that we take on Succos and bind them together , represent the four types among our people that are brought together as one and become one as our people should be one , making up for each other's strengths and weaknesses . The Four Species are the Esrog , the Citron , which tastes and smells nice and represents those of our people who have learning and morals - good actions ; the Lulav branch ( Date-Palm ) , whose fruit has a nice taste but no odor , represents those who have learning but lack morals - good actions ; the Myrtle , which has a nice odor , but no taste , represents those who have no Torah learning or deficient Torah learning , yet have morals and good actions and deeds ; and the Willow , which has no odor and no taste , represents those who have no Torah learning and no morals and good deeds . So when all are held together , we all become one and help each other . The fact that there are " Four " Species , assists in forgiveness for the Four types of death penalty ( Midrash Vayikra - Rabbi M Weissman ) . All of these species also have a connection to being near a water source , so , is the World Blessed with Water at this time . At this time we also have the ancient Festival of the Water Drawing . We dwell in Succos Booths during this Festival and welcome the Ushpizin , the special Guests of our Holy Fore-Fathers and Holy Men from our Torah and Tanach , welcoming them every day we are in the Succah , a new Guest , each day . The Ushpizin are Araham , Yitzchak , Yaakov , Yosef , Moshe , Aharon and Dovid ha Melech . Each Day of Succos , one of these Holy men can come and visit us and see that we are giving to the poor . On the next day after Succos , we celebrate a special Festival called Shemini Atzeres , the Eighth Day Feast where , we spend an extra day of Holiness with HaShem , showing HaShem , after all these Holy Days , that we still so deeply wish to be close to HaShem , Just As HaShem , Wants that extra Day With us . These are the Festivals of Israel . HaShem Then Commands about the Menorah and how only the purest first drop of Olive Oil is to be used for the Menorah , purely hand squeezed one olive per one drop squeezed , for only the first drop , being the purest un-sedimented drop , of an olive per olive can be used as olive oil for the Menorah . Aharon was to light the Menorah , from evening to morning , as an eternal decree . HaShem Commands on the Showbread 12 loaves for the Shulchan Table , to be changed before every Shabbos , and the Showbread from the previous week would still remain fresh . So should our Jewish Kings of David's line , always be fresh and pure , for the Table for the Showbreads , is also a representation of the Kings of the line of Judah . The Torah then relates the happening of the ' hamekaleil , ' - ' the blasphemer . ' This man , was actually the son of Dasan's wife Shelomis , who had been taken in a forceful manner by the egyptian taskmaster , who was beating Dasan , on that day that Moshe had come to save him . Shelomis was known to lack modesty , and liked to be a bit flirtatious with other men and so was her name Shelomis , for she often said Shalom hello to other males . On that day , the Egyptian taskmaster had come to Dasan's house to look for Dasan to call him for work . After Dasan had left , the egyptian taskmaster returned and took advantage of her , after she was overly friendly verbally with him . She had not wanted it to go that far . When he saw Dasan , the egyptian wanted to silence the matter that he had been with her , where he had conceived with her a child , so he beat Dasan and this is where Moshe came on the scene and helped him , and helped save Dasan's life . Thus this son of hers , was fathered by an egyptian . It was this son , that is here , in Torah , mentioned as the blasphemer , who had taken on his father's evil character . He is mentioned here after the Showbread , for it was about the Showbread , that he chose to ridicule Moshe and his teachings , trying to make out that the bread from the previous week couldn't last the week in freshness . How wrong he was . This person came and put up his tent within the area of the Tribe of Dan ( for he thought that he should , as his Mother was a Danite , even though lineage only goes through the Father , and he did not have a Jewish Father , for previously , he liked to stay outside the camp , near the people who were not allowed into the camp due to impurity . Another Danite questioned his action saying he was not allowed to be there , within the tribe of Dan , for his ( this blasphemer's ) father was an egyptian , and thus not a member of the Tribes . He argued and the matter was brought to Moshe's Beth Din . When the blasphemer asked who his father was , he was told that his father was the egyptian that Moshe had killed . The blasphemer asked how Moshe had done this , and was told that Moshe had pronounced HaShem's Holy Name and the egyptian had fallen dead . When the blasphemer heard this , he disrespectfully said this Very Holy Name and Blasphemed The Name . When he was taken to Moshe for judgement , Moshe did not want to give judgement himself as Moshe had a personal issue in this matter , and so asked HaShem what to do . HaShem Instructed That this blasphemer must be taken outside the Camp and those who heard his blaspheming , must be the first to stone him and so was this done . HaShem Then Teaches On punishment of a life for a life , and restitution being given for injury caused to another . It is here in Torah that HaShem Mentions " Ayin Tachas Ayin , " - " An Eye for an Eye . " This does not mean that if someone takes out a person's eye , that so must be done to them . Not at all . The word " Tachat , " literally means " Under " so it says " An Eye under an Eye , " which means that not the eye is taken out of the perpetrator for that eye that they caused to come out of someone else . But a lesser restitution is calculated via money restitution , and this is the same with other injuries mentioned . We also know that money is being referred to as the judgement , because the Gematriah of the word " Tachat , " is 400+8+400 = 808 and 8+0+8 = 16 and 1+6 = 7 , which is the same as the Gematriah of the word " Kesef " - " Money , " which is 20+60+80 = 160 and 1+6+0 = 7 . So both " Kesef " and " Tachat , " both have the same Gematriah . The Parsha ends with the death of the Blasphemer . HaShem Tells us , " There shall be one Law for you , it shall be for the proselyte and the native alike , For I , HaShem , Am your G-d . " So ends the Parsha . This Parsha is called " Emor , " - " Say . " HaShem Could Have Used any form of the Word " Amar / Omer " as the word for " Say . " So why did HaShem Use the form of the word as " Emor . " If we look at the Gematriah of the word " Emor , " it comes to the same as Mashiach . " Emor " is 1+40+200 = 241 and 2+4+1 = 7 , just as the word " Mashiach " is 7 in Gematriah . So this Command to be Pure , is to continue till Moshiach's time , just as Moshiach and the Days of Moshiach are Pure and the Days of Olam HaBah , will be Pure. , just like the Kohanim are instructed to be Pure , in this Parsha . A direct word " Emor " is given here , which is the Commanding Form of the word , as ' A Command ' is used here , As HaShem Gives the Kohanim , a direct Command to command us to be Holy and Pure and Obedient to G-D . This is why , in this first verse of the Parsha , the word , " Emor , " is repeated , " in the word " Ve'Amarta , " for HaShem Tells / Commands the Kohanim , to Tell / Command us , to be Holy and Pure , through time . The Kohanim and us , through time , are to be Pure and Holy and continue to ensure that we keep holy and Pure , no matter what our Yetzer Horah tries to pull us to do . The Kohanim , were , at the time , the teachers of HaShem's Torah and so , they had to be the example of Obedience , Purity and Holiness , to HaShem . Commands are given to them first and foremost to be Holy , for , being Holy , is the best teacher by example . We will quicker listen to a teacher who has that very correct character , as they tell others to be . Before they purify others , they must first purify themselves . This is the same for us all . Before we start telling others how to be good and holy , we must first look at ourselves and make ourselves good and moral and holy . Being holy , is the best teacher for others and those around us . Teaching by example , has the best impression , to those we come in contact with . It is so easy to look at others and judge others , but we need to first look at and within ourselves . Do we properly keep the Holy Torah Of HaShem And HaShem's Commandments ? Are we moral as we should be ? Do we always do what we should ? Are we always as kind to others as we should be ? Are we a good example of morality and correctness ? Are we who we should be , morally and religiously ? Are we as religious and Torah- Following as we should be ? Of course we are not . We can always do better and improve . I am not saying that we must not teach others to improve . I am saying that we also need to look at ourselves , before we look to and hunt for the faults of others . If we are totally honest with ourselves , we will find plenty of room for improvement . We often see the very faults in others , that are most apparent , within ourselves . Perhaps we should think on that . The very things that catch our attention in others , are the very things that we ourselves probably need improvement in . HaShem Tells the Kohanim to be pure , before they purify others . This is how it should be with us all . Let us all look within , and clean our own Avodas HaShem , before we go out and tell others the same things that we ourselves have a fault with . Cleaning our own faults , will Spiritually cause a ripple , in everything around us , and so , will send the opening of Spiritual Cleansing , to those around us that have the same issue to correct , and so will others easier listen to our well meaning attempts to purify this World . When we notice a specific problem in others , there may be a reason why that specific thing caught our attention . Perhaps HaShem Is " Emor " - " Saying and Talking " To us Through our own will , so we can look deeper into ourselves and correct that very thing within ourselves . HaShem " Emor " - " Speaks " To us All The Time . We really need to listen and look closer at everything that catches our attention and at everything that happens around us , For HaShem , Who Is Filled With Love And Caring And Compassion , Surrounds us With So Much Love . All that we see and perceive , is for our own benefit , to better ourselves and raise ourselves to Heaven and to HaShem . So let us all start now , and really look very deeply and honestly within ourselves , and work on those things that are not what they should be within ourselves , and let us make ourselves shining examples of Holiness , for that is the best and most effective teacher of all , to bring all hings around us , to the Pathway to HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu , HaShem , The Holy One Blessed Be He . I wish HaShem With Sweetest and Deepest Everlasting Love , A Very Beautiful And Sweet Shabbos Kodesh With Sweetest Love , and to all my fellow Jews , and to all of Creation , a Very Holy Shabbos Kodesh with Love .

Parashas Acharei Mos - Kedoshim : - Our Parsha this Shabbos is also a Double Portion of Acharei Mos and Kedoshim . The Haftorah is in Amos 9 : 7 - 15 , and links with a subject in the Parsha of how the way we treat HaShem and how we keep HaShem's Commandments , will very much affect our stay in our Holy Land Eretz Yisroel , That HaShem Gives us As A Gift , provided we keep it as HaShem Commands , thus keeping HaShem Ever Close . Acharei Mos Chapter 16 is usually read on Yom Kippur , for it includes the Holy Yom Kippur Service . HaShem Speaks To Moshe " Acharei Mos " - "After the death of " Aharon's two sons , about the Holiness of the Sanctuary , within the Curtain , near the Ark of the Covenant , and that Aharon should not enter there at other times , except Yom Kippur . This was A Most Holy Place , With HaShem's Shechinah and Malachim Present , and unlike Aharon's two sons who entered A Holy Place on their own wishes and decision , It Is Only HaShem , Who Can Give Permission to enter . Moshe was not bound by this , but Aharon and all others were . The Parsha describes the Yom Kippur Service , when Atonement is made . This very day was a day That HaShem Set For our Atonement , for it was after the Sin of the golden calf , the Chait Ha ' Eigel , that Moshe went up to HaShem ( going up all together , in total , for a period of three different occasions , for a period of 40 days each time ) , and it was on his last time up there , when Moshe left to go up on the 29th of Av , that after 40 days , on the 10th of Tishrei ,the Day of Yom Kippur , that Moshe finally attained for us Atonement and so , this day is set for Atonement . Preparations for The Yom Kippur Service began 7 days before for the Kohein Gadol , who would purify himself before , for the 7 days and on two of the days in between , would be sprinkled with the ashes of the Parah Aduma - The Red Heifer . Delegates would be sent to help him prepare , and instruct him in all that would be necessary . On the Night of Yom Kippur , the Kohein Gadol would not sleep , but he would stay up and study , and even had an attendant who would ensure that he stayed awake . During the Service throughout the day of Yom Kippur , the Kohein Gadol , would immerse himself in the spring water , five times and change his garments . When going into the Kodesh , he would remove his four garments of Gold ( as gold was used in the Chait Ha ' Eigel ) and wear only his other Garments of pure white , like the Malachim - Angels . Offerings were also done on This Holy Day , and This Day , as The Parsha mentions , is known for the lots placed on two goats , one for HaShem and the other " Azazel . " The goat for Azazel would be taken and sent with a designated person , that was to pass on within that year of doing this , and this goat was to be sent off a precipice . Only then , would the Kohein Gadol continue with the Service . The Law of the he-goat to Azazel is a Chok , a Law For Which HaShem Has Given no explanation . Our Rabbonim of Blessed Memory do teach us what may be a few reasons for this . None of them are a show to bribe a negative force , on our behalf for that Day . The word " Azazel " has a few derivations . One of them being , that the word " Azazel " can be broken up into the words ' Az ' which means ' goat ' and ' Azel , ' which means ' going , ' which is exactly what this procedure was , a goat that must go into the Wilderness . Also , the word " Azazel , " can also be broken up into the words ' Aziz ' - ' Strong ' and ' el ' - ' Mighty , ' for it was to a strong and mighty cliff and rock from which the goat had to be sent off from . Some of our Rabbis also assume that it referred to a specific cliff with this name . There is a deeper meaning within this word " Azazel . " This goes back to the time of Noach . Around that time , two Malachim Angels approached HaShem and questioned the morality of human beings . They asked HaShem why He Created humans , if they perform such acts of Immorality and Perversion . HaShem Told these two Angels , that it certainly is not easy to be a human being , with the pull of the Yetzer Horah and with the desires , human beings physically feel . These two Angels , asked HaShem To Send them down so they could prove that they could do better . HaShem Warned them that it is hard to be human and that they cannot understand the pull of physicality that a human has . They insisted and HaShem Sent them down . Their names were Azael and Shemchazai ( shortened to Aza ) and when we put these two names together , one gets ' Azazel . ' These two Angels , when they did come down , realized how wrong they had been , for they were unable to contain or control themselves , with this experience of being in human bodies with human desires and appetites and so , ended up doing worse than the humans did , in sexual immorality and other sins . They could not contain themselves with human women and brought forth a whole race of Nephillim , The Fallen Ones . It was then , That HaShem Sent the Mabul , the Flood , for the depth to which man stooped , left no place for betterment . People at that time , took more than one wife , one for having children and others for their own personal pleasure . People exchanged wives and at that time , people also indulged in the horrific act of bestiality and other forbidden relationships , that HaShem , In this very Torah Portion , Warns us against . People also at that time , arranged marriage contracts between people and animals and also allowed different species to come together , something That HaShem Strictly Forbade . No wonder this particular event , would bring on a need for such an act of atoning for the World within the connection of these two Angelic beings that both make up the name Azazel , for the sin of sexual immorality is , according to Halacha , one of the three most serious sins , the other two being Idol Worship and Murder , the three sins that a Jew is to give up his life for , rather than commit them . There may also be a connection with this name Azazel , to Samael , the Angel of Eisav , the Angel who tempted Chava in Gan Eiden . This Angel Samael , insisted to HaShem , that it wants to Judge the Jewish people , as all other nations get judged . HaShem , Needing to be fair , Gave Samael the permission to Judge us only on Yom Kippur , for HaShem Knew this would be a day that all Jews , even those who do not correctly Keep all The Laws HaShem Tells us to keep , that this would be a Day , that all Jews would Remember Yom Kippur and try their best and Atone . So HaShem Knew that even on this day , Samael's negative intention would hold no power over HaShem's Beloved people . Samael , wanted some form of recompense and so , a he- goat is sent for this purpose as an offering to HaShem , that Samael can think is to do with him . As I said , Samael is the Angel of our greatest enemy Eisav Amalek and Eisav was to have the place mountain called Se'ir . This name has a deep reason , for the word ' Se'ir ' means ' hair ' for Eisav was born very hairy and so , this place was an indication of his hairy hard nature , which looks to gratifying his own physical appetites and his need for hunting and eating meat , one of them being the he-goat , where a ' Se'ir , ' also means ' he-goat ' ( let us remember the goat that Eisav was to bring to his Father , the goat that Yaakov brought to his Father and the goat that was dipped in blood by Yosef's brothers , that they brought to their Father Yaakov - how deeply Beautiful and Special , is The Holy Torah ) . Thus , the he-goat is sent off to Atone for the affects that those around us Jews attempt , to turn us away from Holy Judaism , and so , are we atoned . The goat , has been a representative symbol for Satanistic beliefs , for a long time , and so , this characteristic , comes from Eisav and his ilk around us , that perform the most despicable atrocities throughout history . The Torah Portion continues with the full Yom Kippur Service and that it is to be an Eternal Decree for us Jews . The Torah Portion then continues with the prohibition not to eat blood , for in all parts of the beheimah , it is their blood that is for atonement . That does not mean that blood is the only way to atone , as some of the heretical thinkers try to claim , for the verse directly says that in all parts of the animal , the part of blood is the part for atonement , ( never to be eaten ) , in connection with offerings and that there are other ways to atone , like at a time , when we do not have a Temple , HaShem , Many Times Teaches us that our lips substitute for bulls and rams . Thus Blood is not to be eaten , as some nations did in those days . Torah then Teaches us of the Forbidden Relationships , that we as His People and thus to be a Holy People , are not to engage in , as the Egyptians and Canaanites indulged in . Among these , is mentioned the Law not to pass our children through to molech , which was a ritual where a child was passed between two flames in front of the assyrian idol that had a calf's face with outstretched hands and 7 compartments in its heated stomach , where the child was put into the 7th compartment . It is interesting to note that the this idol called molech , was like an egyptian form of baal , from where the term ' baal-zebub ' came from , and that in islam , they have an angel called ' maalik ' which is their angel of hellfire and that their angel called malakbel , from the ancient canaanite religion , was at the time , the idol messenger of baal , the idol . No wonder they used fire on children at the time ,if the belief was of hellfire . HaShem Then Cautions us not to follow , in any way shape or form , the abominations of the nations , who did all these depravities , and so did Israel , the Land , The Place of HaShem's Special Closeness , did disgorge them from the Holy Land , a Land that will never tolerate any form of depravity , secularism or immorality or idol worship of any nation . It must be a Land of Milk And Honey , Of Torah and Sweet Holiness , For HaShem . Thus is the Haftorah linked . In this last line and paragraph of this Parsha , is a Strong Warning , that we Jews are not in any way , to take on the beliefs and ways of anyone else around us , for only Torah Laws And The Teachings From HaShem To Moshe and our Sages , Are True . Such an ending in words , is a sweet connection to the start of the following Sedra Kedoshim , which starts out near its beginning saying , " Kedoshim Tiheyu Ki Kadosh Ani HaShem Elokeichem " - " You shall be Holy , For Holy Am I , HaShem , your G-D . " To be separate from other people and from foreign ways , and to be Holy to G-D , Is The Pathway of the Jew . For this , Every Commandment , that HaShem Ever Gave and Gives us , is to lead us to be Holy , As HaShem Is Holy . This Parsha of Kedoshim , starts out with HaShem's Holy Laws to Lead us to " Kedoshim " - " Holiness . " HaShem Reminds us to honor our Mother and Father , of Sabbath Observance and not to turn to idols . HaShem Then Talks of Piggul - Rejected Offerings , Gifts to the poor , being Honest in our dealings with others , not to be a gossip - monger and tale - bearer ( Rechilus - The Midrash Says - Rabbi M Weissman ) among our people , not to stand by , while our fellow's blood is shed , not to bear a grudge against one of our fellow Jews , to Love our fellow Jew as ourselves , for , as HaShem's Torah Says , " I Am HaShem . " This Acknowledgement of " I Am HaShem , " is also to remind us That HaShem's Love And Light Is Within us all , and how we treat others , is thus how we treat HaShem - so be good to others , as this is being good to HaShem , and Keep HaShem's Commandments . HaShem Then Reminds us of the Law of Kilayim , Forbidden Mixtures , not to mix species , the Shifchah Charufah - the designated Maidservant , the time needed to wait after planting before partaking , not to indulge in sorcery , of picking specific times due to omens , not to round off the edge of our scalp or beard , not to make cuts or gashes when in mourning and not to tattoo ourselves ( an act that was done by idolworshipers ) . The Law of not mixing wool and linen in a garment ( Shaatnez ) , goes back to Kayin and Hevel ( Cain and Abel ) , where Kayin brought the flax linen , while Hevel , brought the woolen sheep as an offering . These two men both had opposing views of how to treat HaShem , and so , we don't mix such views , and such fibers . The only time these fibers can come together is in a holy Garment like Tzitzis , and in the Bigdei Kehuna , the Priestly Garment ( The Midrash Says - Rabbi M Weissman ) , where the Holiness of this Garment , brings Sholom - Peace . Then HaShem's Torah Reminds us to Keep HaShem's Sabbaths . We are Commanded not to turn to the sorcery of the Ov or Yid'onim , ways of fortune-telling , but to remain faithful to HaShem and trust Him Wholeheartedly . We are to rise in the presence of an old person ( the sweet golden heart of our people , who can teach us much holiness and wisdom and experience and morals ) and to honor the presence of a Torah Sage . We are to be good to the Proselyte , the Convert to Judaism , and treat them justly , and love them like ourselves , for we too were aliens in Egypt . We are not to commit a perversion of Justice , in measures of length , weight and volume , and we are to have correct scales , weights and dry measures and correct liquid measures and in Holiness , HaShem Says , as Often Appears after each Law here , " I Am HaShem Your G-D , Who Brought you out from the Land of Egypt . You Shall Observe My Decrees and all My Ordinances , and you shall perform them - I Am HaShem . " HaShem Then Again Warns us against offering to molech , And Reiterates the Arayos - Forbidden Relationships , with more detail on the punishments for these sins , ending with reminding us to keep HaShem's Decrees and Ordinances , and then the Land of Israel will not disgorge us ( a link to the Haftorah ) , for we are not to follow the practices of those that were there at other times , That Were Disgorged , and we are to remain Holy As HaShem Is Holy , Who Has Separated us Jews from other people . We are to Keep Israel as a Land Flowing with Milk and Honey ( a reference to Torah ) and not ever to follow the ways of other people and their traditions and beliefs . We are to keep Kosher and keep away from that which is unclean . We are not to follow the sorcery of the Ov or of Yid'oni , a crime that deserves death by stoning . The Parsha leaves us with a beautiful Statement , that , " You shall be holy for Me , for I HaShem Am Holy And I Have Separated you from the peoples to be Mine . " How much more clear can it be . This is as clear a show Of HaShem's Love For His Jewish people , for as HaShem Says , We Jewish people are His - using the word " Mine " that shows such personal Love and Sweet Closeness That HaShem Feels for us Jews . As this Parasha of Kedoshim and the Parsha of Acharei Mos show , we are to be holy and to be at one with HaShem Always . HaShem Gave us A Holy Yom Kippur to Atone for our transgressions and we are to keep HaShem's Holy Laws , for we are to be Holy to HaShem Always , keeping separate and Kosher , away and far from that which is Forbidden and not Commanded By HaShem , to be a Jewish People , separate from other people , keeping Holy , As HaShem Is Holy . This is not a means for us to be arrogant at all , Chas Ve Shalom . We are not to go around being arrogant . HaShem Has Chosen us for a very special task , a task we ourselves chose through Avraham , that he himself chose HaShem and realized the truth of HaShem's Oneness , and so , as he did , so are we to do , to be a Light unto the Nations , to teach them the Truth of the Oneness of G-D and to teach the way to follow Him , and Him Only , in Truth . We must start with ourselves , just as the Kohein Gadol starts with his own Offering , to cleanse and purify himself , before others , in following HaShem's Very Holy Laws and Keeping HaShem's Very Holy Days and being ever so humble and quick to correct ourselves and Keep HaShem's Holy Day of Atonement , Yom Kippur , the Day HaShem Forgave us . Torah Is A Light , That guides for us through this stormy sea of Physicality , like the lighthouse that guides a ship back home , so is The Holy Torah , The Only Way to get to The Light Of HaShem . Torah Is our Lighthouse , that Steers us home to HaShem , Into His Loving Arms . We are to be a Holy people , to HaShem . We are to keep our Gift That Is Given By HaShem , A Gift That HaShem Gave us In So Much Love , The Gift Of Israel , to be a Holy Land , where we follow HaShem's Torah , As HaShem Asks of us . We are in every way and at every moment , to emulate HaShem , in all that we do and in all that we are . HaShem's Spark Is Within us all and every action we do , must be a representative Of The Goodness of HaShem Always . We are HaShem's Representatives and so , must act accordingly , to be Holy , As HaShem Is Holy . Let us all Love HaShem as we should love Him , and show HaShem how much we do love Him , by doing everything HaShem Asks of us and being everything that HaShem Wants of us to be , for HaShem Has Given us His Beautiful Holy Torah Of Light , for with HaShem's Love , HaShem and His Holy Torah Will Carry us Home . Our home is with HaShem . May we all always emulate HaShem and Rest Securely and Safely in HaShem's Tender Loving Care . I wish HaShem With Deepest And Most Eternal Love , A Sweet , Beautiful And Special Shabbos Kodesh With Deepest Eternal Love , and to all my fellow Jews and to all of Creation , a Sweet , Beautiful and Special Shabbos Kodesh with love .

Parashas Tazria and Metzora : - Our Parsha this Shabbos is a Double Parsha of Tazria and Metzora . The Haftorah for when these two Parshas are read together is the Haftorah of Metzora , which is in II Kings 7 : 3 - 20 , and like the Parsha , starts off talking about the ( four ) metzorim , and tells the story of how HaShem Had Performed A Miracle against our enemy Aram , making them think an entire army had attacked them and thus , they were caused to fled . Parashas Tazria starts out by discussing a Woman's Conception and of the period of contamination for a male or female child after the birth . When a male gets born , he is to be circumcised on the eighth day . For a certain period , the Mother is to have a separation period of purity . Our Holy Torah Tells us that if she has a male child , that period is half the time of a female child , thus for a male child , she is contaminated for 7 days and for 33 days , she shall remain in blood of purity , not being able to touch anything holy , or enter the Sanctuary , until her days of purity are completed ( thus a total of 7+33 = 40 days ) , and if she has a female child , she will be contaminated for two weeks and for 66 days , she shall remain in blood of purity ( thus a total of 14 + 66 = 80 days ) . Our Rabbis say that the time is doubled for a female child , because , it takes forty days for the life - form to develop into a male and 80 days for the life - form to develop into a female . It is so interesting that the forty days minimum , that it takes , is the same amount of time , that Moshe was up each of the three times on Har Sinai and also during the Mabul , The Flood in Noach's time , it rained for 40 days and 40 nights , suggesting that this period of 40 , is a time given to make that which is within it , purified . When her days of purity are completed , the Mother is to bring an Elevation Offering and a Sin Offering . The reason for the two offerings , are because during her labor , she may have , due to the pain , sworn an oath never to live with her husband again and also , she brings an Offering , in lieu of Chava , for whose actions , women suffer in childbirth , and thus every child bearing Woman , can thus atone for Chava Eve . Also , she atones for any negative feelings she may have had against her husband and even negative feelings she may have had against HaShem , Chas Ve Shalom . This is when a Woman " Tazria , " - " Conceives . " There Are Miracles From HaShem , every day , all the time , in every moment and in every instant that exists . HaShem Blesses us With Creation , A Most Amazing Miracle . We really don't realize , the Wonderful Beautiful Miracle that HaShem Gives us , in childbirth . When it is time to bring the Soul to the baby to come , HaShem Calls the Malach Angel Layla , to bring the soul , either out of Shamaim or Gan Eiden or from The Gaf ( a Holding Place of Souls ) , that soul that will go into that baby . Though the soul does not want to leave its Holy Place of rest , HaShem Instructs the Soul that in order to earn merit , that soul needs to come into a Physical Body and so gain merit and raise itself in Holiness , by keeping HaShem's Mitzvos . What A Beautiful Miracle . Even while it is within its Mother , HaShem Performs so many Miracles for it . The very heat within the Mother , would be impossible for a human being to stand for so long , but HaShem , Who Never Leaves , Miraculously Protects it , For He Is At The Birth Of Every Life-Form In His Creation . How Beautiful A Fact . The Position in which the Life-form lies , within the Mother , Is A Miracle From HaShem , for gravity alone would make it fall out , yet HaShem Miraculously Keeps it In , Until The Time Is Ready For it To Be Born . HaShem Directs Toward it , all its necessary food , and when it Is Born , By HaShem's Miracle , HaShem Miraculously Gives the Mother the power to feed it milk from her very own body , the healthiest of all , for her baby . The Life-form if it would have waste products , from its nourishment within the Mother , would under other circumstances , hurt the Mother , But HaShem Miraculously Takes Care Of That . The very act of conceiving a child , from a small part from the Mother , With HaShem's Miracle , and a drop from the Father , With HaShem's Miracle , for that to form a child , with all its faculties and everything it needs to grow into the adult , is such A Great Miracle From HaShem . Oh yes , Conception Is Such A Continuing Miracle Of The Almighty , Praised And Forever Blessed Be HaShem's Beautiful And Beloved Name . From this point on in this Parsha of Tazria and into the next Parsha of Metzora , Tzaraas is discussed and all its allied impurities that can come on the skin or body part of a person is also discussed , Afflictions on Garments and if in Israel , on houses , where if it appeared on a house , if it came to having to remove stones from the house , the previous Canaanite tenants , who had hidden their precious items in the walls to hide them away from us , their hidden wares , would then be revealed . HaShem Sends Tzaraas , for 10 different kinds of Aveirahs , being :- Idolworship , Murder , Immorality , Performing a Chillul HaShem - A Desecration of HaShem's Name , Robbery , Greed and having an evil eye , Making a Vain Oath , Conceit and Arrogance , Loshon Horah - Slander ( the main reason ) and Doing something not allowed by the person who does it - like a king performing the rites of a Kohein . The Parsha of Metzora goes through the cleansing process for Tzaraas of different types , that is mentioned in Parashas Tazria . The very word Metzora , has within it the words , ' Motzi Sham Ra , ' - ' the defamer . ' Such is what a Loshoner is . The main sin that Tzaraas Is Sent for , is Loshon Horah . Parashas Metzora also mentions the discharges that are impure for a male and for a female , including within this Parsha , The Laws of Niddah for the Woman and the Parsha ends reminding us that the Children of Israel shall be separated from their contamination , so that we not die , not to contaminate HaShem's Sanctuary , that is among us . So ends the Parshas . As I mentioned , the main sin that Tzaraas is sent for , is Loshon Horah , for basically defaming and slandering someone , or others . Tzaraas is not modern day Leprosy . Both are very different . Modern day Leprosy comes out with black swellings , whereas , Tzaraas Afflictions are impure when they are white or if they have flesh exposed within them , or if they have two white hairs on them . Tzaraas is very much A Spiritual Affliction , Sent By HaShem , To Manifest Physically, for wrongs done . In that day and time , the Sins we did , Were Manifest Upon us , on our bodies , or out of mercy sometimes , first on one's garment , or on one's house only in Israel , but not in Yerushalayim . A person who may have been miserly , claiming that he had nothing to give others , but in reality did have , may have Tzaraas Appear On his house in Israel , so that he would have to remove first all his possessions from the house before the Kohein could come and possibly declare his house Impure Tamei . The articles within the house , would have to be removed first , so that if the Kohein would come , and the articles were not in the house , the articles could then be clear of being declared Tamei - Impure , something they could not be declared of , if they were removed first from the house before the house was declared Tamei . Thus all the people would see that he was being miserly and that he had the where with all to have helped others , and that he had just dishonestly made out he was unable . As I just explained , the, possessions had to be removed first , so that they would not be declared Tamei along when the house is declared Tamei , for once the House is declared Tamei , then all things within it , are too . Loshon Horah is a very grave sin . It hurts without warning . A person who Loshons , is an abomination to HaShem , And HaShem Says , that such a person cannot abide in Creation , alongside HaShem , for such a person , denies The Way HaShem Creates a person His way , and the Loshoner , tries to refashion that person , in his own negative image and in his own negative view . Thus the Loshoner , is akin to an idol worshiper , who makes himself out to be a creator , of the person loshoned , in his own negative view and image , Chas Ve Shalom . The very first one to do the sin of Loshon Horah , was the Nachash , the Snake , in Gan Eiden in the Beginning , with the Angel Samael within it . Samael blasphemed and Loshoned HaShem , and so , caused Adam Ve Chava to Sin and Eat that which they were not commanded to eat and so , was the woman punished with painful childbirth and impurity , which both Adam Ve Chava now had ( impurity ) . So Parashas Tazria and Parashas Metzora , do have a link together with regards the impurity of conceiving , for the Woman , and Tzaraas and Metzora , Loshoning , which was first committed by the Nachash Snake with Samael . What was the snake's punishment ? To crawl in the very dust that was its words , for such are the words of Loshon Horah and slander , that is akin to speaking dust . The snake's tongue was also split and separated , just like Loshon Horah and Slander , separates people from others , who are spoken badly about . The Snake , which once stood upright and regal , was made to crawl on its belly and from it's arrogance and conceit , a trait of the one who commits Loshon Horah , it was forced to be lowered and was humbled . Loshon Horah hurts three people , the Loshoner , the Listener to the Loshon and the Victim who is the one spoken about . A story is told of a man who came before a Judge , for he had bad mouthed his neighbor and it had caused harm to his neighbor and the perpetrator was seeking and pleading with the Judge , for a way to make up for it and atone . The Judge told him to take pieces of paper and to write upon them words about himself , and to go out into the street and to throw them into the wind and to come back to the Judge the next day . The man did this and came back to the Judge the next day and asked the Judge if he could now be forgiven . The Judge told him , only if he can go back to where he threw the pieces and collect every single one of them . The man said that this is impossible , as by now , the wind has carried them to places he can not possible collect them back from , or know of where . The Judge responded that so is it the same with Loshon Horah and Slander , for it is impossible to retract what one has said , and it is impossibly to possibly know how far , in the wind , has a person's slanderous words traveled and they can never be retrieved or retracted , for rumors carry , and even when the truth comes out , not every one will believe it . No wonder , a bird is one of the offerings brought for Cleansing from Tzaraas , as birds often chirp and chatter , in the open , just like Loshon Horah chatters constantly in the open - so say our Rabbonim . Even in Dovid Ha Melech's time , a man slandered Mefiboshes , son of David's beloved friend Jonathon , and this ended up starting the punishment that ended in the final split of the Tribes of Israel after Shlomo's Son Rechavam separated the kingdoms . Slander splits and divides and separates people . This is the exact opposite of what HaShem Wants . HaShem Wants togetherness and unity , in following HaShem Only . The Very Peace of Unity , holds HaShem's Beautiful Gift To us , Of Creation , on the Right Path , toward HaShem . Slander is a very grave sin . Even Shlomo Hamelech said in Mishlei , said that " Death and Life are in the hands of the Tongue . " It is no wonder , that the Punishment for Loshon Horah , is impurity and forced distance from other people and obvious signs of impurity , for that is exactly what the Loshoner did to others , by making them look impure and wrong to others , and by their evil talk and tongue , caused distance between others , so now the one afflicted by Tzaraas , for Loshon Horah , must be alone and isolated and call out Tamei Tamei Impure Impure . We lost our Holy Temples because of Loshon Horah and Groundless Hatred among our brethren . " A Sword can kill one , but a word can kill many . " Loshon Horah " - " Evil Tongue Speech , " is Murder , to the one spoken about . In fact , Loshon Horah , has within it , the breaking of every one of the Ten Commandments . It blasphemes HaShem's Name , for it attacks HaShem's Creation , Chas Ve Shalom , The Way HaShem Made a person . It is like Idol worship , for it puts the Loshoner , in the place of one who wants to recreate another person , in A Way HaShem Did not , For HaShem Is The Only Creator . To Loshon , is to doubt HaShem and His Creation as Creator . To Loshon , is to take HaShem's Name in Vain , showing no respect For What And How HaShem Created things . To Loshon , is to show HaShem that the Loshoner is arrogantly trying to make his own false creation , thus denying HaShem As Creator , Chas Ve Shalom , which is exactly the opposite of what Shabbos Testifies , that we keep Shabbos , which also acknowledges That HaShem Created the other six days . If one can Loshon others , then one can be brought to the stage of Loshoning one's own Parents , thus dishonoring them , Chas Ve Shalom . Loshoning can kill a person's character and other's opinions of the one Loshoned , and also embarrasses them , causing blood to drain from their face , which Halachically , is akin to murder . Loshon Horah brings about unfaithfulness by others , to the one Loshoned , which is akin to adultery . Loshon Horah , causes theft of a person's real character , akin to kidnapping their real character . Certainly , Loshon Horah causes the bearing of False Witness against the one Loshoned , putting them wrongly , in a way that they are not . Loshon Horah causes hatred of the one Loshoned , by those who listen to it and the listeners can thus be caused to covet the one Loshoned . Thus Loshon Horah Evil Tongue , breaks all the Ten Commandments , and thus every Law of HaShem Given on Har Sinai . Also , Seeing As HaShem Created the World with Ten Pronouncements , Loshon Horah Directly Attacks HaShem's Creation , And Also The Fact That HaShem Created the World With Ten Pronouncements , for as I mentioned , it breaks every one of the Ten Commandments . So is the Punishment for Tzaraas , for ten types of Aveirah as I mentioned . HaShem Put the tongue behind the barriers of the teeth and gums , in the mouth , so as to keep it in check , as a barrier against a loose tongue of slander Loshon Horah . The tongue is the only muscle in the body that has horizontal freedom . HaShem Thus Gave us Barriers to the tongue , the Teeth and Gums of the Mouth , to help us keep it in check . Yet HaShem Allowed us the easiest ability to earn Mitzvos with our Speech in Holy Talk , By Allowing the tongue muscle , the freedom to speak . So HaShem Wants us to Guard our Tongue , But Still Mercifully Gives us a way to easily earn many Mitzvos , by using the easy moving tongue , made in a resting horizontal position , to be easily able to speak Words Of Holiness Of Torah . We must thus not change it around , but must ensure that we take HaShem's Safeguards , and Guard our Tongue from Loshon Horah , and easily speak Holy Words , by learning much Torah , and so , make this World , a World of Torah Love and Harmony , where HaShem Can Be Made Welcome with Love always . So , if we stop Committing Loshon Horah and if we all start keeping HaShem's Commandments , we will stop being afflicted with Tzaraas , and we can go back to the Beginning , where child birth was painless and there was no impurity . It is within our reach . All we have to do , is What HaShem Wants us to do . All we Have to do , is follow HaShem , in our total love and obedience . Gan Eiden and Shamaim are so reachable . If only we would just reach up to HaShem , and all of us Obey Him . HaShem Made us In Total Love . Let us follow HaShem in total love . May All of Creation , thank and follow HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu , HaShem , The Holy One Blessed Be He , With Love . I wish HaShem With all my Deepest And Very Faithful Love , A Very Sweet And Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With Deepest And Sweetest Love , and to all my fellow Jews , and to all of Creation , a Very Sweet and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love .

Parashas Shemini : - Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Shemini and this Parsha starts out on the Eighth day after the Seven days of the Inauguration period , for the Mishkan , and it was on this day , the First of Nissan , that Aharon would now take over permanently , as Kohein Gadol , after Moshe officiated , the past seven days . The Haftorah for this section is II Shmuel 6 : 1 - 7 : 17 and also deals with how the Ark would be brought to the Holy City of Yerushalayim and also the tragedy of Uzzah , just as the tragedy of Aharon's two sons Nadav and Avihu . Aharon was reluctant to take up the position of Kohein Gadol , as he still felt unworthy , not just because of his humility , but he also felt very bad about the whole incident of the golden calf , but Moshe assured him that this is What HaShem Wants , for him to be Kohein Gadol . Aharon's position of Kohein Gadol was Chosen By HaShem long before , when HaShem Was Speaking To Moshe At The Burning Bush , and Moshe kept humbly refusing , and so it was then that HaShem Chose To make Aharon the Kohein Gadol . Aharon also felt uncomfortable because as he approached the Mizbayach - The Altar , he saw a vision of a calf , thus reminding him of the Chait Ha Eigel . Some of our Sages teach us that this vision , though having another positive reason , could actually have been perceived by Aharon negatively because of a negative force that was trying to keep him from serving HaShem , while other Sages feel that it was a vision of what Korban would be needed to be brought to start his service . No doubt , he was to bring a young bull for a Chatas - Sin Offering and a ram for an Elevation Offering unblemished , thus to atone first for his part in the Chait Ha Eigel . A man who is to bring Korbanos - Offerings ( where the word ' Karov ' - Closeness ' is within the word " Korbanos " ) and help atone for others , must first cleanse himself . A man who is set to bring Closeness between HaShem and the People , must first take that step of rectifying to bring his own closeness to HaShem , himself . Also on that first day , for the Children of Israel , was to be brought , a he-goat for a Chatas Sin Offering and a calf and sheep for a Peace Offering , so that Atonement could be brought for what the brothers did to Yosef long ago , where they dipped his tunic into goat's blood . The Temple Altar was to bring closeness between HaShem and the Children of Israel , and so , that begins with peace among our people , and thus the sin of what was done between brothers , in our people , had to be atoned for , so Peace could be between HaShem and us . This Sedra continues with the Offerings and after all had been done for this Inauguration , Moshe and Aharon still waited for HaShem's Fire to Descend , but it did not . Aharon Blessed the people . Aharon humbly felt it was because of him , hat HaShem's Fire Did Not Yet Descend , and Aharon asked Moshe why he was put in the position of Kohein Gadol , if he and his work was not accepted . Moshe and Aharon both fell on their faces to HaShem . Only when both brothers Moshe and Aharon entreated HaShem , did HaShem's Fire Descend From Before HaShem , and Consume the Elevation Offerings and the fats , on the Mizbayach Altar . Thus showing us that we are to work equally with our fellow Jews in Serving HaShem , Within Creation . The people had much rejoicing , feeling that now HaShem Had Forgiven them for the Chait Ha Eigel , and that now HaShem Would Again , Be In our midst . On this day of such great joy , tragedy occurred . The Parsha starts out with the words " Vayehi Bayom , " which often in Torah starts out a sad happening . We see this in Bereishis 14:1 , where Avraham is about to go to war against the kings . We see these words also at the beginning of the book of Ruth , just before the famine . We see these words also in the Book of Esther , when introducing Achashveiros and we see it here in this Parsha , which describes the tragic event of the death of Aharon's two sons Nadav and Avihu . Aharon's two sons were very holy , as were all of Aharon's sons very holy . Nadav and Avihu were of great stature , seen even within their names , for within Nadav's name is the word ' Nedivus ' - which refers to his honorable rank and within Avihu's name is the name ' Av ' like a father of his people . The only thing these two sons of Aharon lacked a bit was the necessary humility . They both boldly decided on their own at the same time , each on their own thoughts , to take their fire-pans , without an order from HaShem , or checking with their Rebbe Moshe or their Father Aharon first , and they put their own fire in them , thus discounting HaShem's Fire on the Mizbayach , and they placed Ketores Incense upon them and thus brought an alien fire , discounting HaShem's Fire , on the Mizbayach . They also never wore the Me'il , which had bells at the bottom , put there for when entering the Holy Place , so the Angels within , would know to leave , and thus not affect the one entering by their spiritual holiness , thus they entered unprotected , into a Place Frequented by holy beings . A Fire Came Forth From HaShem and Consumed them and they died before HaShem . Thus it wasn't as though HaShem Killed them as such , but rather , that by their own choice ,they entered The Holy Place , and did not announce their entering with the bells on the Me'il , before the holy Malachim within could leave , and so , by their own action of doing that which was not their place to do , they caused their own demise . Only the one that HaShem Allows into this Holy Place , is permitted within . In mentioning the actions of Nadav and Avihu , I already mentioned a few of the wrong things that they did , but there was more . At an earlier time , at Har Sinai , when the Elders stood up higher on the Mountain , When HaShem Came Down , both Nadav and Avihu , yearning for closeness with HaShem , stood higher too , on the Mountain , thus not displaying the necessary humility . HaShem Already then , Had Set them to die , but held out , as at that time , it was not the time to bring tragedy to such a joyous and holy event as HaShem Meeting His people . So their punishment was held out till now , at the time that started the Temple service , the time where Atoning would take place . So it also shows How Merciful HaShem Is , For Waiting Till now , till they again displayed a lack of humility . Also , at the time of the Chait Ha Eigel , HaShem Was Angry with Aharon , even though he did not fashion the calf with his own hands and even though he said to the people , " A festival for HaShem Tomorrow , " thus faithfully believing in HaShem , and that Moshe would return , HaShem Still Felt Upset with Aharon and told Moshe that He Would remove all his sons , Sending Out Destructive Angels to do this . Moshe Pleaded for his brother and his brother's sons and so HaShem Relented and Agreed To Keep two of Aharon's sons alive . Moshe continued to pray and hoped HaShem Might Relent . But when Nadav and Avihu again did not display the needed and correct humility , and brought their own fire , even though HaShem's fire was already a fact on the Mizbayach , HaShem Punished them By Fire Consuming them . Aharon was silent . Our Sages debated how this was so , that Aharon could remain silent at such a sad event , at the death of two of his sons . Aharon , being the Kohein Gadol , had to live by certain Laws , even though in mourning , and this included his remaining sons Elazar and Ithamar . But within , Aharon felt the turmoil and self - blame , for he blamed himself and his actions at the Chait Ha Eigel , for his two sons having to die . Even though HaShem Had not Said it was for that reason , Aharon himself felt guilty and blamed himself . Aharon within , questioned the reason for this happening , and HaShem Answered Him In Love , And HaShem Compassionately Let Aharon Know , that Nadav and Avihu , were now in a position they so desired to be , close to HaShem , for Torah States , " I Will Be Sanctified Through those who are nearest Me . " Thus Aharon was silent , seeing From HaShem , that his beloved sons Nadav and Avihu , were very holy and were now ' nearest HaShem . " Moshe , summoned Aharon's cousins Mishael and Elzaphan and had them remove the bodies of Nadav and Avihu , with metal rods , for they could not enter The Place of Holiness . Because Aharon kept silent , and accepted HaShem's Judgement , HaShem Rewarded Aharon And Spoke to Aharon Directly , that no intoxicating wine was to be drunk when he or his sons come into the Ohel Mo'ed - The Tent of Meeting , lest they die , for Nadav and Avihu , had drunk more than the permitted Revi'is of Wine , before they had entered , another Aveirah that they had done . We read the portion in Acharei Mos , on Yom Kippur , which refers to the death of Aharon's two sons , for the death of the Righteous , can atone for the People , in the generation . The Torah Continues with instructions of more Offerings . A dispute occurred between Moshe and Aharon , where Moshe questioned why his sons had totally burnt the Rosh Chodesh Offering , instead of partaking of part of it , for Moshe assumed they did not partake of the offering , because they were onnanim - mourners . Aharon told Moshe that seeing as this was an Inauguration day , it was to be totally burnt and Moshe , showing his humility , agreed with him . The Parsha then focuses on one of our Holiest Laws . That of Kashrus . Kashrus keeps us separate from others , and also guards us from intermixing and marrying out of our Jewish Faith , and thus losing our Jewishness , Chas Ve Shalom . HaShem Commands that only animals that have a totally split hoof right through and that chew the cud , are Kosher . We note that domestic animals and not wild animals are Kosher , for HaShem Wants To Instill In us , a quietude and not a wildness , within our characters . HaShem Mentions that there are only four animals , that either display one or the other trait , and these four animals are the camel , the hyrax , the hare and the pig ( the pig being like Amalek Edom , that holds up its outer show , its feet - hands to show it might look Kosher , but inside , not chewing the cud , it is totally un Kosher - totally Treifah ) . Scientists once did a check World-wide to try and find if there were any other animals besides these , that displayed one or the other trait , and came to the conclusions , that in the whole World , only these four had one or the other trait . Only HaShem , Who Knows What the trait of any animal is , Could Have Known such a fact , to only Write these four animals , and no other . HaShem's Torah , Straight From HaShem Only . HaShem Then Tells us which Fish are Kosher . Those that have Fins and Scales in the water , in the seas and in the streams . HaShem Then Instructs on which Birds are Kosher and Gives us a list of the wild birds that kill , and so , such traits are not Kosher . Torah Mentions the wild birds that are not Kosher , for the list that are Kosher , would be more . HaShem Then Instructs On the Insects that are and are not , And Continues To Teach About other creatures too and contamination , on things touching their carcasses . For we are to be a holy people unto The L-RD our G-D , Sanctifying ourselves and becoming holy , For HaShem Is Holy . For it Is HaShem , Who Elevates us from the land of Egypt , that HaShem Is G-D Unto us , And As HaShem Says , " you shall be holy , For I Am Holy . ". So ends the Parsha . This Parsha is called " Shemini , " which means " Eighth . " This was the final Eighth day , after the preparations of setting up and dismantling the Mishkan every day for the seven preparation days , before-hand , when on the Eighth day , on the First of Nissan , the Mishkan was finally set up to and for Aharon the Kohein Gadol to do his Avodas HaShem . The Number Eight , in Judaism , has always referred to Holiness . We are , right now , at this time of the Jewish Calendar and Year , between Pesach and Shavuos , every evening counting the Omer . We count 49 days , which is Seven weeks and then , the day after , that Fiftieth day ( like the Seven years of Shemittah Sabbatical Years and Seven of them counted , makes the next year , that Fiftieth Year , a Yovel Jubilee Year ) , like that supposed - Eighth Day ( that day or year after the Sevens ) , is Shavuot , which was The Holy Day On Which HaShem Came Down On Har Sinai and Gave us His Beautiful Torah , thus it was and so is , the number Eight , a day of Revelation . Between Pesach , after we left Mitzrayim Egypt , a place lowest in Spiritual Purity , a place highest in Spiritual degradation , we needed these Seven Weeks and 49 days ( like the 49 Levels or Gates of Holiness that exist that Moshe climbed ) , to spiritually better ourselves and purify ourselves , as we headed toward the Holy Day of Shavuos , on which we would receive HaShem's Revelation , on that Fiftieth day ( the day after the sevens - which is , the Eighth Day ) , and so , we would have , by then , purified ourselves and climbed Spiritually , to meet HaShem . It is also on the Eighth day , that a Jewish boy is to be given a Bris , Circumcision , to come into the Covenant of HaShem . This is such a Holy Mitzvah , that it is even done on Shabbos , if that turns out to be the Eighth day . Adam Ha Rishon ( as was Moshe ) , Was Created circumcised , As HaShem Wants it , and thus this Eighth Day , is a Sweet Continuation , of how it was to be , at the beginning of Creation , for had Adam Ve Chava not sinned , then after that first Shabbos , life and all things would have been Eternal , and Close to and In the Arms Of HaShem . That day after the Shabbos Day , would have been the Eighth Day from Creation's Beginning . The Eternal Shabbos . Moshiach , as I have mentioned many times , in other writings , has a Gematriah of Seven , and is to come , if we haven't become worthy yet , at the end of the 6000 years ( 6093 to be exact ) , which matches being at the ' Day in Creation ' of that ' Sixth Day of Creation . ' And after that , like in the period after ' 6 ' , which is ' 7 , ' Mashiach is to come . Thus the period of Moshiach , is as the period of Sevens . The Spiritual Time that will come after that , is as the Spiritual Time , of the " Eights . " Thus the Spiritual Time of this ' Eight - Period , ' is to be A Time Of Revelation Of HaShem , That Is To Come After the coming of Mashiach . The Day of the Final Inauguration , at the End of Days , is thus related to this Inauguration in our Parsha , which also took place on the " Shemini " - " Eighth " Day . The Day of HaShem's Revelation . Within the word " Shemini , " are the words ' Shemi Ni , ' which , In Reference To HaShem , would mean ' My Name ( HaShem ) Is My Thanks . ' Thus within this Final Eighth Day , will be HaShem's Revelation and our true and proper Appreciation and Thanks For What HaShem Did , Does And Has Always Done , Which , at the End of Days , we will truly understand . We will really see in all HaShem's Beauty , all that HaShem Has Done And Why He Did The Things He Did , and We will then , truly appreciate All That HaShem Did , for then we will understand the meaning of what had to be . It will be then , that we will truly appreciate HaShem and His Total Goodness and realize how appreciative and thankful , we should have always been . We ca not now fully understand existence . But at the End of Days , we will understand better and realize how much we should have been thankful to HaShem . It is so important to thank and bless HaShem . We don't realize how important it is . If we would all Acknowledge and Thank HaShem Only , that action alone , of our appreciation , could bring on the End of Days . It is so important to say our Brochas and Thanks to HaShem every day , every moment and all the time . That ' Thanking - ' Todah , ' of HaShem , ' is within that number " Shemini " - " Eighth , " and the Bringing On Of The End Of Days , where the Hebrew Word ' Todah , ' is 400 + 6 + 4 + 5 = 415 and 4 + 1 + 5 = 10 and 1+0 = 1 , the number of completion where we join HaShem's Oneness and bring Creation , Which Was Created With HaShem's Ten Pronouncements , to It's Final End , at the End Of Days and so , is Appreciation , a pathway to bring HaShem's Revelation . We must always Thank and Bless HaShem . We must always Appreciate HaShem . We must always Follow HaShem Only . That Will Bring in that Final Eighth Day - that Final " Shemini , " that Final Calling of Moshiach , to usher in the End Of Days and the Sweet Closeness of HaShem's Revelation , to Finally live within HaShem's Closest Love and Care . Thank You HaShem For All That You Have Done , For All That You So And For All That You Will Do . Thank You HaShem For You . I wish HaShem With Forever And Sweet And Special And Most Beautiful Deepest Love Always , A Very Sweet And Beautiful And Special Shabbos Kodesh With Forever Deepest Love , and to all my fellow Jews and all of Creation , a Very Sweet and Beautiful And Special Shabbos Kodesh With Love .