The Shabbos Parsha is Parashas Chukas . In this Parsha , The Holy Torah Continues with the Laws of the Kohanim and continuing from the previous Sedra , Moshe Is Told By HaShem How To Cleanse one of the Tum'a Impurity of a dead body . This request was made in the morning And HaShem Did Not Answer Moshe straight away , But Waited Until Moshe was with Aharon And HaShem Spoke To them both , Instructing On The Laws Of The Parah Aduma , The Red Heifer . This Law of the Parah Aduma is called a Chok and is one of the Chukkim . In The Holy Torah , the word Chok appears In The Holy Torah in different places with four different cases . This one of the Parah Aduma where a Red Heifer , prepared As HaShem Instructs , purifies one who has the strictest Tum'a level , Av HaTum'a , yet it makes Tamei Impure , one who prepares it according to its Laws . Another Law that in The Holy Torah is called a Chok , is the Law of Shaatnez , which is the Law of not mixing wool and linen together in the same garment , yet it is fine to put them together in Tzitzis . Our Rabbonim teach us that this possibly could have had to do with the offerings that Kayin and Hevel brought ( Cain and Abel ) , where Kayin offered what was like linen as our Rabbis teach us flax- seed and where Hevel who offered a beheima korban , was like offering wool and so we do not mix a good action with a bad one . Another Law where the Hebrew word ' Chok ,' appears in The Holy Torah is to do with the Law of Yibum , where if a man dies childless , his surviving widow can be taken and married to the surviving brother , so long as there were no children from the one who passed on and so , children can be brought up in the deceased brother's merit . The fourth example of the word 'Chok ' appearing in The Holy Torah , is to do with the S'air La' Azazel the goat sent to Azazel , which purifies the Camp , yet makes impure the one who handles it . There are other Chukkim , like Shabbos and sending away the Mother Bird , but these are not directly stated in Torah as Chukkim with the word ' Chok . ' So what is this Chok That HaShem , In His Holy Torah Refers to ? HaShem Gave us Laws And Ordinances And With Them , Explanations Of Understanding some of the meaning of the why's , but with a Chok , the reasons are hidden . Even though , to all Holy Torah Laws , there are hidden facets To All Of HaShem Commands , but with the Chukkim , The rationale behind them , is totally hidden , beyond logic . So doing them obediently , Is Purely For The Love And Trust Of HaShem HaKadosh Baruch Hu HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He . This doing of these Chukkim Laws , doing Them obediently with no explanation Purely For The Love Of HaShem , could be a possible reason for them , for To Obey HaShem without even the reward of knowing why , is in itself a beautiful and certainly good enough reason for A Law , for it shows from us , the Pure Love we have For HaShem , To Follow HaShem Wholeheartedly And Trust HaShem Totally Faithfully , a belief that proves that we have Total Faith That HaShem Is The Creator Of Creation , which is just my personal idea of the why . Only Moshe was given much of the deep reasons for The Chukkim , but no one else . Shlomo Ha Melech , who was the wisest of men and who was able to fathom the deep reasons for all the other Chukkim , had to admit in Mishlei , that this Law of the Parah Aduma eludes him . Now this was the Shlomo Ha Melech , who had knowledge of Astronomy that surpassed even that of Avraham and Shlomo's knowledge of Science , surpassed even that of Scientists of our time and Shlomo's knowledge of the character and understanding of Animals , was even beyond Adam's knowledge , for it was Adam Ha Rishon who named the animals according to their characteristics that they had and that they would have in the future . Shlomo's knowledge of Torah reached to great depths , where he was able to state 3000 parables to explain each Torah Law and over 1005 depths to each Mishpat . Shlomo's wisdom allowed him to reach a very deep understanding of people and he was also able to know what their thoughts were , not because he was telepathic , but because his knowledge of anatomy and health ( having written a book on herbal healing ) and psychology was unsurpassed . His Judgements were beyond physical knowledge as we know with the case of the two women and the child . In another case , three merchants came before him , telling him how they had stopped together for Shabbos in a place and each one had buried his money . After Shabbos the money was stolen and so they came before Shlomo Ha Melech for Judgement . He heard their case and told them that he wanted to pose to them a different question . He related a story of a woman who had betrothed herself to a man who had then given her a dowry when she was a very young girl and the two of them had since moved apart . When she grew up , she subsequently met someone else and so she decided to return to the man who she had agreed with when she was young to return the dowry . That man agreed to free her for the sake of her happiness . On her way back , she was set upon by a robber who wanted to take the dowry and have his way with her . She pleaded that he not do that and make her impure and told him he would be forever punished and that she would not want that , so the robber agreed to let her go . King Solomon asked the three merchants who stood before him for judgement , who in this other story was the real hero, the woman , the man who agreed to let her marry the other man , or the robber ? The first merchant said the woman ,the second merchant said the man who gave her freedom to marry the other man , but the third one said ,' The robber who not only let her go and did not defile her , but returned the money too . ' Shlomo Ha Melech ordered the third merchant accused and he straight away confessed , for King Solomon said that he did not even have the compassion to worry about the feelings of the woman who was threatened or the man who gave up marrying his intended bride , but only worried about the money . So great was the wisdom of Shlomo Ha Melech , yet he still said that this Chok of the Parah Aduma is beyond him . The Red Heifer , As Instructed Here By HaShem , had to be a completely Red Heifer , without even two hairs of another colour . It had to be completely pure , without ever having a yoke put upon it , given to Elazar the Kohein , who had to take it outside the camp for Shechting . Some of its blood had to be sprinkled with his forefinger seven times toward the Tent of Meeting . It had to be burnt . The Kohein was to take cedar-wood , hyssop and a crimson thread ( coloured with the blood of a worm ) and thrown into the burning of the Heifer . The Kohein had to then immerse himself and his clothing and only then enter the camp , remaining contaminated till evening . The ones who burnt it and who gathered the ash , the same . A pure man was to gather the ash of it and put it in a place outside the camp in a pure place as safekeeping , for water of sprinkling , for purification . HaShem's Holy Torah Explains the process carried out then for one who came in contact with a corpse . And some of the Laws of Tum'a are then mentioned and the different levels of Tum'a . Our Sages have offered explanations for the possible reasons of this Chok and have linked it to the Chait Ha Eigel , the Sin of the Golden Calf . As a completely Red Heifer is taken , it is like the Blood of those who deserved death for that sin . As this purifies from death , so did the Golden Calf bring death back to the generation . It had to be a pure Heifer , as the Sin of the Golden Calf brought back Sin to the entire Camp . As the Heifer had to have never had a yoke put on it , sadly the people sinning at the Chait Ha ' Eigel had tried to throw off The Yoke Of HaShem . As the Parah Aduma had to be burnt and its ash used , so did the sinners at the Golden Calf have to drink the very dust that they had supported before it was burnt in the Sin of the Golden Calf , which was also like a Heifer . As Cedar-wood and Hyssop had to be tied with a crimson thread , so was the cedar-wood a sign of affluent arrogance , while the lowly Hyssop was a sign of humbling oneself , where the crimson thread was a sign of the blood of death and sin that was the result . Thus it was like saying that the very calf idea that was the part to the sin , needed a heifer calf to purify . Like but opposite , cures . Up until now , there have been nine Red Heifers and we await the tenth one in Moshiach's time . The first one was prepared in Moshe's time , on the Second of Nissan . I believe the idea of the Red Heifer purifying the contaminated , yet making impure , the ones who prepared it , has to do with , that without the negativity of temptation of Sin , we cannot rise above it and choose the good and thus become holier . We need tests to become holy , as it is in the overcoming of and rising above them , that we grow into holiness , thus we need the negativity and the temptation of Sin in this World , in order to Avoid it and not to be robots that just live a positive life with no growing . It is in the very choice of either , that helps us grow to holiness . But that is just my idea and thoughts . The word " Chok " in Hebrew , can also be part of the root word ' Rachok , ' which means ' Far from ,' showing us that these Chukkim , are far from our own level of wisdom and sit On High With HaShem Only . Just after these Laws of the Parah Aduma , tragedy came , in the form of the passing of Miryam , who was Moshe and Aharon's sister . With her passing , also went the waters from the Well of Miryam . Miryam merited this Well of Water because she had watched over baby Moses in the Nile till Batya came and drew him from the water and gave him the name Moshe , Inspired By HaShem and also because she had helped Jewish babies get born in Egypt , against the decree of Pharaoh . This Well was actually a rock from which water spewed out , in Miryam's merit and this water would , From HaShem , provide water in the Wilderness , that would flow to all the Tribes , for the leader of each tribe would come with their staff and draw a line in the sand from the Rock and the water would follow toward each Tribe . With the passing of Miryam , the Water stopped flowing and the people came to the mourning Moshe and Aharon , wanting water . This took place near the end of the journey in the Wilderness . The remnants of the Eirav Rav , those who were not of Israel that wanted to come along with the Children of Israel when we Jews left Egypt , wanted to bait Moshe into getting water from a different rock . This is why Moshe called them rebels and referred to 'this rock ,' which was not the Rock Well of Miryam , for Moshe wanted to insist that only from The Rock Of HaShem , that was the Well of Miryam , should the water come . HaShem Instructed Moshe to take Aharon and speak to the Rock which also meant teach Torah in front of the Rock , so that they would realize That The True Source Is HaShem for all Living Water which is also a reference to The Holy Torah . HaShem Only Asked Moshe to bring the Assembly , but Moshe , meaning well , wanted to publicize The Miracle Of HaShem and thus called the entire Congregation . One Must Listen To HaShem Who Knows Best . It was then that Moshe disobeyed HaShem in anger and struck the Rock Well of Miryam twice , once when only a trickle of water came out and then again when it came out Gushing . To HaShem , our anger as an emotion is wrong , for in those moments of anger , we lose Sense Of HaShem and in the Gemorrah it is akin to Avodah Zorah Idol Worship Chas Ve Shalom . HaShem Then Decreed That Moshe and Aharon would not enter the Holy Land . Again , beyond our understanding . Our Rabbis say that in Moshiach's time , Moshe will come and lead those who never got in during our travel in the Wilderness , into Eretz Yisroel , may that day come soon in our days Be ' Ezrat HaShem Bekarov . There was an opportunity to Sanctify HaShem's Name here at the Rock by showing that through Torah , comes aid to life , not anger . The Well of Miryam Rock had healing powers By HaShem if one had Faith In HaShem . Today , this Rock sits in the Sea of Tiberius . Moshe coming to the border of Israel , sent emissaries asking Edom to let us pass through the land , not for war , but in peace and that we would not touch a thing , but Edom threatened and did not allow us to go through . Moshe asked a second time but Edom came out with a massive army and so we journeyed away and around , to the area of Hor Hahar , Mount Hor . It was here That HaShem Told Moshe to tell his brother Aharon , that Aharon was to pass on and Elazar would succeed him . Aharon went up with Moshe and Elazar on the 1st of Av and it was this day that Aharon , dressed in Heavenly Garments passed away With A Divine Kiss Of HaShem . With the passing of Aharon , so did HaShem's Clouds of Glory in Aharon's merit also remove Itself for that time , thus leaving K'lal Yisroel exposed . When Moshe came down with Elazar , the people protested and blamed Moshe for the passing of Aharon , saying that he must have pronounced some judgement upon him . Aharon was very well liked by the people , known for making Sholom Bayis between couples and also between people involved in Machlokes ( friction and strife ) , where he would inform each one that the other is sorry and wants to make peace , for he deep down knew , that very deep down , the Yiddishe Neshoma wants to be at peace with their fellow Jew , even if the body does not know or realize it yet . Moshe prayed That HaShem Show them a sign of his death And So HaShem displayed his resting place in the air . Because the Clouds of Glory in Aharon's merit had lifted and because of the complaints and attacks on Moshe , HaShem Sent Amalek against us . HaShem Gave us Victory Against them . They are specified as Canaanites for they were disguised as such but were really Amalekites who thought that they could trick us , for our Power Is In HaShem when we pray To HaShem , For HaShem Watches Over us Always and they thought we would pray for help against the Canaanites , but they were Amalek in disguise . How wrong they were for we spotted their different features and clothes and thus prayed To HaShem to generally Help us With this present enemy and how silly they were , For HaShem Knows who they are . The people came and complained to Moshe about the Manna ( Mann ) and thus Loshoned HaShem . It was in honour of Moshe that the Manna fell for us . So HaShem Sent fiery serpents ( like the animal (serpent) ) into which Samael came when he tempted Adam Ve Chava , For HaShem Wanted To Show them the result of Loshon Horah , with the first creature that Loshoned HaShem . The people begged Moshe to ask HaShem To Remove the fiery serpents . HaShem Instructed Moshe to make a fiery serpent ' Nachash ' ( made of copper , which in Hebrew is also ' Nechoshes ' ) and then to miraculously throw it on the pole and when the people would look up at it , they would be healed . It was not the looking up at the serpent that did the healing . It was the direction of upward at and toward Heaven , That Through HaShem , the people Would Be Healed , when they looked up Toward HaShem . This serpent on a pole was kept for many generations and became a subject of idol worship which was called ' Nechushtan . ' The people wrongly chose to believe that the healing powers came from it , but as we know , Healing Is Only From HaShem . Thus in King Chizkiyahu's time , spoken of in the Books of the Kings , he destroyed it . The people continued to journey and near Arnon , HaShem Performed For us A Miracle , for the inhabitants there had planned to stand on either side of the narrow pass , on opposite mountains , wanting to throw large boulders down upon us , which we were not even aware of until the river ran red afterwards , But HaShem Brought the sharp jutting mountains Together And Squashed our enemy , Without us even knowing it at that moment That HaShem Did it . This is also what The Words In The Holy Torah are about in this Sedra . How Often Does HaShem Protect our road ahead , without us even ever knowing it , Of What HaShem Removed From our pathways , So That In HaShem's Love , we escape unknowingly , without any harm . Something to consider and think about , How Great Is HaShem's Love For us . HaShem Then instructs Moshe to wage war with Sichon king of the Amorites and Og , King of Bashan . These two giants , were the offspring originally of the Fallen Angel Shemchazai and a human woman . They were both brothers these two giants and Moshe personally killed them both himself and our people defeated their people Only With HaShem's Help , For HaShem Helped us To Destroy the enemy . This was the same Og , who had lived in Avraham's time , who was the messenger who had come to tell Avraham that his nephew Lot had been taken captive . Og came to warn Avraham about Lot , not for the good of Lot , but to try and get Avraham to join the battle and get killed Chas Ve Shalom , so that Og could get Sarah for himself , But HaShem , Who Is All Knowing , Saved Avraham . This is why our Haftorah for this Sedra portion is from the book of Judges 11 : 1 - 33 , where the people of Ammon want to wage war against us , for it was the Ammonites who had lost their land to Sichon and now that we had in Moshe's time defeated Sichon and Og and thus captured that land part of Moav , that their fellow brothers the Ammonites wanted it back . After the defeat of these two giants , the Children of Israel journeyed and encamped in the plains of Moav near the Jordan River , near Yericho and this is where this Holy Parsha ends . With the two giant protectors of the nations in K'na'an killed , the people there were terror stricken and so , decided that there last hope lay in the evil Bilaam , ( which appears in the next Sedra ) , who had previously come and helped Sichon and Og defeat the Moabites by cursing them , for that section that was taken in our war with them , was originally Moabite territory , for Bilaam was known at that time for cursing a person or nation and it would happen . Little did he or they know , that it was not Bilaam's curse , But HaShem Manoeuvring things For our Jewish people So As To Ensure That we attain that area . HaShem Continues His Involvement With His Creation even though we are not aware of it . HaShem Gave us Chukkim Out Of Pure Love For us And For His Creation . All HaShem Does , Is Done Out Of Pure Love . We may not and actually do not understand His Holy Ways . We are not and never can be On HaShem's Lofty Holy Level , even though we are to try and emulate HaShem's Ways And Strive For Him all the time in all that we do and wherever we are . We are to have Emunah And Bitachon , Faith And Trust In HaShem . The very fact That HaShem Created Creation And All That is still to come , as part Of That Creation , shows that we know nothing And HaShem Knows All . Thus all Creation is like a " Chok , " an unexplained Mystery Of HaShem's Wonders And Reasons . We might try through the Centuries to surmise and conclude reasons , but at the end of the day , we are too small to really know the depths of It all or even a minute speck of It . Though HaShem Tells us in the Prophet Isaiah , " That All He Created , was purely for His Glory That He Created It , " we really do not understand HaShem's True Meaning Of That . All that we can do is Trust Him . HaShem Does Know All . The idea of a " Chok " is a perfect opportunity as I mentioned earlier and we need to take this opportunity to show HaShem how much we love Him , by doing all That HaShem Asks Of us , following Torah explicitly and Knowing with contentment , That His Laws Are our Guide To Life here and in the hereafter . HaShem's Holy Torah Is our Lighthouse On the stormy sea of this World and so , Listening To HaShem will always bring us home . Creation is a Mystery , But HaShem's Love Is Always Within us . All that we need to do Is To Follow That Path Of His Love and the future is guaranteed . For HaShem Is All And HaShem Can Always Be Relied Upon To Bring us To Shamayim Heaven . We need To Trust in His " Chukkim " And Torah Laws and Take His Hand And Let HaShem With His Immense Love , Lead us To Him . If we compare what we know , To What HaShem Knows , it is as if we know Nothing . But let us remember that at the beginning of Creation , HaShem First Created the Nothingness And Out Of that , Creation Came From HaShem . The Creation was there Within HaShem 's Thought , Waiting To Be Revealed . By following HaShem's Laws In HaShem's Holy Torah , The Light That Is Within that Nothingness Will Be Revealed in its time . Not knowing the reasons and doing the Laws , Is Revealing The Light Hidden within all things and to reveal The Light , is to Reveal HaShem's Shechinah . We will never know everything , but we can be content that all things can be safely left In HaShem's Capable Hands and all that we need to do , is to follow wholeheartedly Where HaShem Knows we need to go , the Way That HaShem Instructs us to do it . We do this with loving trust in The Creator of All Things , of Tomorrow and of the Future - In The Loving Trust Of HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu , The One And Only True G-D . May HaShem's Closeness Be Revealed Soon In our days , For True Shamayim Heaven , Is Only Within The Loving Arms Of HaShem HaKadosh Baruch Hu HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He . I wish Ever Most Eternally Beloved HaShem With Love Beyond Love Forever And Eternal Sweet Love , A Very Special And Beloved Shabbos Kodesh With Eternal Beautiful Love and to all my fellow Jews and to all of Creation , a Very Blessed and Very Special and Very Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love .