In Parshat Kedoshim, the Torah juxtaposes two groups of mitzvoth that seem to have nothing to do with each other, yet, because they are juxtaposed without so much as a spatial paragraph break, we are nudged into finding some reasonable connection between these groups of laws albeit the purpose of any mitzvah is beyond our mortal understanding. The first group of these laws deal with social and interpersonal relationships, from not cheating your fellow, to not putting a stumbling block in front of the blind, to judging your fellow righteously, and ending with the well known maxim, “You shall love your fellow as yourself.” These laws are immediately followed with the prohibitions against intermixing two plant species, mating two animal species to each other, and wearing clothing that combines wool and linen - shatnez.
Click here for Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
NAALEH.COM and YU TORAH Spiritual Separateness Parshat Kedoshim By: Mrs. Shira Smiles
In Parshat Kedoshim, the Torah juxtaposes two groups of mitzvoth that seem to have nothing to do with each other, yet, because they are juxtaposed without so much as a spatial paragraph break, we are nudged into finding some reasonable connection between these groups of laws albeit the purpose of any mitzvah is beyond our mortal understanding. The first group of these laws deal with social and interpersonal relationships, from not cheating your fellow, to not putting a stumbling block in front of the blind, to judging your fellow righteously, and ending with the well known maxim, “You shall love your fellow as yourself.” These laws are immediately followed with the prohibitions against intermixing two plant species, mating two animal species to each other, and wearing clothing that combines wool and linen - shatnez.
Click here for Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein.
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