Reply To: Parsheh of the Week Interpretation

Rashi quotes Rabbi Simloeh that the commandments in Parshas Tazriah are in the same order as the creation. The world was created in ten statements, as the the Midrash Samuel brings in the name of Chosid that אחרון אחרון חביב the later something was created the more beloved it is to the final purpose. The world was created for the benefit of the Bnei Yisrael בראשית בשביל ישראל שנקרא ראשית. Everything that was created earlier is a preparation for what is created later. Plants require sun and water. The animals require plants for their sustenance. Finally, human beings require animals. סוף מעשה במחשבה תחלה what was created later was planned for earlier. Showing that final purpose was the Torah for the spiritual sustenance of the Bnei Yisroel. The חובת הלבבות explains that what is more needed for survival in the world, the more it exists in abundance. Air is most abundant, then water. Finally Torah is free because it must exist in abundance.