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  • July 3, 2022 8:05 pm at 8:05 pm #2102922
    Reb Eliezer
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    How can something be both tahor and tamei? The Klei Yakar explains that it is made up of two ingredients, afar, the ground tamei and water tahor. It is a scientific fact that opposites react. When placed on a tahor person, then the water has no reaction but the afar and it makes it tamei whereas when placed on a tamei person, the afar has no reaction but the water and makes it tahor. The question is why Shlomo Hamelech did not think of it? Maybe the problem is the mixture of afar and water, why does the afar not metamei the water when placed together?

    July 4, 2022 12:03 pm at 12:03 pm #2103067
    Reb Eliezer
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    לא היו ישראל ראוים לאותה מעשה the Jews were not really worthy of sinning at the eigel but were influenced by the eiruv rav אלא להורות תשובה to teach future generations how to do teshuva. The goyim want to regurgitate the aveira by asking on it especially on the fact that they were commanded in Marah before sinning thereby questioning free choice but we don’t answer them over here. The Chasam Sofer explains that there might have been another reason and that reason was being held back from us becomes the kapara. לטמאה טהורים לטהר טמאים the pure were besmudged to cleanse the non-pure. This teaches us to accept the Torah even we don’t know the true reason as we place our hands on our eyes indicating that we accept our Torah and have emunah blindly as the Torah was given on Har Sinai in the dark clouds.

    July 4, 2022 2:38 pm at 2:38 pm #2103110
    Reb Eliezer
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    With this above we can explain why the goy did not want to wake up his father he was rewarded with a parah adumah. To teach that the Jews were greater than him as the honoring a father has a reason but they wanted to give sum of money on a mitzva that we don’t fully understand.

    July 4, 2022 5:09 pm at 5:09 pm #2103176
    crazy horse
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    It’s called a chok. It means what is good and what looks to us like evil is all god from one source, which is impossible for a human to understand. all other cultures had conflicting gods or the devil in the western world only jews believe everything is god. Impossible for a human to understand in this world.

    July 4, 2022 7:32 pm at 7:32 pm #2103183
    Reb Eliezer
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    crazy horse, be careful don’t mix up good and god.

    July 5, 2022 11:42 am at 11:42 am #2103371
    Reb Eliezer
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    It says קוץ ‘ודרדר’ תצמיח לך ‘ when growing, thorns and all kinds of weeds will grow. I saw an implication that there are two big letters in the Torah. A big daled for Echad referring to being a witness to the uniqueness of Hashem and lehavdil to keep in mind a big reish for achar for god, an idol. So don’t mix them up.

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