Para Adumah: Irrational Mitzvot

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June 22 2010
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

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Rashi tell us that the adversaries of Torah taunt our people regarding the Para Aduma because it is a Chok that defies human logic. This claim is in truth an attempt to undermine (Chas V"Shalom) the entire Torah. But we must accept the entire Torah even though this means that we need to suspend our rational faculties. In this shiur we will study the extra "vav" on the word "V'Eyla HaMishpatim. Our relationship to the moral statutes of the Torah of Parshas Mishpatim should be identical to our attitude towards the Chukim. The entire Torah originates in the Divine Source, "V'Eyn LeCha Reshus LeHar'her Achareha". We will look at the famous Aggadic sugya in Brachot regarding Chizkiyahu HaMelech. Why did Chizkiyahu deserve death? The Navi tells

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