Machshava:

Emunah,  Hashem 

Parsha:

Chukat 

Description

Parshas Chukas is a parsha whose underlying theme is death: the death of our 3 great leaders - Miriam, Aharon, and the foretelling of Moshe's death; and the impurity related to contact with a corpse. What lessons can we derive from this parsha, how can we integrate lingering questions of "Why" and more effectively, "What?", into our daily, everyday lives, and what boundaries must we place between ourselves and the chukim - the great mysteries - of the Torah? This Shiur was presented at OHEL Family and Child Services Center in Far Rockaway, NY.