Chaim Kramer discusses the weekly Torah portion, Parshat Chukat. We learn that the ashes of the parah adama (the red heifer) make the pure impure and the impure pure, a concept that Rebbe Nachman explains in Likutey Moharan 55. The discussion continues with the story of Moshe Rabbeinu striking the rock; Moshe coming to the area controlled by the Edomites; the Jews getting tired of the manna, the attack of the snakes, and the brass serpent; Sichon and Og; and the lessons we can learn from these and other Torah events.
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In this week’s parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu challenged Hashem to redeem His people! This is the story of Moshe standing before the arrogant Pharaoh and his sorcerers. Rabbi Chaim Kramer explains the importance of holiness–when we believe in our own holiness then things are good. However, when we give up our holiness, the power goes to the other side.
We learn about the power of the snake–the power of the poison mouth–and its expression today, in the spreading poison of the media, the UN, other countries, and others who want to take Israel from the Jewish people and destroy the Jewish nation.
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