Parashat Chukat
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− | Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon saying about the statute of the Red Haifer, a commandment with no obvious logic or purpose.<ref name="Rashi Bamidbar 19:2">Rashi Bamidbar 19:2</ref> Although this can be mocked by the Satan and the nations of the world, it is a decree from Hashem and no one has the right to challenge it.<ref name="Rashi Bamidbar 19:2"/> The Jews are take a perfectly | + | Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon saying about the statute of the Red Haifer, a commandment with no obvious logic or purpose.<ref name="Rashi Bamidbar 19:2">Rashi Bamidbar 19:2</ref> Although this can be mocked by the Satan and the nations of the world, it is a decree from Hashem and no one has the right to challenge it.<ref name="Rashi Bamidbar 19:2"/> The Jews are take a perfectly redc cow, lacking even two black hairs,<ref name="Rashi Bamidbar 19:2"/> that is unblemished and upon which no yoke was laid. This first Red Haifer would always be referenced as 'the cow which Moses prepared in the desert'.<ref name="Rashi Bamidbar 19:2"/> |
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Parashat-Chukat
The Red Haifer
Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon saying about the statute of the Red Haifer, a commandment with no obvious logic or purpose.[1] Although this can be mocked by the Satan and the nations of the world, it is a decree from Hashem and no one has the right to challenge it.[1] The Jews are take a perfectly redc cow, lacking even two black hairs,[1] that is unblemished and upon which no yoke was laid. This first Red Haifer would always be referenced as 'the cow which Moses prepared in the desert'.[1]
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